Prices of petrol hold, oil down 520-960 VND per litre from January 11

In the latest petrol price adjustment on January 11 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance, the price of petrol remained unchanged compared with those of the last adjustment.
Prices of petrol hold, oil down 520-960 VND per litre from January 11 ảnh 1A filling station in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – In the latest petrol price adjustmenton January 11 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry ofFinance, the price of petrol remained unchanged compared with those of the lastadjustment.

Accordingly, the retail price of petrol remained at 21.350 VND(0.91 USD) for E5 RON 92 and 22,150 VND for RON95.

Meanwhile, the price of diesel oil decreased by 520 VND to 21,620 VND per litre, kerosene went down by 960 VND to 21,800 VND perlitre.

The price of mazut oil also went down 380 VND per litre to13,740 VND per litre.

At this price adjustment, the two ministries decided to notextract petrol oil prices for the price stablisation fund.

However, from January 11, they started to extract 605 VND per litre from dieseloil, 650 VND per liter from kerosene, and 300 VND per kg from mazut for thepetrol price stabilisation fund./.

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