The average consumer price index (CPI) in the first nine months of 2018 rose 3.57 percent from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office.
The average consumer price index (CPI) in the nine months of 2018 rose by 3.57 percent year on year, compared to the 4.14-percent growth in the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Despite complicated changes in the world situation, Vietnam has shown strong performance in stabilizing prices and reining in inflation, keeping the average at only 3.57 percent in the first nine months over 2017.
Hanoi's consumer price index (CPI) in September increased 1.08 percent against the previous month, and 5.16 percent over the same period last year, the municipal Statistics Office announced.
Positive signs have been seen in the three areas of agriculture, industry, and service so far this year, while inflation was also controlled to under 4 percent as targeted.
