• MOF attempts to tax deposit interests

      11/09/2013
    VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is considering
    taxing the profits businesses make from depositing their money at banks
    or lending to others.  
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  • EPA report on pollutants, ethanol is flawed, white paper says

      10/09/2013
    Ethanol Across America has released a new white paper that indicates
    mid-level ethanol blends offer much greater emission and health benefits
    than indicated by U.S. EPA models. The three-page document authored by
    Steve Vander Griend is titled “Understanding the Emissions Benefits of
    Higher Ethanol Blends: EPA Modeling Fails to Tell the Whole Story.”  
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  • New petrol importers handed quotas

      10/09/2013
    HA NOI (VNS) — The Ministry of Industry and Trade on Sunday imposed
    minimum petrol import quotas for two new wholesale distributors, to
    ensure sufficient supply for the year.  
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  • State petrol management may loosen

      06/09/2013
    HA NOI(VNS) — A new plan from the Ministry of Industry and Trade may
    ease State control of the local petrol market if petrol operators are
    seen to compete fairly, said Vo Van Quyen, head of the ministry's
    Domestic Market Department.  
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  • Ministry slashes coal tax in bid to clear stockpiles

    03:16 PM @ 04/09/2013
    HA NOI (VNS) — The Ministry of Finance has cut the coal export tax
    from 13 per cent to 10 per cent in a move to help coal producers reduce
    their high stockpiles. Under Circular 124/2013/TT-BTC, the tax cut takes
    effect this week..
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