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In the first days of February, at airports in the Northern, there was fog, low clouds, and reduced visibility below flight operation standards which negatively affected flight operations. Especially in  Noi Bai Airport, horizontal visibility has reduced to less than 300m at some time. During the two days of 2nd – 3rd February 2024, at northern airports, there was a phenomenon of dense fog, low cloud, and limited visibility which is directly affecting flight operations. Flights must be taken off at alternate airports or canceled, delayed. From 2 a.m on 2nd February, flights were unable to take off and land at Noi...

From 1st January 2024, industrial goods are officially waived import taxes when imported to Switzerland from all of the countries over the world. This is an important trade policy, implemented by this country after many years of research and preparation In Switzerland, industrial goods include intermediate inputs to the production process such as raw materials, semi-finished products, machinery and equipment, salt and industrial salt, as well as consumer goods such as automobiles, household appliances, clothes, shoes,... The waiving of import taxes of industrial goods does not change the customs clearance process. Importers still have to declare imports and pay other fees and...

Following Notice No. 1089/XNK-XXHH of Agency of Foreign Trade (AFT) on the issuance of electronic C/O for 11 C/O forms E, AI, AJ, AANZ, AHK, RCEP, S, VC, VJ, VN-CU and CPTPP which were announced to you in KEN NEWS on 2nd January 2024, AFT issued Notice No. 14/TB-XNK to announce the issuance of C/O form AI under the framework of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) for Vietnam's exported goods as follows: At the request of Indian customs authorities, the C/O issuing organizations continue to issue hard copies of C/O form AI for goods exported to AITIGA’s member countries. After...

As Tet is approaching, import and export are also bustling through Vietnam - China border gates especially Lang Son and Lao Cai border gates. The number of vehicles clearing import and export have been increasing sharply these day because at this time domestic businesses promote export activities of Tet goods. At the same time, domestic manufacturing businesses also increase the import of consumer goods, products, machinery components,... to serve production at the end of the year and near Tet. In Lang Son, the number of vehicles clearing import and export through 6 road border gates: Huu Nghi, Chi Ma, Tan Thanh, Coc...

When Lunar New Year (Tet Holiday) is coming closely, Customs Department is also managing strictly to confine smuggling and trade fraud. So we are so pleased to provide you about overview of some notable of customs regulations in 2023 based on cases Ken handed as following. Please kindly refer customs regulations we provied to ensure that you company will comply right regulations, avoid fines and always have smooth import – export activities. We hope that the provided information will be helpful to your side and we will strive to provide you useful information related to logistics in the future. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS No. Field Circular No. Content 1 EPE (EXPORT PROCESSING...

At the end of the year, the number of import and export goods passing through the Vietnam - China border gate is increasing sharply. Along with facilitating the most favorable conditions for import-export businesses, the customs has implemented many measures to strictly control, monitor and prevent trade fraud, strictly handle violations, strengthen inspection, supervision of import and export goods and prevent loss of taxes. Grasping the sharp increase in import and export at the end of the year, customs has implemented many measures to achieve the highest efficiency of clearing customs situation as follows: Prioritizing the customs clearance of agricultural products. Shipments...