Hanoi's budget revenues pass US$ 7 billion
The capital's budget revenues have reached over 146 trillion VND (7 billion USD), 99.9 percent of this year's estimate, announced the Hanoi Treasury on the first day of the year.
In particular, US$137 trillion (US$6.5 billion) came from domestic taxes and VND9 trillion ( US$ 0.4 billion) from imports-exports.
The Treasury spent nearly VND62 trillion US$ (3 billion) from the local budget, or 80 percent of the yearly forecast.
Total budget revenues in Hanoi are estimated to reach more than VND161 trillion (US$7.7 billion) this year.