VOV.VN - Continued efforts are needed to maintain national macroeconomic stability and keep inflation in check in the year ahead amidst global geopolitical complications and unpredictable market volatility, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

State budget collection from export-import activities in January topped VND24.8 trillion (US$1.07 billion), or 5.8% of the estimate, down 42.3% annually, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has described businesses as "heroes" in the economic sector, who will bring trade revenue between Vietnam and Thailand to US$30 billion by 2025.

As many as 325 products by 172 enterprises have been recognised as Vietnam National Brands 2022, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai told a press conference held in Hanoi on October 25.

Since the portal for tax payment of cross border activities was launched on March 21 this year, 36 foreign service providers have registered, declared and paid taxes through it, heard a webinar held by the Government Portal on September 29.

The digital transformation day of the banking sector will be held on August 3, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced at a press conference in Hanoi on July 28.

Metfone, the Cambodia-based affiliate of the military-run telecom group Viettel, and Angkok Dairy Products Co.Ltd (Angkormilk), two Vietnamese-invested firms, on July 14 signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop telecommunications services and e- payments in Cambodia.

The first six banks have provided accounts for users to make online tax payments via the eTax Mobile application.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a decision on digital transformation plan in 2022, under which all of the administrative procedures are to be handled online.

Budget airline Vietjet Air on July 1 resumed its air route linking Hanoi and Busan, a beautiful coastal city in the Republic of Korea (RoK).