Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam’s fiscal deficit, including principal repayments, would come in at 6.6 percent of GDP this year and next year, up from 5.9 percent in 2018, Fitch Solutions Macro Research forecast. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) It was revised from 5.7 percent and 5.8 percent projected previously. According to Fitch analysts, this follows a 7.4 percent deficit based...

(LSO) - A working delegation of the provincial People’s Committee of Lang Son province, led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial Party’s Committee Pham Ngoc Thuong, on September 4 examined import-export activities at Chi Ma border gate in Loc Binh district. Lang Son province and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region officially opened...

(LSO) - A delegation of the People’s Committee of Lang Son province led by Chairman Pham Ngoc Thuong on September 4 inspected the new-style rural area building in Tu Doan commune, Loc Binh district. As of early September, Tu Doan had completed 11 out of the 19 criteria set for new-style rural areas. The locality expects to win the...

(LSO) - The People’s Committee of Lang Son province held a meeting on September 4 to evaluate the efficiency of a project to construct, upgrade and repair toilets at kindergartens and schools in higher levels in 2019, as well as review contracts with teachers and education staff in the 2019-2020 period. Duong Xuan Huyen, Vice Chairman of the Committee,...

Hanoi (VNA) – Leading steelmaker Hoa Phat shipped abroad 165,000 tonnes of construction steel in the first eight months of this year, up 38 percent year-on-year, according to the group. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) During the period, it churned out a total of 1.77 million tonnes of construction steel, an increase of more than 20 percent against the corresponding...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam’s total revenues for retail trade and services reached an estimated 3.21 quadrillion VND (137.4 billion USD) in the first eight months of 2019, up 11.5 percent year on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced. A woman shops for fruits at a supermarket in HCM City (Photo: VNA) This positive growth proved the rising...

Hanoi (VNA) - The Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission in collaboration with relevant agencies on September 3 launched a campaign urging enterprises and entrepreneurs to give their opinions on improving policies and mechanisms for economic development. At the launching ceremony of the campaign (Photo: VNA) All Vietnamese firms and businessmen are welcomed to take part in the campaign, with...

(LSO) - A report by the Lang Son Customs Department shows that as of August 12, tax revenue from import and export through border gates in the province exceeded 2.24 trillion VND, an increase of 48 percent from the same period last year and equal to 80.1 percent of the target. Attracting export-import businesses Of the figure, the customs...

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s export turnover hit nearly 170 billion USD in the last eight months, a year on year increase of 7.3 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). Processing fruit for export (Source: VNA) Thanks to contributions of the group of mobile phone and accessories, the country enjoyed a trade surplus of 1.7 billion...

Hanoi (VNA) – Mangoes have become the next Vietnamese fruit to be exported to Chile, following dragon fruit. Mangoes are covered in paper bags to have a good look and protect them from insects (Photo: VNA) The first batches of Vietnamese mangoes and Chilean apples were shipped to each other’s markets on August 15, a representative of Chile’s trade...