OFFICIAL POINTS OUT RISKS TO CPI DURING YEAR-END PERIOD
Though inflation was under control in the past eight months, the economy still poses risk to the consumer price index (CPI) in the remaining months of this year and next year, said Director General of the General Statistics Office of Việt Nam (GSO) Nguyễn Thị Hương.
BLOCKCHAIN GOING MAINSTREAM - HYPE OR REALITY?
Blockchain technology is being adopted by governments and companies around the world, but there are still some challenges for blockchain to go mainstream in Việt Nam, including limited interoperability, security concerns and lack of regulations, experts have said.
HIGH-TECH FDI DRIVES VIETNAM’S ECONOMIC EVOLUTION
Vietnam’s economic growth has been accelerating this year, and so the World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and others have sharply revised up their GDP growth forecasts for the country, with an increasing number of economists now expecting it to exceed 8% this year. This has prompted investors to ask what is different in Vietnam and why.
MOF CLARIFIES LAW ON PRIZE ELECTRONIC GAMES FOR FOREIGNERS
Circular No. 39/2022/TT-BTC guides the implementation of Decree No. 121/2021/ND-CP and stipulates the appraisal fee for the grant and extension of business certificates at VND150 million (US$6,428), while that for the re-grant and adjustment stands at $5 million.
“REINFORCING MACROECONOMIC FOUNDATION, PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT”
This is the theme of the Vietnam Socio-Economic Forum 2022, an annual event of the National Assembly co-organized by the National Assembly Economic Committee, the Central Economic Commission, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Vietnam National Academy of Social Sciences.
MOF PROPOSES TO REDUCE IMPORT TAX ON GASOLINE AND ETHANOL GOODS
In earlier September, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) finalised the draft Decree of the export tariff schedule and the preferential import tariff schedule, following the prime minister's decision on the introduction of import tax rates for gasoline and ethanol products.
HO CHI MINH CITY: MANY INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS SOON TO RECEIVE CLEARED SPACE FOR EXECUTION
The construction of a string of important infrastructure works which have been trapped by space woes in the southern growth engine of Ho Chi Minh City will resume pace in the fourth quarter of this year and in early 2023 after acquiring cleared land.
M&A DEALS IN VIETNAM REACH NEARLY $5 BILLION IN H1
Du Vinh Tran, EY’s Indochina strategy and transactions leader, said: “In the Vietnamese market, we still observed a strong growth of PE and VC investments during the first half of the year despite some turbulence in equity and debt markets.”
