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HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The imported pork and declining meat consumption have pushed pork prices down, helping stabilise the consumer price index. This month pork has been sold at the Hoc Mon wholesale market in Ho Chi Minh City for around 72,000 VND (3.17 USD) per kilogramme, 8,000 VND down from previous months, according to its management. Le Xuan Huy, deputy general director of the CP Livestock Joint Stock Company, said hog prices are down because of increased imports of both frozen pork and live pigs as well as lower demand. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the first seven months of this year Vietnam imported more than 93,248 tonnes of pork, mainly from Canada, Germany, Poland, Brazil, the US, Spain, and Russia, 223 percent up from the same period in 2019. The ministry licensed imports of pigs on the hoof from Thailand from mid-June. As of August 36 companies registered to quarantine more than 4.7 million … [Read more...] about Pork prices fall as Vietnam increases imports

State-owned banks recorded mixed results. Of Vietnam’s three biggest lenders by assets, CTG of VietinBank added 0.9 percent, BID of BIDV kept its opening price and VCB of Vietcombank shed 0.7 percent. MBB of mid-sized Military Bank climbed 1.3 percent. … [Read more...] about VN-Index sees biggest foreign net sell in eight months

Regarding the tax policy applicable to these platforms, experts said the basis for tax calculation is according to Circular No. 103/2014/TT-BTC. Accordingly, owners of Steam and Netflix are considered foreign business organizations that do not have a permanent establishment in Vietnam, or have income generated in Vietnam. Therefore, these are subject to contractor tax, including specific taxes such as value added tax (VAT), corporate income (CIT), personal income tax (PIT) ... … [Read more...] about Steam, Netflix do business in Vietnam without paying taxes

Between January and November, the country’s export revenue to Australia and China – two of the 15 RCEP signatories - expanded by 1.5 percent and 16 percent, respectively, the ministry said, adding that that the trade pact is predicted to make marked changes.  … [Read more...] about RCEP: local enterprises stepping firmly forward

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A crowded moon cake market has caused a drop in sales for many stalls ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival. The big day is on October 1 – the 15th day of the 8th month on the lunar calendar, but the moon cake market is still quiet. Popular moon cake brands like Kinh Do, Nhu Lan, Dong Khanh, Hanoi Confectionery and Thu Huong Bakery are traded on stalls in the most crowded areas in Hanoi and HCM City. Despite an increase in discounts and promotions, fewer people are shopping at moon cake stalls than last year. Nguyen Thi Huong, the owner of a moon cake stall on Pham Van Dong Street in HCM City’s Thu Duc District has struggled this year. “I have to use a 'buy 1 get 1' board to attract customers but some just stop to see the price list. Some still buy the products but they are much fewer than ever before," she said. Le Minh Tam, who runs a moon cake stall on An Duong Vuong Street, District 5, told Tin Tuc newspaper: … [Read more...] about Moon cake market competition heats up