Fuel import tariffs reduced to 0% amids Middle East tensions
The preferential import tax for unleaded petrol is slashed from 10% to zero from March 9 to April 30.
PM issues dispatch on ensuring fuel and electricity supplies
Power shortages were experienced in some northern areas over the summer.
Standard Chartered: 2022 growth to reach 6.7%
Standard Chartered has forecast that Vietnam’s GDP growth will reach 10.8 per cent in the third quarter of this year, 3.9 per cent in the fourth quarter, and 6.7 per cent for the year as a whole. While commenting that inflation remains under control, the bank also forecast that price pressures, especially on food and fuel, are likely to increase during the second half of this year and into 2023.