Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in the January – July period inched up 4.12% from the same time last year, mostly due to increases in tuition fees, healthcare services, housing costs and prices of power, water, fuels and building materials, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A World Bank-funded project on providing medical support to the north central region has achieved set goals and met schedule, the management board of the project in the central province of Thanh Hoa.