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The May consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.01% compared to April, primarily due to increases in the price of food, electricity, and water, according to the General Statistics Office.

The consumer price index (CPI) in April decreased by 0.34% month-on-month, but increased by 2.81% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Thailand recorded its headline inflation dropping to a 16-month low in April, close to expectations due to lower energy and food prices and a high base in 2022, its Commerce Ministry said on May 3.

The consumer price index (CPI) in April decreased by 0.34% month-on-month, but increased by 2.81% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Ho Chi Minh City recorded a month-on-month decline of 0.11% in its April consumer price index (CPI), the municipal Statistics Office has reported.

The capital city of Hanoi recorded an annual increase of 2.25% in the consumer price index in the first quarter of this year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office.

The consumer price index (CPI) in the first quarter of 2023 is estimated to rise 4.2-4.3% year on year, according to the Price Management Department under the Ministry of Finance.

Many enterprises forecast less optimistic business results in the first quarter of the year, due to weak domestic macro data in the first few months.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in February rose 0.45% month-on-month, fuelled by higher prices of oil, petrol, gas, and rental housing, according to the General Statistics Office.

The consumer price index (CPI) of Hanoi in February rose 0.49% over January and 2.41% compared to the same period last year, the municipal Statistics Office reported.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in February grew by 0.45 % month-on-month, fueled by higher prices of oil, petrol, gas, and rental houses, the General Statistics Office said on February 28.

Singapore's core inflation rose to 5.5% year-on-year in January, the highest since November 2008, according to a press release by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on February 23.

The Thai Government predicts inflation to decline further this year, as the headline inflation in January cooled to its lowest rate in nine months.

Improving the resilience of the economy and creating a premise for the building of a self-reliant economy in association with active and extensive international integration are of special significance for Vietnam, especially in the new situation, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said.

Unlike previous months, Ho Chi Minh City recorded a month-on-month decline of 0.07% in its December consumer price index (CPI), the municipal Statistics Office said on December 30.

Vietnam recorded year-on-year growth of 3.15% in the 2022 consumer price index (CPI) while core inflation increased 2.59%, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on December 29.

Singapore's core consumer prices in November 2022 rose 5.1% year on year, according to a report by the country’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).

Following two years of low sales during Tet (the Lunar New Year), things are expected to look up for the fast moving consumer goods industry this time around since the Vietnamese economy has recovered and consumers have a positive outlook on economic prospects, according to market research company Kantar Worldpanel Vietnam.

Despite a decline in FDI registration, commitment in manufacturing rebounded sharply, increasing by 158% month on month and 50% year on year, according to the World Bank (WB).

When businesses and people meet difficulties, state management agencies must have a higher sense of responsibility, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while chairing the government’s regular meeting in Hanoi on December 1.