Tag: "subsidy"
Japan resumes gasoline subsidies amid Middle East tensions
World 17:41 20/03/2026TOKYO -- The Japanese government resumed subsidies for oil wholesalers on Thursday, aiming to lower retail gasoline prices to around 170 yen per liter amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
Northern Vietnamese province proposes relief package for workers of factories shuttered by COVID-19
Vietnam News 13:41 19/05/2021A relief package is needed for over 51,000 factory workers affected by the coronavirus in Bac Giang Province
Controversy floods Hanoi over government’s plan to spend big on clean water
Vietnam News 12:26 15/11/2019The city agreed to purchase clean water from a new treatment plant at an unusually high rate on behalf of local distributors, then subsidize those same distributors for a major chunk of the high costs
Thailand cuts rice-buying subsidy after big losses
Economy 21:30 19/06/2013The country has paid its farmers around 50 percent more than the market value for rice since 2011 in an effort to boost incomes in the rural heartlands of the ruling party.
