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HCM City (VNA) – The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City rose by 0.06 percent in November from the previous month, raising the total CPI rise in the 11-month period to 2.94 percent, according to the municipal Statistics Office. Among 11 groups of products and services in the CPI basket, five groups saw their prices decrease in the month, including beverage and tobacco (down 0.03 percent), housing, power, fuel and building materials (0.03 percent), transport (0.39 percent), post and telecommunications (0.38 percent), and garment, hat and footwear (0.001 percent). The group of equipment and home appliances had the highest price increase of 0.54 percent, followed by culture, entertainment and tourism (0.27 percent), restaurant and catering services (0.22 percent), and other products and services (0.07 percent). Meanwhile, the prices of medicine and healthcare services and education remained stable. The office said the price of restaurant and catering services and food … [Read more...] about HCM City’s CPI inches up 0.06 percent in November

Consumers purchase goods at a supermarket in HCMC. The city’s CPI in November inched up 0.06% month-on-month - PHOTO: VU YEN HCMC - The consumer price index (CPI) of HCMC in November edged up 0.06% month-on-month, leading to the city’s CPI in the January-November period increasing 2.94% year-on-year, according to the city’s Department of Statistics. … [Read more...] about HCMC’s CPI inches up in November

Core inflation, excluding grain food, foodstuff, energy and goods managed by State agencies like medical and educational services, rose 0.03 per cent against the previous month, 1.61 per cent against November last year and 2.43 per cent against the same period last year. … [Read more...] about November CPI falls slightly on lower fuel prices

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 2 ordered more efficient measures to overcome consequences caused by natural disasters and help affected residents return to their normal lives. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, PM Phuc said it is a must to improve the capacity of monitoring and responding to natural disasters, adding a detailed landslide map in the central region should be made. Given the latest COVID-19 infections in Ho Chi Minh City, he stressed the need to stay vigilant and closely control the situation, especially in Hanoi, HCM City and other big cities. Regarding economic recovery, the PM urged stepping up the export of products to key markets, accelerating the disbursement of official development assistance (ODA), promoting private investment, and further reforming the domestic investment environment so as to optimise opportunities to attract foreign capital. Greater efforts are needed to speed up the development of the digital economy, the … [Read more...] about PM: More measures needed to deal with natural disaster consequences

In addition, Vietnam has ratified free trade agreements with many partners such as the EU, Japan, Chile and the Republic of Korea and it is implementing those FTAs so Vietnam’s many goods enjoy reductions or elimination in import duties. That would create a competitive advantage for export goods of Vietnam to those markets. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES DECEMBER 3