The Southeast Asian nation will start utilizing E10 gasoline — a mix containing 10% bioethanol — from subsequent month, based on a authorities directive signed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. File
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Vietnam will swap totally to ethanol-blended gasoline earlier than deliberate as a part of its efforts to curb fossil gas use, a authorities doc confirmed on Friday (March 20, 2026), because the struggle in Iran continues to disrupt world power provides.
The Southeast Asian nation will start utilizing E10 gasoline — a mix containing 10% bioethanol — from subsequent month, based on a authorities directive signed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday (March 19, 2026), bringing ahead a earlier goal of June 1.
Gas costs in Vietnam have surged because the U.S.-Israel struggle on Iran started three weeks in the past, with gasoline costs up 50% and diesel costs rising 70%, based on information from high gas dealer Petrolimex.
The disruption has “triggered important fluctuations in power costs, creating quite a few challenges for nations depending on power imports and rising dangers to the power safety of many countries, together with Vietnam,” the doc stated.
The directive urges authorities to introduce incentives for the manufacturing and use of electrical automobiles and requires the expanded growth and use of renewable power.
It additionally stated Vietnam will utterly get rid of the use of 20-watt to 60-watt incandescent mild bulbs from the third quarter of 2026.
Revealed – March 20, 2026 10:52 am IST