MoF proposes a hike in special consumption tax on cigarettes, beer, and spirits

Monday, Feb 27, 2023

The ministry is collecting public opinions on the proposal to develop the revised Law on Special Consumption Tax in which the SCT applied in these products should be increased, saigondautu.com.vn reported. 

Viet Nam needs a legal framework for new-generation cigarettes, say experts

Thursday, Nov 12, 2020

Viet Nam should not legalise the use of electronic cigarettes and heated-tobacco-products immediately but conduct a pilot phase allowing the production, import and trading of this new-generation cigarettes in the country.

MoIT continues to cut hundred of conditions

Friday, Oct 19, 2018

The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to remove and simplify 202 business conditions under its management, accounting for 36.1 per cent of the total, said Nguyen Anh Son, director of the ministry’s Legal Department at a press meeting held...

Cigarette smuggling persists

Tuesday, Jul 24, 2018

Cigarette smuggling has caused a loss of thousands of billions of Vietnamese dong each year for the state, according to figures released by the Viet Nam Tobacco Association at a symposium held on Monday in Can Tho.

Ministry sets import quotas for eggs, cigarettes

Monday, Feb 20, 2017

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced import quotas of 8,400 8,820 and 9,261 cartons of eggs (a dozen each) for 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.  

Experts urge cigarette tax hike

Monday, Sep 15, 2014

Experts are seeking a much larger increase in the special consumption tax on tobacco products than that proposed by the Ministry of Finance.

Ministry proposes hiking taxes on alcohol, cigarettes to cut consumption

Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014

Special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes is likely to increase by 15-30 percentage points in mid-2015.