Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang signed Resolution No. 45/2026/NQ-CP, setting the special consumption tax on all gasoline types at 0% from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027. Under the Special Consumption Tax Law effective 1 July, rates were 10% for regular gasoline, 8% for E5 and 7% for E10. The same day, the Ministry of Industry and Trade set maximum prices of 24,223 VND/liter for E5 RON 92 (down 1,804 VND/liter) and 24,159 VND/liter for E10 RON 95 (down 1,575 VND/liter). The article notes that Vietnam's gasoline prices remain lower than those in Thailand (32,550 VND/liter), Cambodia (32,010 VND/liter), Laos (48,276 VND/liter) and China (36,125 VND/liter). The government also aims to keep inflation at 4.5%, and EVN has been directed to cut retail electricity prices by 2% until the end of March 2027.
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Original headline: Từ 1/11, tất cả người đi xe máy, ô tô ở Việt Nam đón tin vui, so với Lào, Campuchia, Thái Lan có bất ngờ lớn
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