July 31, 2024
Is a Sugar Tax Right for Vietnam?
A sugar tax has been on the cards for Vietnam for some time now and may be drawing closer to becoming a reality. It has, however, been met with broad push back from industry and industry groups. This article looks at the public debate around a possible sugar tax in Vietnam, the impact it might have, and what foreign-owned businesses should be mindful of in this context.
Dumping complaint received by European Commission RE: Vietnamese steel
Trade remedies against Vietnam’s exports have increased significantly in recent years in large part due to Chinese firms using Vietnam as a thoroughfare to avoid tariffs on Chinese exports in other parts of the world. Electric bikes and solar panels, for example. It’s not clear that this is the case with HRC but if the EU finds as such it should not come as a surprise…
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In today’s news: HCMC data centre land lease, Russia-Vietnam strategic oil reserves chats, AI slop factory Hanoi, Government bond auction results, F&B industry revenue
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This is an interview with Chris Walker, a Vietnam Sourcing Expert with Vietnam Factory Tours how rising oil prices and the Middle East crisis are
This is an interview with John Gardner, CEO and Founding Partner, at Optimum Hospitality in Ho Chi Minh City. It covers fuel price impacts on:
This is an interview with Dr Nuno F. Ribeiro, Associate Professor, International Tourism & Hospitality Management at Copenhagen Business College, formerly of RMIT Vietnam. It