Keyword: "consumer prices"

In an interview recently granted to the Vietnam News Agency, Dr Nguyen Van Tu, General Director of the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI), said petroleum reserves are a critical line of defence, but a genuine energy security “shield” must be built in layers.

Consumer prices in Singapore rose at a slower pace for a 4th consecutive month in August, however, economists believe the trend could falter if oil prices continue to rise, and disruptive weather patterns lead to higher food prices.

Consumer prices in Ho Chi Minh City showed slight fluctuations on February 16, or the fifth day of the new lunar year and the last day of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, with most traders in wet markets resuming business.

The November consumer price index (CPI) in the northern province of Bac Ninh rose 1.37 percent from the previous month, the highest increase so far this year.

Consumer prices of the Republic of Korea increased more than 1 percent in March on a rise in prices of agricultural goods and services, according to government data.

The Council of the National Food Authority (NFA) of the Philippines has approved the importation of 805,000 tonnes of Minimum Access Volume (MAV) of rice this year, a government statement said on May 23.