State budget revenue and spending in the first four months of this year are estimated at VND316.7 trillion ($13.9 billion) and VND336.8 trillion ($14.8 billion), respectively, and equal to 26.1 per cent and 24.2 per cent of the annual plan, according to figures from the General Statistics Office (GSO). SEE MORE The country’s total coal export volume in the year’s first four months posted a seven times surge compared with the same period last year to reach 504,663 tonnes. SEE MORE The Government plans to borrow VND 342,06 trillion (more than US$15 billion) this year, according to a scheme approved recently by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. SEE MORE Vietnam’s trade deficit neared US$2.8 billion in the first four months this year, approximating 4.5 percent of export import turnover, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade. SEE MORE Vietnam is targeting keeping public debt, comprising central government debt, government-backed loans, and local government debt, below 65 percent of GDP between 2016 and 2018. SEE MORE