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Vietnam raises fuel prices by up to 6.2pc: ministry

Published March 28, 2013 Updated March 28, 2013 02:27pm

HANOI: Fuel distributors in Vietnam have raised the retail petrol price by 6.2 percent to 24,580 dong ($1.18) per litre, the first price change so far this year, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday.

The diesel price was raised by 1.7 percent to 21,912 dong per litre while that of kerosene was increased by 2.2 percent to 22,080 dong a litre, the ministry said in a statement.