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Download Policy brief at HERE: “Smoking is harmful to our health” has become a familiar slogan in Vietnam. In order to curb tobacco consumption and its negative health and economic effects, Vietnam has adopted many measures, of which special consumption tax is considered the most effective, directly increasing the prices of tobacco products, which are […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024  From the team at Viet Nam Center for Economic and Strategic Studies (VESS), we wish you and family a New Year filled with Peace and Prosperity.

Dear colleagues and friends, We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your cooperation and support for VESS during the last year. We wish you a wonderful holiday season. May the New Year 2024 bring you and your family happiness, success and prosperity. From VESS with love.

During 2 days August 11-12, 2023 at Ben Tre Riverside Resort, the Vietnam Center for Economic and Strategic Studies (VESS), the coordinating organization of VATJ organized a training program with the topic "Does tobacco tax reform help improve household welfare in Vietnam?". The training program is an activity within the framework of a research project on tobacco tax which was implemented by VATJ members.

As part of its initiatives, the Vietnam Tax Justice Alliance (VATJ) effectively hosted a policy dialogue titled ” The Relationship between Cigarette Excise Tax and Household Well-being.” This event took place in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of August 10, 2023, and was organized by the Vietnam Center for Economic and Strategic Studies […]