Government Decree No 94/2012/ND-CP, regulating the production and trade in alcoholic beverages, classifies production of these beverages into three types: mass production, small-scale production; and small-scale production for sale to enterprises licensed to conduct further processing. Trade is also classified into three types: distribution, wholesale and retail.
Government Decree No 94/2012/ND-CP, regulating the production and trade in alcoholic beverages, classifies production of these beverages into three types: mass production, small-scale production; and small-scale production for sale to enterprises licensed to conduct further processing. Trade is also classified into three types: distribution, wholesale and retail.
The decree also requires that the quantity of an alcohol trading license be set according to population density. An alcohol distribution license will be allocated based on a region with a population of 400,000. An alcohol wholesale license will be allocated for each 100,000 people in a province and an alcohol retail license for each 1,000 people in a district.
Only enterprises with alcohol distribution licences will be eligible to directly import alcohol, a change from the prior regulation allowing only alcohol wholesale enterprises to import alcohol. The new decree will take effect on January 1, 2013, replacing Decree No 40/2008/ND-CP.
(Source:VNNet)
