Nearly VND246.449 trillion (over US$10.7 billion) in taxes was collected for the State budget in the first two months of 2021, equivalent to 22.1% of the estimate, according to the General Department of Taxation.

The Ministry of Finance has announced it may further extend tax payment deferrals to support companies suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic this year.

Businesses may have several additional months before they have to pay income tax and land-use fees, per a proposal from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to the Government.

The industrial market is the only real estate sector that has enjoyed positive progress in both rental rates and occupancy rates during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Many traditional markets throughout the capital were crowded with local people preparing farewell ceremonies for “Ong Cong - Ong Tao”, also known as the Land Genie and Kitchen Gods, on the 23rd day of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 4.

The Cabinet has recently approved a package of additional relief measures to cushion the impacts of the new wave of COVID-19 infections.

Real estate prices in 2021 are expected to increase by 10% over the previous year, said Nguyen Van Dinh, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Real Estate Association (VNREA).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Planning and Investment to add three industrial parks (IPs) in southern Dong Nai province to the national planning for IP development towards 2020.

Vietnam needs to increase policies to promote the development of the domestic mechanical engineering industry and enable local manufacturers to compete with foreign competitors.

VOV.VN - The two countries’ leaders have exchanged documents that approve the Supplementary Treaty 2019, along with the Protocol on the Demarcation and Marker Planting of the Land Boundary between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia.