Vietnam’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.84% in April from the previous month, driven largely by a sharp increase in domestic gas prices, alongside higher costs for dining-out services and construction materials, the National Statistics Office reported.
Compared with December 2025, the CPI climbed 3.31%, and it was up 5.46% year-on-year. In the first four months of 2026, the CPI increased 3.99% from a year earlier, while core inflation rose 3.89%.
Prices rose in 10 of the 11 main goods and services groups, with transportation being the only category to record a decline.
Housing and construction-related costs recorded the largest increase, with the group covering housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials rising 2.59%, contributing 0.59 percentage points to the overall CPI. The surge was mainly driven by a 35.3% jump in gas prices. Higher prices for kerosene (up 26.95%), environmental sanitation services (4.28%) and home maintenance materials (4.11%) also added upward pressure.
Food and dining services posted the second-largest increase, rising 0.58% and contributing 0.21 percentage points to the CPI. Notably, the cost of eating out climbed 1.94% during the month.
Other categories also recorded moderate increases, including beverages and tobacco (up 0.85%), household equipment and goods (0.78%)—reflecting higher material and labour costs—and culture, entertainment and tourism services (0.63%).
In contrast, transportation prices fell 0.81% in April, trimming 0.08 percentage points from the overall CPI.
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