VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has proposed the National Assembly (NA) either do away with or adjust some 40 types of public service fees and charges in line with the existing ordinance governing this area.

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The Government suggests scraping fees on fishery resource protection, import and export goods inspections, security and social order and goods origin certification in a draft law on fees and charges presented to the legislative body on Tuesday.

In addition, the Government wants to gradually increase healthcare and tuition fees and those in other sectors to market levels to attract more investors to these areas.

According to the Government, the removal of 18 out of 41 types of charges in the Ordinance on Fees and Charges will not impact much on State budget collections as these charges have not been collected or already collected by private service providers.

However, the Government proposes adding 15 types of fees including those for notarization and airspace use for flights, among others. Some of these fees have been collected in reality.

The 12 types of charges proposed for removal are those for licensing of export quotas and underground work construction. But the Government wants nine new charges in the draft law such as charge for planning licenses.

The NA Finance-Budget Committee virtually agreed with the Government’s proposal for fee and charge abolition and adjustment after it appraised the draft law. However, the committee asked the Government to detail fees and charges to prevent excessive and overlapping collections.

The Government was requested to report to the NA clear road maps to adjust up healthcare and tuition fees and fees of the services essential for people as well as their impacts on society.

The committee supported the Government to maintain registration fees for autos of under 10 seats and motorcycles. However, localities now apply different levels of the fee and the committee requested a single fee level for all cities and provinces.

Fees and charges make up nearly 3.4% of the annual State budget collections. Their revenue was estimated at more than VND33.27 trillion (US$1.53 billion) last year.