The growth mainly driven by higher prices for food, catering services and transport as consumer demand for shopping and travel surged during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
As economic storms rage worldwide, Vietnam's Deputy PM Le Minh Khai marshals forces to monitor price swings and deploy flexible strategies to rein in inflation within the 4-4.5% target for 2024.
The recent surge in domestic gasoline prices, propelled by global fuel market trends, has emerged as the primary catalyst behind the uptick in Vietnam's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April 2024.