This is the second increase since November after prices fell for six months in a row from May.

A person carries a 12-kg cooking gas cylinder in Ho Chi Minh City in June 2022.

Global rates have gone up by 1.56% to $650 per ton as demand for heating surges amid winter, according to local distributor Saigon Petro.

In Vietnam, domestic supply meets only around 60% of the demand, which means prices are partially dependent on global rates.

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Gasoline prices hit six-month low

Vietnam gasoline prices on Thursday dropped 3.6-3.8% to the lowest since Feb. 11 as global rates kept falling.

Finance ministry proposes tax cuts on gasoline

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Embassy takes actions to support victims of toxic gas leak in Jordan

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Gasoline price rises 1.5 pct

Vietnam’s RON 95 gasoline price increased by 1.54 percent Tuesday to a new record of VND32,870 ($1.42) per liter, having risen by 41 percent so far this year.

Source: VnExpress