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Tastin’ France, a showcase to celebrate French wines and spirits, will be re-launched in Vietnam this month after a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Philippines saw a year-on-year inflation rate of 3.5 percent in December 2020, up from 3.3 percent in the previous month, driven by price hikes in food and non-alcoholic beverages, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

Indonesia plans to exclude several “sensitive” commodities such as rice, weaponry and alcoholic beverages from its scheduled commitment to eliminating tariffs in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

Provinces across Thailand have continued to enforce stringent measures to minimise the spread of COVID-19.

Taxes on alcohol and soft drinks should not be hiked again in the next few years since successive hikes in special consumption tax have had a strong impact on the market, heard a round table in Ho Chi Minh City.

More than 6,500 people were admitted to hospitals in HCM City over the recent four-day holiday because of traffic accidents, physical fights, and food poisoning, among other reasons.

Muslim-majority Malaysia has decided to raise its minimum age for alcohol consumption to 21 from the current 18 to stem underage drinking and alcohol abuse.