胡志明市--越南已将多项税收减免延长至今年年底，以帮助遏制通胀并通过中东冲突造成的全球能源供应中断压低燃油价格。
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam has extended several tax breaks through the end of the year to help contain inflation and keep fuel prices lower through global energy supply disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict.
财政部估计，环境税、航空燃油税、增值税和进口税的豁免将持续到12月31日，政府将损失13.8万亿盾（5.3亿美元）。
Exemptions on environmental, jet fuel, value-added and import taxes will remain through Dec. 31, costing the government 13.8 trillion dong ($530 million), the finance ministry estimates.
商务部表示，延期是为了“帮助降低运输、物流、生产和业务成本，并限制对”今年最后一个季度通胀的影响。政府还在寻求遏制通胀，因为经济必须在最后一个季度扩张至少12.5%，才能实现雄心勃勃的2026年10%增长目标。
The extension is needed to "help reduce transport, logistics, production and business costs, and limit the impact on" inflation in the final quarter of the year, the ministry said. The government is also seeking to contain inflation as the economy must expand by at least 12.5% in the final quarter to meet its ambitious 10% growth target for 2026.
9月份，居民消费价格同比上涨5.08%，为四个月来的最高水平。
In September, consumer prices rose 5.08% from a year earlier, the highest level in four months.
河内延长了周四生效的第43号决议规定的税收减免，并表示有可能进一步延长“以满足社会经济发展要求，确保能源安全，稳定汽油和石油市场”。“越南去年80%的原油进口来自科威特，但在霍尔木兹海峡被封锁后，4月份的总发货量下降至每天159，000桶，而2月份为每天375，000桶。
Hanoi extended the tax breaks under Resolution 43, which took effect on Thursday, and said a further extension was possible "to meet socio-economic development requirements, ensure energy security, and stabilize the petrol and oil market." Vietnam bought 80% of its crude oil imports from Kuwait last year, but overall shipments fell to 159,000 barrels a day in April, after the Strait of Hormuz was blocked, versus 375,000 barrels a day in February.
该州于3月份停止征收环境税和其他与石油相关的税，并于4月份和6月份再次延长了这一政策。它还暂停对汽油进口征收10%的税，对柴油、喷气燃料、燃料油和煤油征收7%的税，对石化原材料征收3%的税。如果没有第43号决议，该政策将于周三到期。
The state stopped collecting the environmental and other oil-related taxes in March, a policy it renewed in April and again in June. It also suspended levies of 10% on gasoline imports, 7% on diesel oil, jet fuel, fuel oil and kerosene, and 3% on petrochemical raw materials. The policy would have expired on Wednesday without Resolution 43.
此后，越南从刚果共和国、安哥拉、尼日利亚和美国采购了原油，日本出光兴产也同意向这个东南亚国家提供400万桶原油。政府还推广生物燃料和电动汽车的使用，以减少对进口化石燃料的依赖。
Vietnam has since sourced supplies from the Republic of Congo, Angola, Nigeria and the U.S. Japan's Idemitsu Kosan also agreed to provide the Southeast Asian country with 4 million barrels of crude oil. The government has also promoted the use of biofuels and electric vehicles to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels.
财政部表示，本季度有必要实施税收减免，因为“中东冲突预计仍将不可预测”，而且“能源市场面临重大风险”。
Tax breaks are necessary this quarter because "the conflict in the Middle East is expected to remain unpredictable," and "the energy market faces significant risks," the finance ministry said.
能源紧缩推高了从塑料袋到化肥等各种商品的价格，同时也导致了贸易逆差，因为越南进口石油产品和液化气的支出增加。居民正在努力应对生活成本上涨的问题，其中大部分成本来自燃料投入。
The energy squeeze has driven up the price of everything from plastic bags to fertilizer, while also contributing to a trade deficit as Vietnam spends more to import petroleum products and liquefied gas. Residents are grappling with the rising cost of living, much of which stems from fuel inputs.
Maybank的Brian Lee Shun Rong和Chua Hak Bin周一在一份研究报告中表示：“最新的通胀上涨主要是由能源推动的，而不是潜在价格压力的重新加速。”他们补充说，“全球能源价格因燃料出口禁令（或）加剧冲突而进一步加速，通胀存在上行风险。”"
"The latest inflation increase is largely driven by energy, rather than a renewed acceleration in underlying price pressures," Maybank's Brian Lee Shun Rong and Chua Hak Bin said in a research note on Monday, adding there are "upside risks to inflation from a further acceleration in global energy prices on fuel export bans (or) intensifying conflicts."