Tag: subsidies
Gov’t power subsidies should be replaced by price ceiling: EVN
VietNamNet Bridge – Outcry over electricity prices in rural areas has raised alarms. Deputy head of EVN’s Trading and Rural Electricity Department Le Van Chuyen speaks with Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) on the issue. Nearly 57% of the communes which are power-connected buy electricity from non-State owned intermediary sources.Since 1997,... Read more
Vietnam to increase health insurance subsidies
Vietnam will broadly increase the level of subsidies for health insurance cover according to a draft of health insurance laws to be approved by the current session of the National Assembly (NA). The draft outlines exemptions from health insurance fees for veterans, poor residents, ethnic minorities, and children... Read more

