Hanoi, May 3 -- Soaring domestic gas prices, riding a global fuel rally, alongside steeper costs for dining-out services and construction materials drove Vietnam's Consumer Price Index (CPI) up 0.84% in April from the previous month, the Finance Ministry's National Statistics Office reported May 3.

The CPI in April advanced 3.31% compared to December 2025 and 5.46% from a year earlier. For the first four months of 2026, the index climbed 3.99% against the same period last year, with core inflation growing 3.89%.

Month-on-month, the April CPI gained 0.84%, with urban areas up 0.83% and rural areas seeing a 0.86% bump. Ten of the 11 main goods and services groups became more expensive, while only transportation managed to buck the trend a...