Generally, in the fourth quarter of 2018, CPI increased by 0.6% compared with the previous quarter and by 3.44% from the fourth quarter of 2017.

CPI in January 2019 increased by 0.10% over December 2018 and grew by 2.56% compared with the same period last year.

Average CPI in the first two months of 2019 increased by 2.6% compared to the similar period in 2018.

Average CPI in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 2.63% compared to the the corresponding period in 2018, this is the lowest increase in the first quarter in the last 3 years; CPI in March 2019 went up by 0.69% over December 2018 and 2.7% over the same period in 2018.

Generally, in the first four months of 2019, total estimated retail sales of consumer goods and services reached 1,583.7 trillion dongs, increasing by 11.9% against the same period last year, if excluding the price factor, the growth rate was 9% (it increased by 8.9% in the same period in 2018).

Average CPI in the first five months of 2019 expanded by 2.74% from the similar period in 2018. CPI in May 2019 increased by 1.5% against December 2018 and by 2.88% from the identical period last year.

Generally for the second quarter of 2019, CPI increased by 0.74% from the previous quarter and by 2.64% over the same period in 2018, this is the lowest average growth rate of six months in the last three years.

CPI in July 2019 increase by 0.18% compared to the last month, average CPI in seven months of 2019 expand by 2.61% from the similar period in 2018.

Core inflation in August 2019 moved up by 0.13% against the previous month and by 1.95% from the same period last year.

Generally for the third quarter of 2019, CPI grew by 0.48% over the previous quarter and by 2.23% from the same period in 2018