Smuggled foreign alcohol and cigarettes on Vietnam’s “rescue” flights

The Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department under the General Department of Customs has just decided to probe the case of smuggling foreign alcohol and foreign cigarettes on flights to “rescue” citizens from Russia to Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vietnam’s state-controlled media…
Alcohol consumption in Vietnam increases despite the Covid-19 pandemic

According to the results of the 2020 population living standard survey just announced by the General Statistics Office, alcohol consumption increased in 2020, from 0.9 liters/person/month in 2018 to 1.3 liters/person/month last year. Notably, alcohol consumption among the better-off households…