Import-export businesses will be allowed to submit scanned copies of documents instead of submitting originals when clearing goods?

The Government’s view on supporting businesses in the context of Covid-19?

According to Resolution 105/NQ-CP of 2021, the Government has the following view on support business:

– Enhance the spirit of self-reliance and self-reliance; mobilize the strength of great national unity, the participation of the entire political system, business community, cooperatives, business households and people; Expand international cooperation, promote vaccine and medicine diplomacy to have vaccines and medicines as soon as possible; High determination, great efforts, drastic action for the highest goal of protecting people’s lives and health, and at the same time supporting and facilitating production and business activities of enterprises, cooperatives, and business households, but must ensure safety in disease prevention and control; Do not let a socio-economic crisis occur, have a specific roadmap and plan for businesses, cooperatives, and business households to resume operations, bringing the country back to a new normal state soon. Focus on scientific research, practical analysis and learning from international experience to build appropriate and effective solutions to gradually safely adapt to the epidemic.

– Be persistent and determined to prevent and fight the COVID-19 epidemic according to the motto “Fighting the epidemic is like fighting the enemy”; ensure harmony, reasonableness, and efficiency between epidemic prevention and control and production and business; “Fight the epidemic to produce and produce to fight the epidemic”, “Harmonized benefits – shared risks”, “Production must be safe, production must be safe”; Focus on efficiency, not show off formality, talk with action; Take people, businesses, cooperatives, and business households as the service center and at the same time be the subjects participating in epidemic prevention and control.

– Continue to accompany the business community, cooperatives, and business households on the principle that whatever level or locality has difficulties and problems, that level or locality must proactively and promptly remove, resolve, promote personal responsibility, and strictly handle violations that cause difficulties for production and business and cause congestion in the circulation of goods; In case of exceeding authority, must proactively report to the immediate superior for consideration and handling; Focus on immediately implementing measures to remove bottlenecks and bottlenecks with the motto “earliest – most effective” to minimize damage and negative impacts on businesses, cooperatives, business households and people.- Promoting initiative and creativity in applying effective and safe production and business models to prevent and control epidemics. Strengthen coordination between ministries, branches, agencies, localities, and units, ensuring effectiveness and substance in handling difficulties and problems for businesses, cooperatives, and business households.

– Expand and strictly protect disease-free zones to promote production and business; Control the epidemic and soon stabilize production and business in key economic regions, economic zones, high-tech zones, industrial parks, industrial clusters, areas and areas of production, business and processing of agricultural and aquatic products, resolutely not to break the production and labor supply chain.

The Government’s goals in supporting businesses in the context of Covid-19?

According to Section II of Resolution 105/NQ-CP in 2021, the Government sets goals to solve “difficult” problems for businesses, specifically as follows:

– Focus on restoring and developing production and business activities business of enterprises, cooperatives, and business households associated with ensuring safety and prevention of COVID-19 epidemic.

– Support and promptly remove difficulties, obstacles, and bottlenecks that hinder production and business activities, minimizing the number of enterprises, cooperatives, and business households that temporarily suspend operations, dissolve, and go bankrupt due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.

– By the end of 2021, strive to achieve the following specific goals and targets:

+ Accumulated at least 01 million customers who are businesses, cooperatives, and business households enjoy credit policies to support epidemic response.

+ The vast majority of businesses, cooperatives, and business households that temporarily suspended business have returned to operation.

+ Fully and promptly implement tax payment extension policies; exemption or reduction of taxes, fees, and land rent; support for reducing electricity, water, telecommunications fees, policies to support workers, employers, labor training,… for businesses, cooperatives, and business households facing difficulties due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Import and export businesses will be able to submit scanned copies of documents instead of original copies when clearing goods in the future?

Based on the above viewpoints and objectives and the practical situation stated in the above Resolution, the Government resolves 04 groups of tasks and solutions, of which for import-export enterprises:

Allows enterprises, cooperatives, and business households to submit scanned copy certified by digital signature For documents that must be submitted as originals in the form of paper/notarized/authenticated copies according to regulations of ministries and agencies to resolve congestion when clearing goods; Enterprises, cooperatives, and business households make additional payments after the goods are cleared for post-inspection.

Thus, when goods are congested, businesses can submit scanned copies but must have confirmation by digital signature For documents that must be submitted as originals in paper/notarized/authenticated copy form. Additional payment will then be made when the goods have been cleared through customs.