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Fuel firms offset losses with larger withdrawals from price stabilization fund 

January 16, 2011
Fuel firms offset losses with larger withdrawals from price stabilization fund 

Fuel companies have been ordered to keep prices stable The Vietnamese Finance Ministry has allowed fuel traders to draw more money from the national price stabilization fund and instructed them to keep prices stable. Since mid-November, fuel companies have taken VND1,200 from the fund for every liter of gasoline and kerosene sold; and VND1,000 for every [...]

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Dong slump pushes consumer prices up

December 5, 2009
Dong slump pushes consumer prices up

A shop owner calculates money at a market in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. The fall of the dong has consumers beginning to feel the pinch as importers and producers raise prices, passing on dollar hike costs to end-users. A survey by Thanh Nien found that since the one-off devaluation of the dong last [...]

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Fuel traders call for less government control

September 23, 2009
Fuel traders call for less government control

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam should develop a market-based fuel pricing system and stop focusing on revenues for the state budget, said local fuel traders seeking for more freedom in doing business.Bui Ngoc Bao, general director of state-owned Petrolimex, which holds up to 60 percent of the market share, said although the government has stopped subsidizing fuel [...]

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Fuel traders call for less government control

September 22, 2009
Fuel traders call for less government control

Vietnam should develop a market-based fuel pricing system and stop focusing on revenues for the state budget, said local fuel traders seeking for more freedom in doing business. Bui Ngoc Bao, general director of state-owned Petrolimex, which holds up to 60 percent of the market share, said although the government has stopped subsidizing fuel prices [...]

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Weak consumption keeps prices from surging after fuel hike

July 7, 2009
Weak consumption keeps prices from surging after fuel hike

Workers package sausages at a factory of Ho Chi Minh City-based Vissan company. Retailers and producers say they have to keep prices stable after a fuel price hike last week because they don’t want to risk losing customers. Bui Hanh Thu, deputy director of Saigon Co.op, which owns the Co.opMart supermarket chain, said despite higher [...]

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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...