The Hanoitimes - By 2025, Vietnam’s public debt is projected at 47.5% of the revised GDP (which is 25.4% higher than current method of GDP’s calculation), or 60.4% of the level before being revised. Vietnam targets an average fiscal deficit of 3.7% in the next five years period, being around 4% of the GDP in 2021 before declining to 3.4% by 2025, according to Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung. Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung at the hearing session. Photo: Nhat Bac. By 2025, Vietnam’s public debt is estimated at 47.5% of the revised GDP (which is 25.4% higher than current method of GDP’s calculation), or 60.4% of the level being revised, stated Mr. Dung at a hearing session at the National Assembly on November 5. For the 2021 – 2025 period and given the average GDP growth target of 6.5 – 7%, the government estimates total state budget revenue of VND7,800 trillion (US$336.93 billion), a 1.1 – 1.2-fold increase compared to the 2016 – 2020 period. Of the total, the contribution of taxes and fees revenues would be around 13 and 14% of GDP, while it made up 24.5% and 20.4% of the GDP in the 2016-2020 due to the enlargement of the Vietnamese economy after the GDP revision. Meanwhile, revenue from land and import-export activities in the next five years would be around the level of the 2016 – 2020 period, while that of crude oil would be half of the previous five years and account for 3.3% of the adjusted GDP in the 2021 – 2025 period. Overview of the hearing session at the National Assembly. Source: quochoi.vn. Priority to ensure fair business environment The finance minister informed that the structure of budget revenue continues to improve, in which domestic revenue accounts for 85 – 86% of total, import – export activities 12.7%, and crude oil 1.4%. Mr. Dung said amid global uncertainty stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic and global trade tensions among major economies, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) still …
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