19-12-2012 15:09
The State Presidential Office has held a press meeting announcing State President’s Order on the promulgation of amended and supplemented Law on Tax Administration, a crucial legal tool for the tax sector to ramp up the fight against transfer pricing.
06-12-2012 17:22
Vietnam improved its ranking in respect to tax facilitation as seen in the recent World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s Doing Business 2013 Report, but it remains near the bottom among ASEAN countries. Hoang Thi Lan Anh, deputy head of General Department of Taxation (GDT)’s Reform and Modernisation Department, sheds some light on the matter.
06-12-2012 17:18
Bui Van Nam, chief of the General Department of Taxation, talks to VIR about the tax sector’s constant efforts to ease tax obligations for businesses and individuals and boost governance efficiency.
28-11-2012 14:40
Despite some improvements, the performances of state corporations and groups still fell below expectations in 2011, according to a Ministry of Finance report.
02-11-2012 09:52
The state budget implementation arrived on the National Assembly’s October 31 session agenda.
31-10-2012 17:00
The revised draft Personal Income Tax (PIT) Law took to the National Assembly agenda on October 26 and Deputy Minister of Finance Vu Thi Mai said 70 per cent out of a total 3.87 million labourers named in enterprise payroll system would not be required to pay tax if the VND9 million ($428) payment threshold was passed by the National Assembly.
20-10-2012 13:01
Most big businesses directly managed by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) are maintaining stable performances, except several operating in property, construction and auto manufacture-assembling fields, General Department of Taxation’s Big Corporate Taxation Management Department head Dang Ngoc Minh tells VIR.
19-10-2012 09:21
Deputy head of Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation Tran Du Lich said over-emphasis should not be placed on gross domestic product (GDP) growth, as securing confidence from local people, businesses and investors was more important.
17-10-2012 17:00
Many firms are resuming operations thanks to the effective enforcement of Governmental Resolution 13/NQ-CP presenting some solutions for businesses to overcome difficulties. This has made Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan confident in the nation fulfilling 2012 budget estimates despite some difficulties.
16-10-2012 13:49
Vietnam Tax Consultant Association chairwoman Nguyen Thi Cuc suggested the government soften tax rates during upcoming National Assembly sessions to help firms overcome investment expansion hurdles.
22-09-2012 10:43
Ministry of Finance’s Debt and Asset Trading Company (DATC) general director Pham Thanh Quang sheds some light on the on-going DATC supported business restructuring process and what steps to be taken to facilitate the process.
15-09-2012 15:42
Deputy Minister of Finance (MoF) Vu Thi Mai maintains that the proposed personal income tax threshold of VND9 million ($428) and taxpayer dependent deduction of VND3.6 million ($171)/person remains low against those in other regional countries.
13-08-2012 12:53
The power price added 5 per cent from July 1, scaling up firms’ difficulties. Vietnam Energy Association chairman Tran Viet Ngai sheds some light on current power price situation sourcing state support to help firms weather the storm.
06-08-2012 16:21
The prime minister said public debt must not exceed 65 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020, state-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) debt situation needs to be controlled.
17-07-2012 16:00
Small- and medium-sized enterprises’ development is under spotlight. Investment authorities are penning the second small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) development plan focusing on quantity and quality growth targets.