State budget collections in Ho Chi Minh City in January were estimated at VND42.47 trillion (US$1.84 billion), 11.6% of the estimate and up 2.9% year-on-year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

VOV.VN - The top three finalists of the Miss Vietnam 2020 pageant displayed their beauty whilst wearing Ao Dai, a traditional long dress, as part of a photo collection aimed at celebrating the upcoming Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Information and Communications, in conjunction with the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information and Education, launched a stamp collection on January 22 aimed at celebrating the 13th National Party Congress.

Total import-export turnover through border gates of northern Lao Cai province, which borders China, reached nearly US$1.7 billion in 2020, equal to 94% of the previous year.

Nearly VND1.279 quadrillion (US$55.3 billion) in taxes was collected for the State budget in 2020, almost VND24.35 trillion, or 1.9%, higher than the annual target and VND175.85 trillion more than the estimate reported to the National Assembly (NA).

Total tax collection in 2020 is estimated at over VND1.26 quadrillion (US$54.37 billion), equivalent to 100.6% of the estimate, Deputy Director of the General Department of Taxation Dang Ngoc Minh said on December 31.

State budget revenue has reached over VND1.3 quadrillion (US$59.5 billion) so far this year, representing 91.14% of the annual estimate, according to the Deputy General Director of the State Treasury, Nguyen Quang Vinh.

The development of the collective economy must originate from people’s demand and be in line with the actual conditions and market economy rules, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 22.

All of the transactions in the transport sector will be cashless by 2030, as part of a programme on digital transformation recently approved by the Ministry of Transport.

Vietnam will develop the collective economy in the direction of building product value chains, increasing its contribution to domestic economic development, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at a forum held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Vietnam Cooperative Union in Hanoi on December 11.