Deputy PM: CPI growth could be kept below 4 percent in 2018Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged the Government’s Steering Committee for Price Management to seek measures in order to minimize external impacts on domestic prices, thus keeping CPI growth below 4 percent in 2018. However, he said, over the past two months, higher prices of oil, gas, pork and food, plus complex developments in the world’s market have put huge pressure on the price management work. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of the Finance Ministry’s Price Management Department, the CPI expanded by 3.01 percent in the first five months of 2018. Concluding the working session, Deputy PM Hue stressed that it is possible to control the CPI growth below 4 percent in 2018. The new circular should come into force from July 15, 2018, stipulating the decreased of 80 types of medical services.-VNA

Source: VietNamNet News May 29, 2018 13:18 UTC