Vietnam tops SE Asia in alcohol consumption
Vietnam News 17:16 09/04/2025Vietnam has the highest alcohol consumption in Southeast Asia, and the third in Asia, with beer accounting for 97 percent of total alcohol consumption, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control.
Vietnam records 40,800 alcohol-related deaths a year
Vietnam News 10:29 27/10/2024Vietnam currently ranks second in Southeast Asia and third in Asia for per capita alcohol consumption
As alcohol sale ban lifted, fates of restaurants in Saigon remain unpredictable
Economy 09:17 21/11/2021Ho Chi Minh City has allowed restaurants and eateries to serve alcohol once again
Ho Chi Minh City trade department proposes resumption of eateries’ alcoholic beverage service
Vietnam News 13:26 14/11/2021Eateries in all districts should be allowed to serve alcohol, but under some conditions
Six people died of alcohol poisoning in Ho Chi Minh City in September
Vietnam News 17:17 01/10/2021A total of 12 patients were brought to Thong Nhat Hospital due to methanol poisoning last month
Four men hospitalized after drinking alcohol made to online recipe in Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:00 05/08/2021They bought an unknown type of raw alcohol and mixed it with water
One dead, six hospitalized due to methanol poisoning in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:08 13/11/2020They consumed glutinous rice wine with a high methanol content
In Vietnam, anyone forcing others to drink will be fined up to $130
Vietnam News 09:14 30/09/2020Anyone forcing others to drink will be fined VND1-3 miliion (US$43-130)
Vietnam woman caught trying to send alcohol disguised in milk cartons to quarantine camp
Vietnam News 11:38 21/04/2020She was fined VND200,000 (US$8.5) for the offense
Two Vietnamese men fined for piloting boats under alcohol influence
Vietnam News 08:52 18/01/2020Each of the offenders was fined VND750,000 (US$32)
In photos: Saigon beer parlors struggle under new drunk driving law
Vietnam News 21:20 08/01/2020The hefty fines have scared away many drinkers in the southern metropolis
Vietnam’s beer parlors offer transport services in face of new drunk driving law
Vietnam News 17:14 07/01/2020Modern problems require modern solutions
