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Vietnam: Ministries slash cumbersome business conditions to ease businesses
The Hanoitimes – Following the government’s instruction, ministries have accelerated the removal of cumbersome administrative procedures and business conditions to ease enterprises.
Under Decision No. 767 issued recently, the Ministry of Transport announced the elimination of 384 out of 570 business conditions under the ministry’s authority. The number is equivalent to 67.36 percent of the total business conditions in the transport sector.
The aviation sector has the largest number of business conditions to be simplified and cut, accounting for 74.36 percent of the total business conditions of the sector. It is followed by the rail sector with 73.08 percent of its business conditions being cut.
Meanwhile, the road sector will have 68.5 percent of its business conditions eliminated, the waterway sector will remove 67.34 percent of its conditions, and the maritime sector will cut 65.08 percent of its conditions.
The multi-modal transportation services and transport of dangerous goods will see the smallest number of slashed conditions, making up 61.43 percent of its total conditions.
Under the decision, the ministry asked relevant agencies to promptly review and compile legal documents based on the plan for the elimination of business conditions and submit them to the government before October 30 this year.
The Ministry of Finance is also considering removing and simplifying 188 business conditions under its authority before June 30 this year. The number accounts for 50.8 percent of the total business conditions regulated for 21 industries and sectors under the ministry’s authority.
To meet the target, the ministry proposed to revise five laws and 11 decrees, of which the revision of the decrees will be submitted to the government for approval and issuance according to simplified order and procedures so that the new regulations can be applied before June 30, 2018.
As for the five laws, the ministry suggested that it will report the revision to the government for consideration. Then, the Prime Minister can submit the revision to the National Assembly (NA) to add them in the NA’s legal building plans before June 30 this year.
During a conference to collect firms’ opinions on the conditions in the agriculture sector held on April 18, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said they were also reviewing and proposing to cut 241 business conditions out of 345, accounting for 70 percent of the total in the area.
According to the ministry, 131 conditions of veterinary, animal feed, plant protection and quarantine, quality control, and genetically modified products will be revised, supplemented or eliminated in the administrative simplification. In addition, many business conditions in the Law on Seafood would continue to be revised and simplified.
Ta Van Tuong, director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the ministry should quickly promulgate technical standards and safety production progress for companies to easily follow, as well as facilitate authorities in after-checks.
Enterprises will be more responsible about their products’ quality, while applying standards. Authorities could also reduce paper work, he added.
Nguyen Van Son, chairman of Vietnam Pesticide Association, said there were unsuitable business conditions, which were not approved for simplification this time around. For example, the ministry stipulates that warehouses of pesticide producers must be located in industrial zones, while many factories have already been granted licenses or built outside the zones.
Assessing the results of these ministerial reforms, Tran Dinh Thien, director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics, said that the reform momentum has been creating high confidence for businesses, with detailed lists of reduction and policy reforms.
However, he noted that ministries must make ‘real cuts’, reiterating the Prime Minister’s opinion that the gap between words, actions and achievements is not easy to overcome.
Meanwhile, the road sector will have 68.5 percent of its business conditions eliminated, the waterway sector will remove 67.34 percent of its conditions, and the maritime sector will cut 65.08 percent of its conditions.
The multi-modal transportation services and transport of dangerous goods will see the smallest number of slashed conditions, making up 61.43 percent of its total conditions.
Under the decision, the ministry asked relevant agencies to promptly review and compile legal documents based on the plan for the elimination of business conditions and submit them to the government before October 30 this year.
The Ministry of Finance is also considering removing and simplifying 188 business conditions under its authority before June 30 this year. The number accounts for 50.8 percent of the total business conditions regulated for 21 industries and sectors under the ministry’s authority.
To meet the target, the ministry proposed to revise five laws and 11 decrees, of which the revision of the decrees will be submitted to the government for approval and issuance according to simplified order and procedures so that the new regulations can be applied before June 30, 2018.
As for the five laws, the ministry suggested that it will report the revision to the government for consideration. Then, the Prime Minister can submit the revision to the National Assembly (NA) to add them in the NA’s legal building plans before June 30 this year.
During a conference to collect firms’ opinions on the conditions in the agriculture sector held on April 18, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said they were also reviewing and proposing to cut 241 business conditions out of 345, accounting for 70 percent of the total in the area.
According to the ministry, 131 conditions of veterinary, animal feed, plant protection and quarantine, quality control, and genetically modified products will be revised, supplemented or eliminated in the administrative simplification. In addition, many business conditions in the Law on Seafood would continue to be revised and simplified.
Ta Van Tuong, director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the ministry should quickly promulgate technical standards and safety production progress for companies to easily follow, as well as facilitate authorities in after-checks.
Enterprises will be more responsible about their products’ quality, while applying standards. Authorities could also reduce paper work, he added.
Nguyen Van Son, chairman of Vietnam Pesticide Association, said there were unsuitable business conditions, which were not approved for simplification this time around. For example, the ministry stipulates that warehouses of pesticide producers must be located in industrial zones, while many factories have already been granted licenses or built outside the zones.
Assessing the results of these ministerial reforms, Tran Dinh Thien, director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics, said that the reform momentum has been creating high confidence for businesses, with detailed lists of reduction and policy reforms.
However, he noted that ministries must make ‘real cuts’, reiterating the Prime Minister’s opinion that the gap between words, actions and achievements is not easy to overcome.
Source: http://www.hanoitimes.vn/economy/2018/04/81E0C544/ministries-slash-cumbersome-business-conditions-to-ease-businesses/