Tags import of oil VN spends $5.71 billion on petro imports in first eight months Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018 Viet Nam imported more than 8.6 million tonnes of oil and petroleum products worth US$5.71 billion in the first eight months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 26.4 per cent. Import tariffs on oil products slashed again Wednesday, May 06, 2015 Viet Nam continued reducing import taxes on oil products, beginning April 4, according to the Ministry of Finance. Viet Nam continues cutting import taxes on oil products Tuesday, May 05, 2015 Viet Nam continued reducing import taxes on oil products, beginning April 4, according to the Ministry of Finance. Stretched VN prepares for energy imports Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 Viet Nam will likely have to import crude oil and coal by 2015 due to high rising power demands and restricted mineral resources.