Tags sugary drinks VCCI urges exemption for fruit juices from sugary drink tax Wednesday, Oct 22, 2025 The business group wants beverages made from fruit juice, fruit extracts or reconstituted concentrated juice excluded from the tax. Sugary drink tax adds to burden on struggling businesses, industry insiders say Thursday, Apr 24, 2025 Many companies in the sector have reduced production by 20-30 per cent, leading to workforce cuts and lower incomes. Some businesses, despite having annual budgets in the billions of đồng, have been forced to close their doors. Careful consideration of special consumption tax on sugary drinks urged Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023 Nguyen Quoc Viet, Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research, said production and business remain difficult.