The Government proposed the operation of the petrol price stabilisation fund should be maintained because it remained an effective tool to regulate petrol prices.
Retail petroleum businesses have asked to stop contributing to the petrol price stabilisation fund, increasing the commission to reduce losses and permanently withdrawing the license of unprofitable retailers.
After the proposal to cut the petrol price stabilisation fund and import tax, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced plans to cut the environmental tax on fuel.
The retail prices of oil and petrol continued to rise from May 23 following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Finance.
Petrol price is expected to go down substantially from April after the National Assembly on March 23 passed the resolution on reduction of environmental protection tax rates on petroleum products.
As the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually put under control, the world continues to suffer inflationary pressure and as the economy picks up, so to does the demand for fuel. Nguyen Bich Lam, former General Director of the General Statistics Office,...
Authorities want to maintain the petrol price stabilisation fund as a tool to keep retail prices stable and give them the ability to intervene in the market when necessary.
The retail prices of petrol fell by more than VND600 per litre on Monday following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.
Petrol price hikes in April were putting pressure on prices but the consumer price index (CPI) was still under the control, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).