Gasoline price forecast to decrease in next adjustment period
The world oil market is affected by key factors from August 28, 2025 to September 3, 2025, such as: Information about the OPEC+ meeting on September 7, 2025; the USD depreciates; The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues... The above factors have caused world oil prices in recent days to fluctuate up and down depending on each commodity, but the increasing trend is mainly the one.
According to a representative of a petroleum business, domestic petroleum prices will fluctuate according to the world petroleum situation. According to current market developments, it is forecasted that in the next price management period, retail prices of gasoline may adjust in opposite directions in the direction of decreasing gasoline prices and increasing oil prices. See more...
Can Tho agricultural products find a new way in their home fields
Black sand prices increase to record high, a series of sandbanks along the Da River are scarce
On September 6, a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper surveyed a number of sandbanks along the Da River in Hoa Binh Ward, Phu Tho Province. This is where black sand (construction sand, rice) is mainly traded.
The air is quiet, there are no boats transporting sand from the bottom up, many yards have stopped operating.
Like the sandbank of Mr. Nguyen Van Dung (in the old Trung Minh ward), next to National Highway 6, it used to supply hundreds of cubic meters of sand to the market every day.
More than two months ago, the station was still operating at a low level, but now it has been forced to temporarily suspend operations.
Mr. Dung said that for nearly 2 months now, he has not been able to import goods because the sand ship has not been launched. The machines are gone, so he has to rent them out to earn a living. See more...
August CPI increased by 0.05%, inflation controlled
According to the Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance), compared to the previous month, the CPI in August 2025 increased by 0.05% (urban areas increased by 0.08%; rural areas increased by 0.02%). Of the 11 main groups of consumer goods and services, 8 groups of goods increased in price, 3 groups of goods decreased in price. The main reason is the increase in rental housing and out-of- family dining prices. This insignificant increase has contributed significantly to the stable trend of CPI increases in August 2025 compared to other times.
Of which, the group of houses and construction materials had the biggest impact (up 0.21%), due to the high demand for renting during the market season (rental prices increased by 0.28%), hot weather increased electricity consumption (residential electricity prices increased by 1.01%) and construction material costs increased. See more...
