HANOI — Vietnam’s total revenue from retail sales and services reached VND2.58 quadrillion (US$114.7 billion) in the first eight months of this year, a year on year increase of 10.3 per cent, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). The figure amounted to an 8.9 per cent increase, excluding the price factor, the highest rise recorded since […]
Read MoreHCM CITY — The consumer price index (CPI) in the largest southern economic hub of HCM City in August rose 0.5 per cent from the previous month and 3.63 per cent over the same period last year, the municipal Statistics Office reported on August 29. According to the office, the prices of six out of 11 […]
Read MoreHANOI — Individual investors that participate in derivatives trading market have to pay a 0.1 per cent income tax for derivatives trading transactions. The tax is imposed on the trading prices of derivatives transactions, which could be sell and buy orders and expiry of the futures contracts. A similar tax rate has also been imposed […]
Read MoreHANOI — More than 85,350 firms were established in the first eight months of this year with total registered capital of VND822 trillion (US$36 billion), statistics of the Business Registration Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed. These figures represented a rise of 16.3 per cent in the number of new firms and an […]
Read MoreHANOI – Vietnam received an estimated US$10.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in January-August, up 5.1% from the same period in 2016, the government said on Monday. Pledges of new FDI during the eight-month period rose an estimated 37.4% from a year earlier, to $13.45 billion, while additional funds to existing projects up […]
Read MoreHANOI — Fifteen firms won bids at the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s second auction of sugar import quotas in Hanoi on Wednesday. Vietnam must import 89,500 tonnes of sugar this year, following its commitment to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The commitment consists of 44,000 tonnes of raw sugar and 45,500 tonnes of refined sugar. The […]
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