Cheaper light from tomorrow: Vietnam cuts electricity prices and zeroes the gasoline tax

From 1 November, Vietnamese households and businesses will pay about 2% less for electricity — the average retail price falls to 2,159.9 dong (about $0.085) per kilowatt-hour — while the special consumption tax on gasoline drops from 7–10% to zero until the end of March. The government announced the twin cuts on Saturday as a deliberate cost-of-living move: keep power and fuel affordable while the economy chases growth above 10% this year. It is the kind of policy that never trends — no ribbon, no record — just millions of monthly bills arriving slightly lighter.

SDG 7 · Affordable and clean energy — Mechanism: policy reform