Tag: Personal

Personal income tax law delay unlikely: official

Taxpayers at the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department in District 3 earlier this week A proposed delay in the Personal Income Tax Law, due to take effect next week, is unlikely to be approved by the National Assembly, a senior official has said. National Assembly Office chief Tran Dinh Dan said as the parliament had ratified... Read more

Official calls for delay in personal income tax law

Residents waiting for their documents to be processed at the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department in District 3 earlier this month The Personal Income Tax Law is due to take effect in a week but one senior government official has suggested delaying the tax to stimulate investment and consumer spending in the face of continued economic... Read more

More clients denounce ACB’s breaking into personal accounts

VietNamNet Bridge – One more investor, Pham Thi Ngoc Son from Dong Nai province, has lodged a complaint to Asia Commercial Bank, asking the bank to pay back the sum of money that the bank deducted from her account. This shows Son’s account balance before ACB’s intervention (photo provided by Son)Son said that on December 9, after a purchase... Read more

Circular stipulates personal nature of blog contents

VietNamNet Bridge – A circular controlling blogs is scheduled for issuance in December 2008. A senior official from the Ministry of Information and Communications stated that the circular would not address the personal contents of blogs, only give guidance to bloggers. VietNamNet Bridge – A circular controlling blogs is scheduled for issuance in December... Read more

Gov’t to hand out personal tax numbers

VietNamNet Bridge – Three million people will receive personal tax numbers early next year when the Law on Personal Income Tax comes into effect on January 1, according to tax official Tran Ngoc Van. According to the law, the minimum monthly taxable income is at VND4mil (US$240) for both Vietnamese people and foreigners.The deputy head of the taxation office’s... Read more

Personal computer market bullish in second half, IDC tips

A customer tries out an Acer laptop at an information technology exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City last month. The personal computer (PC) market in Vietnam is expected to post strong growth in the second half of this year, especially in the notebook segment, despite the country’s economic woes, according to an industry report. ... Read more