Customers purchase fuel at a petrol station in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo
The ceiling retail petrol prices were revised up from 3pm on February 1 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.
The ceiling price of RON95-III went up VNĐ753 to VNĐ24,160 (US$0.98) per litre, while that of E5RON92 was raised VNĐ742 to VNĐ22,913 per litre.
The prices of diesel oil 0.05S and kerosene were capped at VNĐ20,999 and VNĐ20,923 per litre, up VNĐ623 and VNĐ379, respectively.
Meanwhile mazut oil 180CST 3.5S is now sold at no more than VNĐ16,087 per kilogramme, an increase of VNĐ593.
Since the beginning of this year, petrol prices have undergone five adjustments, with four up and one down. — VNS