Consumer price index up 4.12% in seven months

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in the January-July period inched up 4.12% from the same time last year, mostly due to increases in tuition fees, healthcare services, housing costs and prices of power, water, fuels and building materials, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Source: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnam enjoys over 14 billion USD trade surplus in seven months

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 14.08 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, the General Statistics Office announced on July 29. Of the export value, the domestic sector accounted for 27.8% and the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) accounted for 72.2%. Meanwhile, of the import revenue, the domestic sector contributed 78 … Read more

Vietnam, Burundi vow to expand partnership

Vietnam and its traditional friends in Africa, including Burundi, share similarities in their struggles for national liberation and development, providing a foundation conducive to further deepening substantive friendship and cooperation, said Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung while receiving in … Read more