(LSO) – A delegation of the Lang Son People’s Committee, led by Vice Chairman Nguyen Cong Truong, inspected import and export activities at Tan Thanh border gate in Van Lang district which stands between the province and China. Hundreds of trucks loaded with farm produce have been stuck at Tan Thanh border gate since October 15 as a large...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will ensure the supply-demand balance of essential commodities for the Tet (Lunar New Year) of 2020 and implement a programme on keeping goods in stock for market stabilisation. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) To stabilise the market and ensure supply in the last months of the year and the...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,155 VND per USD on October 24, up 1 VND from the previous day (October 23). The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) sets the daily reference exchange rate at 23,155 VND per USD on October 24.(Photo: VNA) With the current trading band of...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Vietnam Airlines Corporation has decided to increase the salary of pilots on Boeing B787 and Airbus A350 by 22 percent, nine months ahead of schedule. Illustrative image (Photo: Vietnam Airlines) The pay rise was announced in the context of a fiercely competitive aviation market and shortage of pilots. A pilot and instructor who fly...

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s outstanding tax payments had reached 88.25 trillion VND (3.8 billion USD) as of September, up 8.2 percent from the end of 2018, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung said. Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung addresses the parliament's meeting on October 22 (Photo: VNA) The figure included nearly 43 trillion VND worth of uncollectable tax, or 48.7...

Hanoi (VNA) – Amidst escalating US-China trade tensions, Vietnam is expected to become a major Asian destination for foreign investors thanks to its location, policies and human resources, experts have said. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Speaking at the recent 7th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition & Conference (MTA Hanoi 2019) in Hanoi, Tee Boon Teong, General...

Hanoi (VNA) – The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has lowered anti-dumping duties on frozen tra fish (pangasius) fillets from Vietnam in the 15th period of review (POR15), according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOIT). Production of tra fish for export at Can Tho Import Export Seafood JSC (CASEAMEX). (Photo: VNA) This is the DOC’s preliminary conclusion...

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Cong Truong on October 18 led a working delegation to examine the implementation of the new-style rural area building programme in Nhat Tien commune, Bac Son district. Nhat Tien commune was among five localities chosen to fulfill the new-style rural area building programme’s targets during 2016-2020. Thanks to the State’s investment...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,153 VND per USD on October 21, down 1 VND from the last working day of previous week (October 18). The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) sets the daily reference exchange rate at 23,153 VND per USD on October 21.(Photo: VNA) With the...

(LSO) - Aside from funding of the central budget, over the past years, the People’s Committees of Lang Son province and its district-level localities have entrusted part of their budgets to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) to provide loans for poor households and other disadvantaged groups. As one of the outstanding performers in allocating part of its...