Retail petrol prices rose by more than VND300 per litre from 3 pm on January 26, the fifth increase in a row, following the latest review by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, the price of bio-fuel E5 RON92 increased by VND361 to a maximum of VND16,309 (US$0.71) per litre, and RON95-III by VND340 to no more than VND17,270 per litre. The prices of diesel 0.05S and kerosene were pushed up by VND395 and VND350 to cap at VND13,042 and VND11,908 per litre, respectively.