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After 5 years of waiting, the World Bank (WB) has just announced the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) Ranking 2023 on the evening of 21st April, 2023. Vietnam's LPI in 2023 ranked 43rd, down 4 steps compared to the "spectacular" 39th of 2018. Accordingly, the world leader is still Singapore, the second is Finland, the third is Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. “Logistics is the lifeblood of international trade, and conversely, trade is a powerful driver of economic growth and poverty alleviation,” said Mona Haddad, Global Director of Trade, Investment and Capacity of competition, World Bank shares. Notably, in the LPI rankings in...

From 20th April, 2023, instead of making declarations with paper documents, businesses carrying out procedure declaration through land and waterway border gates will declare electronic declarations of imported goods. The General Department of Customs has Document No. 1790/TCHQ-GSQL guiding the implementation of declaration, receipt, inspection and certification of electronic manifests of imported goods. Accordingly, from April 20, 2023, the truck owner, the truck driver, the person authorized by the truck owner (the goods owner or the authorized customs agent) declare a list of imported goods information (hereinafter referred to as the manifest) before bringing goods into the Vietnamese territory according to...

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai agreed in principle that the Ministry of Finance would report to the Government for submission to the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and permission to formulate and issue a National Assembly's Resolution on value-added tax reduction. In 2023 the Ministry of Finance proposes to reduce the VAT rate by 2% for all goods and services subject to the 10% tax rate (to 8%); reduce 20% of the percentage rate to calculate VAT for business establishments (including business households and business individuals) when issuing invoices for all goods and services...

Zhongyuan Longhao Airlines launches flights between Zhengzhou and New Delhi. Beside that CMA CGM Air Cargo also launches new Paris-Guangzhou air cargo route. Zhongyuan Longhao Airlines launches flights between Zhengzhou and New Delhi Zhongyuan Longhao Airlines (China Central Longhao Airlines) has begun operating flights between Zhengzhou, China and New Delhi, India. Longhao Airlines The state-owned cargo airline will operate two flights per week from Zhengzhou using a B747-400 freighter, said Delhi International Airport. The airport said in a LinkedIn post on April 13: “Delhi International Airport is delighted to welcome “China Central Longhao Freighter” at DEL today. The airline will operate 2 flights per week...

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Ministerial Declaration on starting negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two nations right after Vietnam completed its procedures. ​ The two sides at the meeting (Photo: VNA) The signing took place after a meeting between Dien and Al Zeyoudi during the Vietnamese minister's working visit to the UAE from April 5-6. During the meeting, the Vietnamese official said the two countries can start their negotiations on CEPA after the draft...

At this time, on average, there are about 500 vehicles transporting goods from inland to Lang Son waiting to carry out export procedures to China every day. By the end of March 27, the number of vehicles transporting goods backlogged in border areas reached 950 vehicles, including 787 vehicles transporting agricultural products waiting for export procedures. The number of vehicles transporting goods that are backlogged at border area of Lang Son province increase sharply. Photo: Customs News A large number of backlogged goods According to statistical reports from the Dong Dang - Lang Son border gate economic zone authority showed that, on March...