Consumer price index in August 2018 rose 0.45 percent over the previous month. An upturn was seen in 10 out of the 11 goods and service groups against July.
The General Statistics Office reported that the CPI of Vietnam fell slightly by 0.09% in July. The figure represented a year-on-year increase of 4.46% and was up 2.13% against December 2017.
Vietnam’s socio-economic performance in July continued to see positive developments with equal growth in all the three sectors, namely macro economy, industrial production and services.
Vietnam has recorded robust socio-economic development in the first seven months of the year, with stable macro-economy, and good control over inflation, in the context of the escalating US-China trade war, said Minister-Chairman of the Government’s Office Mai Tien Dung.