Viet Nam is considering amending the Law on Price, which mentions several commodities under the Government’s price stabilisation scheme including petrol and oil.
Enterprises in charge of importing petrol and oil will be strictly punished, and could even be suspended from operating, if found to be illegally holding petrol and oil to sell at a higher price later.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to give careful consideration to the proposal of extending the amount of foreign ownership at petrol and oil business to 35 per cent.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has proposed the Government to allow petrol and oil businesses to transfer stake to foreign investors, but not exceeding 35 per cent.
The retail prices of petrol and oil increased at 3pm on Thursday following the latest price review by the ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance.
The proposal of temporarily halting the import of petrol and oil must be carefully considered to ensure national energy security and harmonise benefits between producers and consumers.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to focus its investments on key sectors of the economy to boost efficiency and contribute to socio-economic development.
The Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group has asked relevant ministries to halt petrol and oil imports as domestic sales struggle due to travel restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
The retail prices of petrol and oil increased at 6pm on October 1 following the latest review of the ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance on the prices.
Petrol and oil firms should focus more on investor relation (IR) activities to improve transparency, achieve fair-valuation securities and boost corporate governance. That was the message heard at a conference held by the Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (PVN)...
The price of bio-fuel E5 was kept unchanged while diesel 0.05S and kerosene increased slightly by VND213 and VND69 per litre, respectively, in the latest regular adjustment of petrol and oil prices as of 3pm on Monday.