Petrol prices rise

HCM City (VNA) – The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City rose by 0.06 percent in November from the previous month, raising the total CPI rise in the 11-month period to 2.94 percent, according to the municipal Statistics Office. Among 11 groups of products and services in the CPI basket, five groups saw their prices decrease in the month, including beverage and tobacco (down 0.03 percent), housing, power, fuel and building materials (0.03 percent), transport (0.39 percent), post and telecommunications (0.38 percent), and garment, hat and footwear (0.001 percent). The group of equipment and home appliances had the highest price increase of 0.54 percent, followed by culture, entertainment and tourism (0.27 percent), restaurant and catering services (0.22 percent), and other products and services (0.07 percent). Meanwhile, the prices of medicine and healthcare services and education remained stable. The office said the price of restaurant and catering services and food … [Read more...] about HCM City’s CPI inches up 0.06 percent in November

Five other groups saw a decrease in prices, including beverages and tobacco by 0.03%; housing, electricity, water, gas and construction materials by 0.03%; transport services by 0.39%; post and telecommunications by 0.38% and footwear, hats and textiles by a slight 0.001%. … [Read more...] about HCMC’s CPI inches up in November

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Meanwhile, state-owned banks such as Vietcombank (HOSE:VCB) plans to pay 2018 dividends at a rate of 18 per cent, equivalent to 676.6 million shares, in the third or fourth quarter. BIDV (HOSE:BID) and Vietinbank (HOSE:CTG) also want to issue shares to pay dividends, along with bonus shares. … [Read more...] about Billions of banking stocks to flood market under dividend plans