Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People Committee, Nguyen Xuan Hue in his recent PPC cabinet meeting, asked tax department to make joint efforts in collecting over VND 2 trillion taxes in 2009 as planned.

As released by Deputy Director of Department of Finance Nguyen Cao Phuc, Quang Ngai has so far the year collected VND 612 billion taxes, reaching 28.9% of the year plan.

The province has faced challenges in tax collection for the first 6 month of the year, he expressed

Affected by the global economic crisis, business of enterprises in the province has gone down, causing provincial revenue decrease, Deputy Director Phuc explained.

However, this central province focuses on collecting around VND 3.2 trillion in 2009.

It believes in collection source from Dung Quat Refinery input of crude oil with expected amount of around VND 2 trillion.

M.H