Recently, the price of oil in Laos has risen sharply again, and Lao netizens have shouted: My month's salary is not enough to refuel, I can't afford it!
But Laos not only increased oil prices, but also everything rose, which made only wages will not be good for the Lao people to be very headache.
Lao media launched a topic on the Internet: after getting a salary, distribute it well, and don't know how to live until the end of the month!
In this regard, netizens have made big moves...
 | Netizens joked: An important reason why the country will be rich is to save! If you don't save, you won't have ah... Netizens: Take the shoe dipping sauce and nibble it until the end of the month! |
| | Netizen: The previous 100,000 kip can buy VS the current 100,000 kip can buy |
Previous (left) VS Now (right)
| | Wage comparisons before and now, as well as price comparisons. |
The salary is still 1.5 million kips, but the price has doubled! Annoying!
Price Comparison Table!
On June 1, Lao society was generally experiencing severe inflation due to the weak exchange rate of the Lao Kip and the rise in oil prices. Some Lao netizens summarized the changes in the retail prices of various miscellaneous goods and necessities since the beginning of the year, as follows:
| commodity | Price at the beginning of the year | The current price | The magnitude of the increase |
| Vegetable oil (bottle) | 20,000 | 40,000 | 100% |
| Soybean oil (bottle) | 10,000 | 17,000 | 70% |
| Fish oil (bottle) | 10,000 | 18,000 | 80% |
| Oyster sauce (bottle) | 12,000 | 25,000 | 125% |
| Sugar (kg) | 8,000 | 12,000 | 50% |
| Aqua (250 g) | 8,000 | 13,000 | 62.5% |
| Canned fish | 4,000 | 10,000 | 150% |
| Instant noodles (box) | 35,000 | 80,000 | 157.5% |
Note: Prices may vary depending on the store.
| | Netizen: So you can eat and have leftover wages! Netizen: When you pay your salary, you must pay off your debts first, otherwise you will not borrow when you want to borrow next month! |
| | Netizen: Save a bunch of fish, you can eat until the end of the month... Netizen: Eat simply and live simply! |
| | Netizen: Such a little salary is not enough Netizen: I spent it before I left the office. Netizen: After drinking and drinking, there is no need to say more. |
| | Netizens: Buy instant noodles to eat! Eat three meals in a packet for 30 days, just one box. Netizen: The salaries of soldiers and policemen will disappear after adding oil wages. |
| | Netizen: The salary is only 600,000 kip more points Netizen: Don't say the end of the month, first live each day, the situation is unpredictable... |
| | Netizen: Buy a box of instant noodles, a plate of eggs, a bicycle, and live like this. Netizen: Refuel to the office, a month's salary is gone! Netizen: I still don't have enough money to borrow to use, so I can finish it. |
| | Netizen: First go take a shower... Netizen: I don't understand why some people pay salaries in the first two weeks, and can use them for three or four weeks, but I! Why one or two weeks, one or two weeks to use up! |
People all over Laos come to compare prices, just one word "miserable"!
Lao media reported on June 1, 2022: Inflation has caused the price of daily necessities in Laos to continue to rise. The depreciation of the Lao Kip has led to a sustained increase in the prices of all types of imported goods, especially foodstuffs and daily necessities, which has made it deeply difficult for people to hope that the Government will be able to better solve this problem.
Today, the price of various daily necessities such as rice, pork, eggs, noodles and other items in Laos continues to rise, nearly twice as expensive as before.
Lao media interviewed citizens in parts of Laos to find out what the price situation was!
A resident of the Saisata district of the capital Vientiane City said in an interview on May 30 that the price of various commodities is still rising and there is no downward trend, such as the current egg price is 46,000 kip per board, and the previous purchase of 35,000 kip and one board, coupled with the high cost of living, has caused a huge impact on people's daily lives, and many people hope that the official can solve this problem.
"It used to be 35,000 kips, now it takes 46,000 kips, almost most things have risen, the cost of living has risen very high, but these things can't be bought, if it is possible, I hope to reduce the price quickly."
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the prices of commodities have recently been regulated, especially in the capital Vientiane, where prices vary from city to city.
In the Sesseta district, for example, the price of a type of glutinous rice is 8,333 kip per kilogram, a type of rice is priced at 10,000 kip per kilogram, beef is 90,000 kip per kilogram, and pork is 52,000 kilograms per kilogram.
Citizens of The Hasaifeng District of Vientiane City said that not only the prices of the above commodities have risen, but also stinky fish sauce and monosodium glutamate, and they can only work hard to earn money.
"Now it's very expensive, before it only sold more than 20,000 kips, now I have bought more than 40,000 kip, and now kip is worth nothing, foreign money is worth money, and the living expenses before are only half of what it is now."
Another resident of Champasak said that in Champasak, the price of each commodity is different from other provinces, such as eggs, which used to be about 30,000 kips per board, and now rise to 55,000 kips, and pork has risen from 30,000-40,000 kilograms to 55,000, and the price of commodities in each place is different, which needs to be urgently solved by the government.
"Those retail stores sell everything expensive, pork sells for 55,000 kips, but before it was only 35,000 kips, now the government can't control it normally..."
The citizens of Savannakhet also said that in Savannakhet is also very expensive, most of them have risen, not only food is expensive, fertilizer has also risen in price, before a pack of about 300,000 kip, now rose to 600,000 kip, nothing can be done, but must buy, can only say a small amount of buy.
"Yes, yes, rice fertilizer is also very expensive, oil prices have risen, fertilizers have also risen, these fertilizers are about 500,000-600,000 kip, and before it was only more than 300,000 kip, which is half the current price."
At the same time, an official from the Vientiane City Department of Industry and Trade also said that oil prices will continue to rise due to inflation and the continuous depreciation of kip.
Oil prices have soared, and a month's salary is not enough to refuel!
On May 31, 2022, the Lao Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular No. 0674.
The notice stipulates that from June 1, the price of gasoline will increase nationwide
Special price gasoline +4300 kip Vientiane new oil price 28070 kip/liter
Regular gasoline +3320 kip Vientiane new oil price 21890 kip/l
Diesel +2180 Vientiane new oil price 20340 kip/l
Vientiane City from June 1, the price of mineral water increased!
The Vientiane Drinking Water Association notified the drinking water business unit that from June 1, 2022, the price of 20 liters of drinking water will be raised from 5,000 kips per barrel to 6,000 kips per barrel so that the business can continue to operate.
As soon as this news came out, it caused a heated discussion among the people:
| | The Dongdu dormitory of the National University has 7,000 kip bottles per bottle, and the students can no longer afford to buy water to drink, and they are dying of thirst |
| | I suspect that Laos' water is imported from abroad and sold so expensive |
| | If you can't afford to buy drinking water, boil the tap water and drink it |
| | My family has sold for 10,000 kip bottles |
| | Hahaha, a bottle of mineral water 6000 kip, a bottle of beer 10000 kip, that is better than buying beer to drink |
Beer prices go up! 12.5 million a case, not worth drinking
Even the lao people's spiritual food, Lao beer prices have also increased, on May 9, the Lao beer company issued a notice: lao beer company production of beer, cola, beverages and other drinks will increase prices! Laos bottled beer sold for 125,000/case.