Pham Dinh Thi, director of the Ministry of Finance’s Tax Policy Department talks with a Vietnam News Agency reporter about the ministry’s proposal to increase the value added tax (VAT) from 10 per cent to 12 per cent.
The consumption of beer in Viet Nam in Q1 this year
fell by 7.5 per cent compared with last year following a 5-per cent
increase in the product''s special consumption tax.