The retail prices of petrol and oil went down slightly in the latest adjustment made at 3:00pm on Tuesday by the Inter-Ministry of Industry and Trade - Finance.

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Specifically, RON 95-III and E5 RON 92 petrol now cost VND23,443 and VND22,542 per litre, down by VND324 and VND327 respectively.

Meanwhile, the retail prices of oil products, except mazut, were cut in the latest adjustment. Accordingly, diesel oil is being sold at VND20,806, a decrease of VND756 per liter, the price of kerosene dropped by VND748 to a new price of VND20,846 per liter. By contrast, mazut oil increased by VND615 per kg to the maximum price of VND14,251 per kg.

In the adjustment, the Inter-Ministry of Industry and Trade - Finance also decided to extract VND600 per litre from diesel oil and VND200 per liter from kerosene for the petrol price stabilisation fund.

Reporting by Q.TRANG - Translating by M.DUNG