Vietnam Government Exploring Measures to Reduce Industrial Energy Use

Mar 1, 2019

With the industrial sector account for 47% of Vietnam’s total Energy consumption, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) is reviewing businesses to explore reduction of Energy usage by the high volume consumers of Energy.  MOIT has planned...

Vietnam Government Launches National E-document Exchange Platform

Mar 1, 2019

The government office has launched a National e-Document Exchange Platform that connects Vietnam government offices, ministries, agencies, and localities, and enables secure sharing of data to support progress towards e-Government, e-Cabinet and digital economy. In...

Vietnam to Raise Retail Electricity Prices by 8.36%

Mar 1, 2019

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Electricity Regulatory Authority has raised the retail price for electricity by 8.36% to an average of 1,864.4 VND (USD 0.0804) per kilowatt hour, excluding VAT. According to the plan, the new prices are: Retail prices...

Vietnam Marks its First Robotically Assisted Brain Surgery

Feb 1, 2019

Nhan Dan 115 hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam has successfully carried out the surgery on February 15 by Doctor Si and his colleagues, with the support of the vice president of Aurora Health Care (USA). The patient was a 67 year old woman hospitalized with a...

Vietnam Proposing Tax Cuts on Locally Made Auto Parts

Feb 1, 2019

The Ministry of Finance in Vietnam has sent in a ministry document (655/BTC-CST) to the prime minister requesting a change in laws to remove the special consumption tax on locally made auto parts and components. The move could cut prices on cars assembled locally. As...