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Thai Minister of Finance Uttama Savanayana has announced that the government plans to launch a tax refund mobile application by the end of this month in a bid to increase tourism spending.

The National Assembly adopted a resolution on State budget allocation in 2020 in the morning of November 14, with 90.48 percent of approval votes.

The alarmingly sluggish disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) capital and foreign soft loans continued to be the topic of a teleconference in Hanoi on September 13.

The Government’s foreign debts have been declining sharply and under the Government’s control, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said while chairing a meeting with leaders of some ministries, sectors and the National Financial Supervisory Commission in Hanoi on August 9.

he Ministry of Home Affairs is drafting a national programme on foreign language training for cadres and civil servants to help them improve their language proficiency and performance at work.

The eighth plenary conference of the Public Expenditure Management Network in Asia (PEMNA) will take place in Ha Long city of the northern province of Quang Ninh from May 22-24, announced the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

In recent years, the Government bond market has become an important capital mobilisation channel for Vietnam. However, the scale of the country’s bond market is modest compared to national economic scale and to other regional countries.

The entrepreneurial spirit of businesses is a stimulus for the Government to act more drastically and innovatively, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the annual Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) 2018 in Hanoi on December 4.

Developing the private sector and expanding domestic private financial sources are the key targets for Vietnam in order to meet financial demand for the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

The 8th-tenure Lao National Assembly (NA) concluded its 5th session on June 28 after 18 days of sitting, adopting five newly-drafted laws.

Nine new laws will become effective on July 1, 2018, including the Law on Public Debt Management; Law on amendments and supplementations to some articles of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank (WB)’s Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, in Hanoi on June 26.

Vietnam’s Government bond market needs to be made more appealing, as recent years have seen a lack of foreign participation.

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung cleared up a number of questions relating to the State budget restructuring and the execution of financial disciplines, which were raised at the May 26 session during the 5th sitting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan urged the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to perform its tasks right from the beginning of the year as 2018 is very important for the fulfillment of targets and plans for 2016-2020.

The Presidential Office announced six new laws at a press conference on December 14. The laws were adopted by the 14th National Assembly at the recent fourth session.

The National Assembly will hold its closing ceremony on November 24, which will be broadcast live nationwide.

A draft Law on Public Debt Management was adopted on November 23 at the 14th National Assembly’s fourth session with 85.74 percent of “yes” votes.

Deputies of the 14th National Assembly debated the draft Law on the Protection of State Secrets during their November 22 sitting.

Question and answer sessions of the 14th National Assembly’s fourth sitting from November 16-18 took place in a democratic and constructive environment, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.