Hai Phong Customs to Inspect Seaport Fee Collection

Vietnam's Hai Phong City People's Committee issued a decision requiring the city's Customs Department to coordinate with Hai Phong Inland Waterway Port Authority and its port, warehouse and yard businesses to collect seaport toll fees, the state-run CustomsNews said Oct. 13. The agreement will also monitor subjects that are exempt from fee collection and toll-fee collection levels based on the Port Authority's request. Further, the Customs Department has proposed and coordinated with relevant units to implement a system of automated management and control of toll collection at the port supporting online fee declaration and payment using e-invoices, CustomsNews said. The tolls are to be directed to improvements to seaport infrastructure.