Hanoi, April 7 -- Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) climbed 3.22% year-on-year while core inflation rose by 3.01% in the first quarter of 2025, Director of the National Statistics Office (NSO) Nguyen Thi Huong said at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6. Huong explained that the first quarter saw significant fluctuations in the global commodity markets due to various political, economic, and social factors across different countries. She said strategic competition between major powers continues to intensify, particularly with the new US tariff policies causing trade tensions and affecting global supply chains. Ongoing military conflicts and political instability across the globe have forced many countries to maintain tight monetary ...