Increased pressure from accounting records and invoices, following the termination of the lump-sum tax mechanism from the beginning of this year, is prompting many high-revenue business households to consider upgrading to enterprises.

Among 3,225 tax-delinquent businesses in Ho Chi Minh City (post-merger), most operate in the real estate sector.

A reader recounts how their siblings were unexpectedly prevented from leaving the country at the airport due to outstanding tax debts.