In the first four months of this year, the index rose by 3.84 per cent year on year, mainly due to increases in prices of education, housing and construction materials, culture, entertainment and tourism, food, and electricity.
Analysts said inflation has hit many economies around the world, with the situation going from bad to worse, and Việt Nam is no exception with an inflation storm expected in the near future.
The GSO said the rise in January’s CPI was fueled by a surge in the demand for goods to prepare for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, high prices of foods and foodstuff, and increase in gas prices to keep...
The national consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.8 per cent in February, the General Statistics Office announced on Thursday, marking the biggest February increase since 2014.
Ha Noi’s consumer price index (CPI) in January grew 0.22 per cent from the previous month and 3.92 per cent year-on-year, according to the city’s Statistics Office.
Viet Nam''s Consumer Price Index (CPI), a calculator for inflation
growth, escalated by 0.14 percent in March, buoyed from the increase of
petroleum and electricity prices, according to the General Statistics
Office (GSO).