People complain about being delayed from leaving the country because the amount of tax debt is very small, the Tax Department speaks out
The Tax Department said about some information reflecting small tax debts but still being temporarily suspended from leaving the country causing misunderstanding. Through verification, the case reflected is that the taxpayer has been in debt since 2023 and is subject to abandoning the business address without notifying the tax authority. The tax authority has coordinated with local authorities and functional agencies to confirm the situation of no longer operating at the registered address, and at the same time fully implemented the steps of notifying, reminding and coercive measures in accordance with legal regulations, including temporary suspension of exit.

According to current regulations, there are 4 groups of subjects eligible for temporary exit suspension due to tax debt, including: business households owing over 50 million VND overdue for more than 120 days; business representatives owing over 500 million VND overdue for more than 120 days; cases of abandoning business addresses but not fulfilling tax obligations after 30 days from the date of receiving the notice; and people preparing to emigrate or foreigners still owing overdue taxes.
According to data, to date, the Tax sector has issued notices of temporary exit suspension for more than 105,000 taxpayers, including legal representatives of businesses and business households, with a total debt of over 61,000 billion VND. See more...
International Financial Center opens up more capital access opportunities for businesses
Gold prices fall, many people take advantage of buying to accumulate
Domestic gold prices on May 22 continued to decrease slightly by about 400,000 VND/tael, pulling the decrease compared to the previous month to about 7.6 - 8.1 million VND/tael. At many gold shops on Cau Giay street (Hanoi), the number of customers coming to trade decreased significantly.
According to records, stores currently sell plain round gold rings in unlimited quantities, opening for sale from 0.5 taels and returning gold immediately after the transaction. People mainly come to buy, while customers sell out almost none. Many customers said that the waiting time is short, no longer the scene of long queues as before.

Some customers take advantage of buying gold to accumulate when prices fall. Besides gold rings, jewelry products also attract attention, but the high prices make many customers consider before deciding to buy. See more...
VN-Index gradually moves away from the 1,900 point mark
At the end of the trading session on May 22, VN-Index decreased by 19.76 points (-1.04%), to 1,877.13 points; HNX-Index increased by 3.14 points (+1.19%), to 267.51 points. Thus, in the trading week from May 18-22, the VN-Index decreased by 44.47 points, equivalent to -2.31%.
The breadth of the entire market with red color is somewhat overwhelming when the selling side has 398 declining stocks and the buying side has 337 increasing stocks. Red color dominates the VN30 basket with 22 declining stocks, 6 increasing stocks and 2 reference stocks. See more...