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http://www.thanhniennews.com/business/vietnams-brewers-say-new-luxury-tax-rules-hurting-beer-market-60288.html
In the above article, Vietnamese beer producers are requesting that the government repeal their prices, for the obvious reason: lower sales.

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In terms of government intervention, the most logical routes to take would be taxes and minimum prices. Firstly, Vietnam has already tried implementing taxes, and the beer drinking culture is still thriving. Perhaps they should use the money from the taxes for responsible drinking posters and TV ads, rather than...whatever else they're using the money for. In addition, minimum price on beer might solve some issues, but might cause others: a black market might blossom, or the inelastic demand for beer might undermine the power of the price floor.

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Drinking is a large part of Vietnamese culture: at weddings, parties, and funerals, one can usually find a group of men crowded around a table, taking shots, downing countless beers. For some, it's a show of masculinity. Opting out might be taken as a sign of weakness, of insecurity in a social setting - because most of the time, it's a social sport. Such a pastime so heavily imbued in a culture will be hard to counter with market-based regulations.

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One of the greatest issues is the lack of knowledge about the adverse effects of alcohol (like liver inflammation and wildly higher cancer risks): 63% of surveyed Vietnamese believed that drinking alcohol was beneficial to one's health. Almost 50% of Vietnamese surveyed claimed to sometimes or usually drink while driving - and drunk driving is the country's third leading cause of road accidents. Finally, 60% of all domestic violence incidents in Vietnam are a result of alcohol misuse.

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In 2014, Vietnam prohibited the sale of alcohol from 10pm to 6am - this received backlash, and the law was repealed. In the same law, suppliers were only allowed to sell three cans a day to men, and two cans a day to women.

The government has tried to steadily increase the tax on alcohol, from 2015's 65% to 2019's planned 75% taxes. They have additional taxes depending on the concentration of alcohol in the drink.

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More beer is consumed in Vietnam than in any other South-East Asian country.