Continuing to renew thinking and enhance the effectiveness of State management in customs affairs

On the afternoon of January 10, the Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII held a conference to review its performance in 2025 and outline tasks for 2026. Attending and delivering a directive speech at the conference was Nguyen Kim Long, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee.

Nguyen Kim Long, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee, delivers a directive speech at the conference. Photo: Ngoc Lien

Also attending the conference were leaders of provincial departments and agencies, representatives of the Council of Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce, and more than 30 enterprises honored for their contributions to the state budget in 2024.

Le Van Thung, Director of Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII, presents a report on the unit’s operations at the conference. Photo: Ngoc Lien

Speaking at the conference, Le Van Thung, Director of Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII, said that 2025 posed many new requirements for the unit, with a broader management area and increased workload, while domestic and international economic conditions continued to fluctuate, directly affecting import-export activities and State management in customs.

In this context, the Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII made strong efforts to carry out its assigned tasks, ensuring smooth customs operations and contributing to a stable production and business environment while facilitating enterprises in the area. The unit’s total import-export turnover exceeded 67 billion USD, accounting for about one-fifteenth of the national total. State budget revenue surpassed 22.7 trillion VND, reaching 105.6% of the statutory target and 102.3% of the assigned striving target. Alongside these achievements, the implementation process also revealed issues that need to be seriously reviewed and adjusted in the time ahead.

Nguyen Kim Long, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee, presents certificates of merit from the Prime Minister to outstanding collectives and individuals. Photo: Ngoc Lien

Delivering a directive address at the conference, Nguyen Kim Long, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, acknowledged and commended the efforts, determination, and notable results achieved by the Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII in 2025.

The tax authority presents certificates of commendation to enterprises for their contributions to state budget revenue in recent years. Photo: Ngoc Lien

In 2026 and in the following years, Nguyen Kim Long, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, noted that Dong Nai is entering a new stage of development with multiple strategic drivers, including major infrastructure projects and orientations toward forming a logistics hub, an airport city, and a future free trade zone.

In this context, the Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee requested the Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII to focus on effectively carrying out several key tasks. Specifically, the unit should continue to strongly renew its management mindset and enhance the effectiveness of state management in customs, ensuring maximum facilitation for import-export activities while maintaining strict control, preventing risks, and combating budget revenue losses. It should accelerate administrative procedure reform and comprehensive digital transformation across professional operations. The unit was urged to place enterprises at the center of service delivery, use the satisfaction of citizens and businesses as a measure of performance, strengthen administrative discipline and order, and build a contingent of customs officers who are resilient, ethical, professional, and capable of meeting task requirements in the new period. It should also continue to promote close coordination with local authorities, departments, sectors, functional forces, and the business community; proactively address emerging difficulties and obstacles; and create a stable, transparent, and sustainable investment and business environment.

Le Van Thung, Director of the Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII, presents certificates of merit from the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee to individuals who have excellently fulfilled their tasks. Photo: Ngoc Lien

The Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee has consistently identified the customs sector as a core force with a particularly important role in promoting integration, attracting investment, and driving local economic development. The province will continue to accompany, closely coordinate with, and create the most favorable conditions for Customs Sub-Department of Region XVIII to successfully fulfill its assigned tasks, contributing to the shared development goals of the province and the region.

By Ngoc Lien – Translated by Huyen Trang, Thu Ha