Posts Tagged ‘ Transport Costs ’

Environmental fuel tax will hurt consumption, association warns

November 21, 2009
Environmental fuel tax will hurt consumption, association warns

Fuel is one of eight products that will be taxed under the Environmental Tax Law, according to a finance ministry’s proposal A new environment tax on fuel products is necessary but it will drive up transport costs and hence consumer prices, experts say, suggesting the rate be low. Thai Van Chung, general secretary of the [...]

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Taxi fares, transport costs set to rise on fuel price hikes

August 31, 2009
Taxi fares, transport costs set to rise on fuel price hikes

Taxi fares and transport costs are set to go up soon after the fuel price hike on Sunday. Mai Linh Corporation, Vietnam’s leading taxi firm, and some other taxi operators said they planned an increase of VND500 per kilometer for all kinds of cabs from September 4.“Since June, gasoline prices have gone up four times. [...]

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Transport companies play wait-and-see on fuel prices

August 13, 2009
Transport companies play wait-and-see on fuel prices

Despite the petroleum price rise on Sunday, the Viet Nam Automobile Transportation Association has not received any proposals on rising transportation costs Fuel prices have been rising, but so far transport managers have not yet felt it necessary to raise prices.He said transport companies would not increase their service charges in the near future even [...]

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New prospects for industrial development in Dien Bien

May 1, 2009
New prospects for industrial development in Dien Bien

LookAtVietnam – Workers and engineers are putting the final touches to the Dien Bien rotary kiln cement plant to make it operational in early May. With the operation of the plant, the province’s industrial sector is expected to get off to a flying start. We arrived in Na Hai village in Sam Mun commune in [...]

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Prices of some commodities on the upswing

February 13, 2009
Prices of some commodities on the upswing

While the government has been making every effort to fight against economic downturn and force commodity prices down, the prices of many essential commodities are likely to increase.    People are now worried that the prices of dairy products will increase further. They increased many times in 2007 and 2008, and people have recently heard that [...]

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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...