Vietnam to control CPI growth at less than 3% in 2021

The CPI increased in H1 due to increases in petrol and oil prices, the price of educational services, the price of rice and of construction materials. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, July 5 (Vietnam News/ANN): If Vietnam could control inflation cautiously and proactively, the CPI for the whole of 2021 would rise by below 3 per cent, an economic expert has announced.

Le Quoc Phuong, former deputy director of the centre for Industry and Trade Information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, told a conference on prices in the first half of the year that the country maintained low inflation in 2021.