Corporate income tax levied on small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) should be reduced to promote the business development, a solution together with broadening tax base to increase budget revenue from business and production.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the National Financial Supervisory Committee to coordinate with competent ministries and agencies to give proposals to the Government and the PM on major economic issues, especially those regarding the macro economy and financial market supervision.
The banking sector’s profits were anticipated to rise significantly in 2017, driven by the handling of bad debts and the recovery of the property sector.
The Housing Development Commercial Joint Stock Bank (HDBank) has been allowed to increase its chartered capital from more than 8.828 trillion VND (392.3 million USD) to 9.908 trillion VND.
Government bonds have recently seen strong foreign buying despite the facts that the USD is expected to continue appreciating and Vietnam has no incentives to attract foreign investment in its bonds.