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Vietnam posted a 0.63 percent increase in the consumer price index (CPI) in 2015, the slowest since 2001 and much lower than the 5 percent target set by the National Assembly.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in December of Hanoi have reduced in comparison with November, according to the statistics offices of the city.

Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in December fell by 0.11 percent over the previous month and 0.2 percent against the same period last year.

Vietnam could run up a 4-billion-USD trade deficit for the whole year after three consecutive years of a trade surplus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said.

Vietnamese retail revenue continued to rise during the first 11 months of this year, reaching 2.95 quadrillion VND (134 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 9.4 percent.

Vietnamese shares fell on both local exchanges on November 24 as local plastic producers suffered from higher global oil prices.

November’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) picked up 0.07 percent from previous month and 0.34 percent from the same period last year, the lowest level of rise recorded in the past decade.

Laws related to children and international treaty membership were scrutinised at the plenary session of the National Assembly (NA)’s ongoing 10th sitting on November 23.

Deputies of the National Assembly (NA) on November 4 said that statistical data must be built on factors such as accuracy, entirety, punctuality and transparency.

Accelerated economic growth is helping the labour market, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) said on October 30.

Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in October increased 0.06 percent from the previous month, according to its Statistics Office.

About 85.6 percent of the surveyed 4,028 enterprises in the processing-manufacturing sector expect to maintain their current growth trends or expand their business operations in the fourth quarter.

Cambodia has about 8 million people aged from 15-64 among its 15-million-strong population, according to the country's 2014 socio-economic census report.

Labour productivity in Vietnam has seen recent year-on-year improvement, yet remains low compared with regional countries.

Official figures released on September 29 reflect a gross domestic (GDP) expansion of about 6.5 percent within the past nine months.

Total retail sales of goods and services reached 2,116.67 trillion VND (94 billion USD) for the January-August period, a 10.1 percent increase year-on-year, or 9.1 percent if inflation is excluded.

The August consumer price index in Ho Chi Minh City declined 0.12 percent from the previous month, contributing to an annual 0.66 percent rise in the southern economic hub’s average eight-month index.

The Philippines’ export turnover reached 5.28 billion USD in June, down 3.3 percent year-on-year, a fall for the third consecutive month, announced the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Aug 11.

The General Statistics Office will carry out a survey to collect information on socio-economic situations of 53 ethnic minority groups in 2015 beginning on August 1.