Action Program to implement the Commodity Import-Export Strategy to 2030 in Vietnam

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Tasks

Admisnistor

Coordinating agency

Execution time

I

Research and develop Vietnam's international shipping fleet to reduce costs and improve the initiative for import and export activities

1

Continue to actively implement tasks and solutions in the Project on development of Vietnam's shipping fleet approved in Decision No. 1254/QD-BGTVT dated September 29, 2022 of the Minister of Transport carriage.

Vietnam Maritime Administration

Departments: Transport, Legal, Science - Technology and Environment; Vietnam Register and related agencies and units

2022-2030

2.

Continue to review, amend and supplement Vietnam's legal document system on maritime transport, creating a stable and favorable legal corridor to support businesses to operate effectively. In the immediate future, focus on amending legal documents on the purchase and sale, registration of ships and price management of maritime services and management of container transport activities of foreign shipping lines in Vietnam.

Vietnam Maritime Administration

Departments: Legal, Science - Technology and Environment, Transport; Vietnam Register and related agencies and units

2022-2026

3.

Promote international cooperation on the sea, participate in international conventions, bilateral and multilateral transport agreements; Support in legal procedures for Vietnamese enterprises to expand their agents abroad; Finalize the Tripartite Coastal Transport Agreement with Thailand and Cambodia.

Vietnam Maritime Administration

Departments: International Cooperation, Legal, Transport and related agencies and units

2022-2026

4.

Build an appropriate model of maritime transport management to improve the state management of maritime affairs in the field of shipping and maritime services. Continue to improve mechanisms, policies, legal documents in line with international treaties to which Vietnam has recently joined or is a member; suitable with the new development situation of the maritime industry.

Vietnam Maritime Administration

Departments: Legal, Science - Technology and Environment, Transport; Vietnam Register and related agencies and units

2022-2030

5.

Focus on supporting a number of Vietnamese container shipping lines that are strong enough to reach out to international markets as far away as Japan, Korea, India... and possibly to Europe and America. There are mechanisms and policies to support allied and associated shipping lines in container cargo operations to improve the size of enterprises, financial capacity, etc., to increase competitiveness with foreign shipping lines.

Vietnam Maritime Administration

Departments: International Cooperation, Legal, Transport and related agencies and units

2022-2030

II

Concentrate resources to invest in works connecting important and essential national transport infrastructure, connecting regions and areas with potential for development and connecting modes of transport

6.

Prioritize the development of large, modern, and pervasive infrastructure: upgrading Tan Son Nhat international airport; building Long Thanh international airport; building the North - South expressway in the East; renovating, upgrading, and strengthening the capacity of existing international intermodal stations (Dong Dang, Lao Cai, Song Than) and a number of other stations to switch to international intermodal operations; studying and preparing to invest in some important sections of the high-speed railway on the North-South axis; and connecting the railway to major seaports (Hai Phong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau), including new investment railway lines to implement investment as soon as conditions permit.

Department of Planning and Investment

Relevant specialized management departments and agencies

2022 - 2030

7.

Upgrade and renovate infrastructure for inland waterway container transport and logistics services in Hai Phong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho; Completely solve the internal destruction of blood vessels.

Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration

Department of Planning and Investment and related agencies and units

2022 - 2026

8.

Promote the development of the inland port system according to the approved plan, in which priority is given to investment in inland ports connected to inland waterways in the southern region and inland ports connected to inland waterways and railways in the Northern region as the focal point connecting combined modes of transport to provide logistics services; strengthen the connection of modes of transport; reduce costs; and improve the quality of transport services.

Vietnam Maritime Administration

Male

Department of Planning and Investment and related agencies and units

2022 - 2026

9.

Call for investment in the development of inland waterway ports to exploit container cargo with the function of focal points in the Northern region and the Mekong River Delta with synchronous facilities, equipment, and handling. to rapidly increase the market share of container transport by inland waterways.

Department of Inland Waterways

Vietnam

Investment Planning Department; Relevant departments, agencies and organizations

Yearly

10

Prioritize connection of inland waterways with seaports on the basis of investment in building inland waterways, mooring buoys in seaport waters (Hai Phong, Nghi Son; Ba Ria - Vung Tau; Ho Chi Minh City... ) in order to effectively exploit the seaport infrastructure in the area, minimizing the situation of inland waterway vessels having to wait for cargo handling and loading and unloading due to the lack of ports and wharves; thereby creating favorable conditions for connecting seaports with the rear areas and concentrated inland goods production areas by inland waterways.

Investment Planning Department, Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration

Departments, specialized management agencies, agencies and organizations

Yearly

11.

Balance and allocate investment capital, state budget capital, and ODA capital for projects in order to enhance connectivity between modes of transport; prioritize investment in construction and upgrading of works at critical and urgent infrastructure bottlenecks.

Department of Planning and Investment

Relevant specialized management departments and agencies

Yearly

12

Promote investment in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) in projects to develop waterway transport infrastructure; at the same time, continue to enlist the support of international organizations, donors and traditional partners of Japan, Korea, Europe... in the development of waterway transport infrastructure.

Department of Planning and Investment

Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration, relevant departments, agencies and organizations

Yearly

III

Continue to promote management reform, specialized inspection for imported and exported goods

13.

Continue to study, review and reduce the list of import and export goods subject to specialized management and inspection in the field of transportation. For products and goods to be reduced, the state manages according to the principle that the state prescribes safety standards, producers and traders self-compliance.

Department of Science, Technology and Environment

Vietnam Register, relevant agencies and units

2022 - 2026

14.

Continue to promote management reform and specialized inspection of imported and exported goods in the field of transportation.

Department of Science, Technology and Environment

Vietnam Register, relevant agencies and units

2022 -2026

15.

Upgrade, complete and effectively deploy electronic procedures on National Single-Window portal.

Center of Information and Technology; specialized management departments

Relevant agencies and units

2022 - 2026

IV

Strengthen reform, cut, simplify administrative procedures, business regulations, support people and businesses

16.

Cut, simplify administrative procedures, reduce compliance costs in all areas; which focuses on researching solutions to reform administrative procedures for digital transformation projects, energy transformation and best technology, green projects...; linking administrative procedure reform with building an e-Government, towards a digital government.

Office of the Ministry of Transport, Center for Information Technology

Relevant departments and agencies

2023 - 2026

17.

Continue to implement the goals, tasks and solutions according to the   Government's Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP dated May 12, 2020 promulgating the Program to reduce and simplify regulations related to business activities in period 2020 - 2025.

Office of the Ministry of Transport, Legal Department

Relevant departments and agencies

2023 - 2025

18.

At least once a quarter, organize dialogues, meetings, and consultations with agencies, organizations and enterprises in the field of transportation but encounter difficulties and problems and propose recommendations.

Specialized Management Departments

Relevant agencies and units

Yearly