The ministry has said that violators’ licenses will be withdrawn with immediate effect and operator details will be made public. A report on the suspension of the licenses is expected to be sent to the Vietnamese prime minister by October 15, 2008.
The source has quoted Nguyen Tu, the deputy minister for trade, as saying that the petrol stations had defrauded customers by installing electronic chips to tweak volume displays on the pumps. The ministry has directed government agencies to continue inspecting gas stations across Vietnam for such illegal activities.
