Vietnam, Ukraine beef up trade cooperation
Vietnam and Ukraine have discussed measures to remove hurdles and facilitate bilateral trade cooperation at the 15th session of Vietnam-Ukraine Inter-Governmental Commission for Economic, Trade and Science and Technology Cooperation.
The signing ceremony of the Memoranda of Understanding on stock exchange (Photo: VNA)
During the session held via video conference on January 25, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An noted despite impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two-way trade in 2020 increased considerably compared to that of 2019.
Statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs show bilateral trade last year hit 478.33 million USD, a year-on-year increase of 29.48 percent. Of the total, Vietnamese exports to Ukraine brought back 284.8 million USD, up 15.04 percent, while imports from Ukraine rose 58.81 percent to 193.5 million USD.
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27/01/2021 10:15 GMT+7
More taxes collected from online businesses
More people have come to pay taxes for their online businesses in Hanoi in 2020.
Mai Son, head of Hanoi Taxation Department, said e-business has strongly developed in Vietnam and worldwide. In 2020, Hanoi collected VND123bn (USD5.3m) in taxes, five times higher than the collected taxes in 2019. Most of the taxpayers are individuals, he said.
A woman from Cau Giay District paid VND23.4bn (USD1m) after earning VND330bn last year from writing and published her apps on Google Play and App Store. Another man paid over VND18bn from his VND260bn income also from writing mobile apps. According to the Hanoi Taxation Department, another person paid over VND7bn in taxes from his online business v