What are the tasks and powers of the General Department of Customs in Vietnam?

What are the tasks and powers of the General Department of Customs in Vietnam? (Internet image)

1. What are the tasks and powers of the General Department of Customs in Vietnam?

The General Department of Customs of Vietnam shall perform its tasks and exercise its powers according to the provisions of the Customs Law and other relevant law provisions, and have the following specific tasks and powers:

- To submit to the Minister of Finance the draft legal documents on customs as well as the strategy, planning and plans on development of the customs service, and organize the implementation thereof after they are approved;

- To direct, guide and inspect the implementation of the customs services tasks:

+ Conducting customs inspection and supervision of import, export and transit goods as well as import, export and transit means of transport;

+ Preventing and combating smuggling and illegal cross-border goods transportation within geographical areas of customs operation;

Taking measures to prevent and combat smuggling and illegal cross-border goods transportation outside geographical areas of customs operation under the Governments regulations;

+ Organizing the implementation of the legislation on taxes and other levies on import and export goods;

+ Organizing the post-customs clearance inspection of import and export goods;

+ Proposing undertakings and measures to exercise State management over customs with regard to the import, export, exit, entry and transit activities as well as policies on taxes on import and export goods to the competent State agencies.

- To undertake international cooperation on customs according to law provisions;

- To organize scientific research and apply scientific and technological advances within the customs service;

- To organize the information and propagation of the customs legislation;

- To organize, direct and make the State statistics on customs;

- To manage the organizational structure and payroll; to direct and implement wage policy as well as preferential treatment, commendation and discipline policies and regimes towards State officials, public servants and employees under the management of the General Department of Customs;

To organize the training, fostering and building of a contingent of officials, public servants and employees and manage the non-business units under the General Department of Customs according to law provisions and the Finance Ministers assignment;

- To examine, inspect and settle complaints and denunciations; to combat corruption and handle violations according to law provisions;

- To manage finance and assets of the customs service according to law provisions and the Finance Ministers assignment.

(Article 2 of Decree 96/2002/ND-CP)

2. Organizational structure of the General Department of Customs of Vietnam

The General Customs Departments organizational structure consists of:

- The General Customs Directors assisting apparatus:

+ The Department for Customs Supervision and Management;

+ The Department for Inspection and Collection of Import and Export Taxes;

+ The Legal Department;

+ The Department for International Cooperation;

+ The Planning-Finance Department;

+ The Department for Organization and Personnel;

+ The Inspectorate;

+ The Office;

+ The Department for Smuggling Investigation and Combat;

+ The Department for Post-Customs Clearance Inspection;

+ The Department for Customs Information Technology and Statistics.

- Non-business units under the General Department of Customs:

+ The Customs Research Institute;

+ The North Vietnam Center for Analysis and Classification of Import and Export Goods;

+ The Central Vietnam Center for Analysis and Classification of Import and Export Goods;

+ The South Vietnam Center for Analysis and Classification of Import and Export Goods;

+ The Customs College;

+ The Customs Newspaper.

- The Customs Departments of provinces, inter-provinces or centrally-run cities (hereafter referred collectively to as provincial/municipal Customs Departments) under the General Department of Customs.

- The border-gate Customs Sub-Departments, the Customs Control squads and equivalent units under the provincial/municipal Customs Departments.

(Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree 96/2002/ND-CP)

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