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Budget revenue from export-import up 7.4%
Vietnam’s budget revenue from export and import activities in the first five months of 2024 was estimated at 165,696 billion VND (6.5 billion USD), up 7.4% over the same period last year, according to the General Department of Customs.
During the January-May period, the country’s total import and export turnover rose by 16.6% to 305.53 billion USD.
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Of the figures, exports reached 156.77 billion USD, up 15.2%, while imports climbed 18.2% to hit 148.76 billion USD, which translated into an 8-billion-USD trade surplus.
The General Department of Customs was tasked with collecting 375 trillion VND in budget revenue, with collection from export and import activities at 204 trillion VND.
The department said it would continue to reform customs policies and procedures while taking measures to prevent trade fraud and facilitate exporters and importers.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 26 asked for more efforts to further improve the quality and effectiveness of coordination between the Government and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to contribute to the successful implementation of the 13th National Party Congress’s Resolution and build a strong and modern working class.
Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee has said the northern province is stepping up trade promotion activities in 2024.
In the coming time, Bac Giang province, a magnet for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the northern region, will pay attention to consolidating, building and developing trade unions and workers’ movements in enterprises outside the state sector, according to Chairman of the provincial Labour Confederation Nguyen Van Canh.
Vietnam's import-export revenue reached 238.88 billion USD in the first four months of this year, with trade surplus reaching 8.4 billion USD, higher than the 7.66 billion USD recorded in the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Hanoi, home to a large number of cultural and historical sites and craft villages, is taking measures to develop experiential tourism to attract more visitors to the over-1,000-year-old capital.
Source: NDO
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