Do purchases of textbooks fall under educational services?

No, books are goods; educational services focus on payments for teaching and training activities.

Why can the index remain flat across multiple months?

Many fee levels are kept stable over specific periods and are only adjusted at certain times of the academic year.

How do tuition fee exemptions and reductions affect the reading of the index?

The impact depends on the scope of actual prices recorded, meaning the experience of individual household groups may differ from the general trend.

Vietnam Education Services CPI

Name: Vietnam Education Services CPI
Creator: National Statistics Office (NSO)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Vietnam Education Services CPI stood at 112.93 in Jul 2026, according to National Statistics Office (NSO). It is one of the indicators in the CPI table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Dec 2001 to Jul 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)Last updated: Aug 03, 2026, 04:07 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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This indicator in the CPI table

Indicator	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025
CPI	107.5	107.63	108.04	107.73	106.83	105.52	104.33	104.28	104.08	120.44
Education	111.64	111.37	111.36	111.33	111.24	111.13	111.03	110.97	110.97	127.15
Education Services	112.93	112.61	112.54	112.53	112.48	112.38	112.27	112.22	112.22	128.34

Understanding vietnam Education Services CPI

Educational services measure price fluctuations in teaching, training, and learning services within the scope of household consumption. The focus is on payments for services; thus, books, stationery, learning equipment, and standalone goods are not included in this section, although they may appear in the overall education group. The index also does not reflect student enrollment numbers, financial support levels, program quality, or training costs covered by third parties. Compared to the education index, this is a narrow slice that helps isolate the impact of service prices from learning supply prices.

Months associated with the school year opening or fee schedule revisions may create a step change, after which the index remains flat for extended periods; hence, Month-on-month increases should not be mechanically annualized. Year-on-year comparisons are generally more appropriate for matching corresponding study cycles, though academic schedules and fee collection timing shifts must be taken into account. Point indexes express relationships with the base period, not average tuition rates. Exemption policies, changes in collection scope, weight updates, or service classifications can cause recorded price movements to diverge from individual household experiences.

Frequently asked questions

Do purchases of textbooks fall under educational services?: No, books are goods; educational services focus on payments for teaching and training activities.
Why can the index remain flat across multiple months?: Many fee levels are kept stable over specific periods and are only adjusted at certain times of the academic year.
How do tuition fee exemptions and reductions affect the reading of the index?: The impact depends on the scope of actual prices recorded, meaning the experience of individual household groups may differ from the general trend.