Vietnam economic growth to slow in 2019: IMF

Lawmakers are unhappy that Vietnam’s monopoly electricity distributor is raising power tariffs at will because it has no competitor.

The latest petrol and power price hike have directly impacted April’s consumer price index, the General Statistics Office (GSO) says.

The consumer price index (CPI) increased 2.7 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, the lowest increase in three years.

With electricity bills a significant part of their production costs, Vietnamese manufacturers are set to increase their selling prices.

Vietnam's overly loose monetary policy poses a downside risk to macroeconomic stability, according to a new analysis by Fitch Solutions.

Vietnam’s inflation will rise when the new environmental tax on fuel comes into effect next year, a report says.

Last weekend’s increase in fuel prices has stoked fears that Vietnam might not meet its 2018 inflation target.

The recent increase in U.S. interest rate will generate pressure on the Vietnamese dong and make inflation target hard to meet, experts warn.

Many Venezuelans thought they were leaving a collapsing economy for a land of milk and honey just next door.

Vietnam needs to achieve fiscal consolidation and improve its public debt situation to face possible economic challenges, the International Monetary Fund has said.

Higher commodity and fuel prices can make things difficult, but economists also see some mitigating factors.

At CPI of 3.29 percent in the first half of 2018, it would be difficult to control CPI of the whole year to below four percent as targeted.

Inflation could rise even further and cannot be taken lightly, PM cautions.