Vietnam’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose an average of 3.31% in 2025, meeting the target set by the National Assembly, Director General of the Finance Ministry’s National Statistics Office (NSO) Nguyen Thi Huong told a press conference in Hanoi on January 5. Fourth-quarter average CPI went up 3.44% year-on-year. Residential electricity prices rose 7.2%, reflecting demand growth and adjustments by state utility EVN on October 11, 2024, and May 10, 2025. Core inflation rose 0.23% monthly in December and 3.27% year-on-year. Full-year core inflation averaged 3.21%, below the headline 3.31%, as it strips out major drivers like food, electricity, healthcare and education./.

Source: VietNamNet News January 06, 2026 03:27 UTC