The Standing Committee of the Government of Việt Nam has assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade to thoroughly review and regulate the rights of fuel distributors to trade with one another in accordance with the law.
The retail prices of petrol were revised upward on November 28 afternoon following the latest adjustment by the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance.
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) proposed that the Ministry of Finance, the drafting agency of the draft Law on Special Consumption Tax, should consider removing petrol from the list of products with a special consumption tax imposed...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s draft proposal on the petrol business which states that distributors are not allowed to trade petrol with each other but only permitted by buy petrol from wholesalers, has met objections.
With a large number of 298 petrol distributors, if the distributors are allowed to buy from each other, controlling the origin, quality and quantity of petroleum will be very difficult for the State management agencies.
The retail prices of E5RON92 bio-fuel and all petrol products increased from 3pm on June 27 following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.