Two giant State-owned corporations, Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) and Viet Nam Steel Corporation (VNSTEEL), achieved record profits last year, according to a conference held by the Party Organisation of the Central Enterprises Bloc (CEB) on Monday.
The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday allowed petrol and gasoline
distributors to increase prices of petrol to a maximum of VND584
(2.78 cent) to VND24,214 ($1.15) per litre.
