Laos wants customs sector to be modernised and made transparent


A Laotian customs officer holding up pangolin scales during a news conference at the customs department in Bangkok, Thailand. The Laos government seeks to make their Customs more modern and transparent. - Reuters

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The customs sector needs to be modernised and made transparent in order to ensure that revenue collection for the 2020 budget reaches 8.200 billion kip according to the government’s plan.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Somdy Duangdy stressed the matter at a recent annual meeting held in Vientiane to review the customs sector’s work during 2019 and to draw up the plan for 2020.

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