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Day: September 19, 2023
Calls to deregulate electricity prices in Vietnam
Deregulating electricity prices could create an ‘economic breakthrough’, according to Thien Dinh Tran, former Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics, and reported by Dan Tri. He points out that it was done before with food prices and that it made a big economic differnce Eds note: Deregulating electricity prices
Foreign worker regulations in Vietnam have been amended
The Government of Vietnam has issued Decree 70/2023/ND-CP with additions to, and clarifications of, regulations on foreign workers, as reported in VN Economy. The changes are relatively minor and mostly semantic, however, there are some additional specific details that have been added such as documents that can be accepted to
Proposed increase in Vietnam container handling fees falls short of industry demands
Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has proposed a 10 percent increase in container handling fees at Vietnam’s ports, according to Vietnam News. Key industry groups, however, requested an increase of about 15 to 20 percent per year back in March. These groups claim that Vietnam’s seaports are running at a collective
Back to the drawing board for PDP8 deployment plan
A draft deployment plan for the Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8) has been sent back to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for revisions due to a lack of detail, particularly on offshore wind, according to The Investor. Why it matters: Doubts have already been raised about Vietnam’s ability to
Vietnam’s semiconductor industry: where it’s come from and where it’s going
VN Express is carrying this write-up of Vietnam’s semiconductor industry in which it highlights Vietnam’s current role at the lower-value end of the supply chain. It notes that Vietnam’s role in semiconductor production is mostly at the final packaging stage which accounts for just 6 percent of a chip’s value.
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