According to Mr. Pham Duyen Phuong, Deputy Director of the Customs IT and Statistics Department (Vietnam Customs), the WCO’s selection of Vietnam as a host country for organizing the conference brings customs authorities together to meet, exchange experiences, and learn from each other about management technologies. He emphasizes that to be able to apply technology effectively, besides the technological factor, the human factor plays an extremely important role.

As a former representative of Vietnam Customs and WCO technical officer, Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh Hong, an officer of the Customs Reform and Modernization Board has an interview with Customs News on the occasion of Vietnam Customs was selected by the World Customs Organization as the host of the 2023 WCO Technology Conference and Exhibition.

In 2023, Vietnam Customs was selected by the World Customs Organization as the host of the 2023 WCO Technology Conference and Exhibition. To provide information to viewers on this event that will take place from October 10-12 at the National Convention Center (Hanoi, Vietnam), Customs News has an interview with Ms. Nguyen Thi Viet Nga, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department of Vietnam Customs.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, in the current period, the application of modern technology and digital transformation is one of the top priorities of the Government of Vietnam. In the Customs sector, Decision 628/QD-TTg dated 20/5/2022 of the Prime Minister approving the Customs strategy by 2030 sets the goal of completing Digital Customs by 2025. According, to develop digital Customs and smart Customs models, Vietnam Customs needs to apply new and smart technologies from customs administrations of advanced countries in the world.