Hanoi (VNA) – The price of E5bio-petrol has dropped slightly by 394 VND per litre, while that of RON95 fellby 318 VND per litre following an announcement of petrol price adjustmentsreleased by the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry and Trade onDecember 21.
A decrease of 257 VND per litre was seen in theprice of diesel 0.05S, 249 VND per litre in kerosene, and 394 VND per kilo in180CST 3.5S fuel oil.
Following the adjustments, E5 bio-petrol will besold at no more than 16,787 VND per litre, and RON95 at no higher than 18,141VND per litre.
The ceiling price of diesel is 16,001 VND perlitre; kerosene, 15,003 VND per litre; and 180SCT 3.5S fuel oil, 14,008 VND perkilo.
This is the fifth consecutive time that petrolprices have been reduced this year with a total drop of over 4,000 VND perlitre.
The current value is 2,000 VND lower than theprice at the beginning of the year.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade,during the 15 days prior to December 21, global petrol prices fell about 3 USDper barrel compared to the previous period.–VNA