Vietnamese Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung speaks at the seminar (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Vietnam shared its experience inmanaging taxation, customs and treasury sectors with Laos at a high-levelseminar in Vientiane on March 30.
Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Finance MinisterSomdy Duangdy said the event would look into Vietnam’s experience as well asshortcomings of and orientations for the management of the three sectors in thecountry.
These are valuable to the Lao ministry as theywill contribute to local socio-economic development, he noted.
Vietnamese Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung briefedparticipants of the development of the three sectors and the finance ministry’smanagement of the sectors, which, in his words, helped to regulate budget collectionand control budget spending at both central and local levels.
At the seminar, Vietnam’s financial officialsdiscussed and fielded questions and opinions about the taxation, customs andtreasury sectors raised by the Lao side.
Also on March 30, the delegation of Vietnam’sfinance ministry met with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and held ameeting of the steering board for the two ministries’ cooperation.-VNA
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Vietnamese Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung speaks at the seminar (Photo: VNA) 
