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| Northern Hải Phòng Port City will reduce fees by 20 per cent for using infrastructure, service facilities and public utilities at its ports from beginning of 2018. — Photo dantri.com.vn |
Viet Nam News
HẢI PHÒNG — Northern Hải Phòng port city will reduce fees by 20 per cent for using infrastructure, service facilities and public utilities at its ports from the beginning of 2018.
Accordingly, fees for liquid and bulk cargo is proposed to be reduced from VNĐ20,000 to VNĐ16,000 per tonne.
This was announced at the municipal People’s Committee meeting to revise Resolution No. 148/2016/NQ-HĐND, dated December 13, 2016, which stipulated that individuals and organisations having shipments stored at bonded warehouses must now pay VNĐ2.2 million (US$97) to VNĐ4.8 million ($220) per container, an increase of nearly 70 per cent. The fees for goods in transit is from VNĐ500,000 to VNĐ1 million.
The resolution came into effect from the beginning of this year.
The People’s Committee said the city had references from other localities with border gates such as Quảng Trị, Tây Ninh, Lào Cai and Quảng Ninh and the business reality to implement the higher fees.
However, many associations and businesses raised concerns over the high fees, some even appealing to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc following one year of application.
Deputy PM Vương Đình Huệ asked the Ministry of Finance and Hải Phòng City to strictly follow the PM’s instruction on reviewing fees for using infrastructure, service facilities and public utilities at ports in the city.
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Tùng affirmed that the collection of fees for the use of infrastructure, service facilities and public utilities at all ports in the city is as per laws and regulations. The fee collection would contribute to the State budget for the re-investment of transport infrastructure and maintenance of seaports in the city.
The People’s Committee of Hải An District has implemented the fee collection. By the end of September, total fee collection was VNĐ1.06 trillion, meeting with 68 per cent of its set targets.
The city’s Department of Finance has co-operated with the district in reviewing and pushing fee payments at some businesses. The city would impose strict fines for firms making slow payments. — VNS
