• THE MOUTHPIECE OF THE VIETNAM ASSOCIATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

Extending the deadline for paying excise tax on locally produced or assembled automobiles

On May 24, the General Department of Taxation (Ministry of Finance) issued dispatch No. 06/CD-TCT instructing the local Tax Departments and units under the General Department to extend the tax payment deadline.

Extending the deadline for payment of land rent for 50% of the land rent due in 2022.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has recently signed Decree No. 34/2022/ND-CP extending the deadline for payment of value-added tax, corporate income tax, and personal income tax in 2022. This decree is in force between May 28, 2022, and December 31, 2022.

Real estate in Ho Chi Minh City: To keep prices down, the housing crisis must be solved

Lawyer Le Net, a VIAC arbitrator, stated: "The State needs to listen to people's housing demands to establish proper legislation and how to manage real estate prices."

The future economy in the ceramic tile market

The ceramic tile industry is restructuring because of the prevalent tendency of consuming large-sized items, which are more popular with Porcelain and demand a diversity of designs and patterns, rather than a few classic types as historically.

Vietnamese startups flourish as a result of their digital transformation journey

The RMIT Business Startup Forum with the topic "Smart Companies - How Digitization Helps Your Startup Journey" gave ideas on how to establish future digital startups for Vietnam.

Banks simultaneously applied for a "room" of credit

Representatives of banks simultaneously suggested to the State Bank that the credit growth target be relaxed.

The government's 2% interest rate support package creates motivation for the service and manufacturing sectors

The Government published Decree No. 31/2022/ND-CP on State Budget Support for Interest Rates on Loans to Businesses, Cooperatives, and Business Households on May 20, 2018. The State Bank of Vietnam outlines the interest rate assistance plan of commercial banks, ensuring that it does not exceed a total of 40,000 billion VND and is approved by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance to primarily support the service and manufacturing sectors.

New draft on classification and operation management of supermarkets

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to eliminate difficulties and impediments for localities in the management and development of many types of commerce infrastructure, the Ministry has drafted a circular outlining the classification and management of many types of commerce infrastructure. The draft is collecting feedback from relevant organizations.

Khanh Hoa: Efforts to connect tourism with India

After the Covid-19 outbreak, the number of Chinese and Russian travellers to Khanh Hoa dropped drastically, therefore the tourism business made attempts to discover new sources of visitors in the Indian market. After several actions aimed at fostering collaboration in tourism development, it is time for firms on both sides to produce distinct goods.

Resolution 11/NQ-CP: Policies positively impact production and business

The government's economic recovery and development policy, as outlined in Resolution No. 11/NQ-CP of January 30, 2022, has had an optimistic impact on the result and operations of businesses.

Hanoi's five month export-import turnover skyrockets

Hanoi enjoyed a surge in exports-imports in the first five months of this year, signalling the capital city’s strong economic recovery, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

HCM City enjoys good economic recovery, development signals

Socio-economic recovery and development have been seen in Ho Chi Minh City – the biggest economic hub in southern Vietnam, with strong growth in production and business activities.

Vietnam’s industrial production up 8.3% in five-month period

The index of industrial production (IIP) in the first five months of 2022 rose by 8.3% over the same period last year, on top of May’s increase of 10.4% from a year earlier.

Hanoi improves investment environment to attract more major businesses

Since the COVID-19 pandemic has been basically put under control, Hanoi has determined that the improvement of investment and business environment is a key task to quickly recover and develop the economy.

Banks await higher credit growth quota

Commercial banks are expecting to have higher credit growth limits in Q2 2022 as they have already used up most of their assigned quota this year.

Five-month tax revenue ups 16.5 percent

The total tax collection in the first five months of this year is estimated at nearly 673 trillion VND (28.8 million USD), equivalent to 57.3 percent of the projection for the whole year and a year-on-year increase of 16.5 percent, according to the General Department of Taxation.

Banks told to rollout low-interest businesses loans

Commercial banks were told to launch a 40 trillion VND support package with a 2 percent yearly rate cut for businesses in a meeting with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) last week.

Ministry helps enterprises effectively deal with trade remedies

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue to coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors in supporting businesses to minimise impacts of trade remedies which may have an detrimental effect on Vietnam’s export activities.

Pilots agrivoltaics model in Da Lat

GIZ has realized the enormous potential of the agrivoltaics model for Viet Nam, a country with large-scale agricultural production and increasing demand for electricity consumption to meet economic growth rates.

Trade revenue set to eclipse 700 billion USD this year

Free trade agreements (FTAs) spurred Vietnam’s bilateral and multilateral trade, with 2022 revenues projected to hit a record 750 billion USD, according to experts.