The Ministry of Industry and Trade raised the domestic petroleum retail price by VNĐ919 per litre to VNĐ17,594 (77 US cents) per litre as of 3pm yesterday. The local retail price of petrol has gone up 13 times this year SEE MORE Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the reaching of targets in the 2017 socioeconomic plan to five ministries, with a host of proposals coming from both local and domestic groups submitted to help the country achieve its goals. SEE MORE A loss of VND10 trillion (over $445 million) in tax revenue from petroleum imports occurred in the first 11 months of the year, according to a report released by the General Department of Customs (GDC). SEE MORE Rising rents lifted underlying U.S. inflation in November, pointing to a steady build-up of price pressures in the economy that could support more interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve next year. SEE MORE The VNĐ/US$ reference exchange rate was revised up by VNĐ11 from December 14 to touch VNĐ22,135 per US dollar on Thursday. SEE MORE