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Gas prices rise following refinery shutdown 

March 28, 2011
Gas prices rise following refinery shutdown 

A delivery man carries an LPG cylinder on a motorbike in Ho Chi Minh City Retail prices for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Vietnam have increased by about 4 percent after the country temporarily halted operation at the Dung Quat during an equipment check. Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Petro said a 12-kilogram cylinder of LPG now costs VND343,000. The [...]

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Strategic car debate heats up again

January 20, 2010
Strategic car debate heats up again

LookAtVietnam – VAMA has informed government agencies that the proposal by MOIT to make 6-9 seat cars the strategic line is unreasonable.  VAMA members all hold different ideas about which car models should be chosen as the strategic car line. Toyota, Vinastar and GM-Daewoo advocate 6-9 seat cars, while Ford Vietnam says Vietnam should not [...]

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VAMA suggests setting up “strategic car” research team

December 11, 2009
VAMA suggests setting up “strategic car” research team

LookAtVietnam – VAMA has proposed setting up a research team with the aim of setting the strategic car line for Vietnam. The chosen strategic vehicle line will eventually receive a whole array of tax breaks and incentives to help it be developed, reach the market and sell well. As a result, VAMA has suggested setting up [...]

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Gas retail prices go up on speculation, retailer interference

December 7, 2009
Gas retail prices go up on speculation, retailer interference

Speculation and manipulation by retailers are among several factors behind the rise in cooking gas prices by VND30,000-40,000 per kilogram over the last week, experts say. Tran Minh Loan, chairman of the Anpha S.G Petrol Company, said the local prices still depend on world gas prices, as local supplies meet just over 40 percent of [...]

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Auto tariffs – are they up, down or unchanged?

November 23, 2009
Auto tariffs – are they up, down or unchanged?

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s car dealers are perplexed by a newly-promulgated import tariff on used cars that seems to roll back the rates to 2006 levels. Circular #216 signed by Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan on November 12 says that beginning January 1, 2010, ‘passenger-carrying vehicles with less than 15 seats’ . . [...]

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Which car for Vietnam? Ours, say manufacturers

October 9, 2009
Which car for Vietnam? Ours, say manufacturers

VietNamNet Bridge – Manufacturers at a recent meeting couldn’t decide which car was most needed in Vietnam. All know that if their models are included as part of strategic plans they will enjoy tax incentives and other preferential policies. The Ministries of Finance (MOF) and Industry and Trade (MOIT) on October 8 met representatives of domestic [...]

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Power to the people

July 19, 2009
Power to the people

Dang Huu Xuong and his cylindrical wind turbine.LookAtVietnam – A local scientist has created cheap wind turbine technology that could help families and businesses become more self-sufficient.  Scientist Dang Huu Xuong has become an inventor not out of want for fame and fortune, but simply by playing with ideas and trying to make everyday items [...]

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Power to the people

July 18, 2009
Power to the people

Dang Huu Xuong and his cylindrical wind turbine. A local scientist has created cheap wind turbine technology that could help families and businesses become more self-sufficient. Scientist Dang Huu Xuong has become an inventor not out of want for fame and fortune, but simply by playing with ideas and trying to make everyday items less [...]

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Car prices going two directions

April 7, 2009
Car prices going two directions

Car prices have been split since the luxury tax law became effective on April 1, 2009. The market segment of small size cars has warmed up, while the MPV segment remains gloomy. The impacts of the luxury tax law are clearly seen in the market. Unlike the time prior to April 1, the market of [...]

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Big changes to car market after April 1

March 6, 2009
Big changes to car market after April 1

VietNamNet Bridge – New luxury taxes will become valid as of April 1, 2009, which also spells that car prices will increase after that day. Two groups of cars will bear sharp price increases because they will see the sharpest tax increases. Five-seaters with cylinder capacities of over 3,000 cu m will bear the tax rate [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...