Petrol prices drop against projections of increase

HÀ NỘI — The retail prices of petrol have been revised down from  三pm yTuesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance, although previous forecasts predicted that they are likely to increase.

Accordingly, RON  九 五-III and E 五 RON  九 二 petrol now cost VNĐ 二 三, 四 四0 (US$0. 九 九) and VNĐ 二 二, 五 四0 per litre, respectively, both down VNĐ 三 二0.

Diesel is sold at VNĐ 二 一, 八 六0 per litre, dropping by VNĐ 七00, while the price of kerosene decreased by VNĐ 七 五0 to VNĐ 二0, 八 四0 per litre. Meanwhile, the new price of mazut is VNĐ 一 四, 二 五0 per kg, up VNĐ 六 二0.

In this adjustment, the two ministries decided not to extract for or use the petrol price stablisation fund. — VNS