Taxes and duties are a very important source of State budget revenue and provide major finance for the Government’s socio-economic development programmes. In Việt Nam, tax revenue is starting to decline while expenditure continues to rise, threatening budget sustainability.

Rising production costs are harming the competitiveness of Vietnamese seafood products, according to experts. These include the prices of feed, material input, electricity and labour.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has urged the fisheries sector to build a brand with food safety and high quality for seafood products.

Total outstanding loans of the banking system rose 2.28 per cent as of March 25 and the total means of payment grew by 2.67 per cent compared to late 2018.

Gaining trend was maintained during afternoon session on Monday thanks to the strong purchasing power of investors on many large caps.

Improved exports in March helped Việt Nam gain a trade surplus of US$536 million in the first quarter after running deficits in the first two months, the latest update from the General Statistics Office (GSO) revealed.

Saigon Co.op opened a Co.opmart supermarket outlet at 102 Phan Văn Hớn Street in HCM City’s District 12 on March 30, the third store in the district and 112^th in the country.

Despite being renowned for high quality flowers, Lâm Đồng Province still faces problems such as poor storage and lack of new, high quality seeds that hinder its ability to satisfy domestic demand.

The sixth International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Vietnam 2019) will return to HCM City on Wednesday.