Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) rose slightly by 0.75 percent in March as
compared to February, according to the city’s Statistics Office.
The
city recorded a CPI increase of 9.58 percent in the first three months of this
year.
Commodity groups that saw the highest rises included restaurant
services, up 1.23 percent, of which foodstuffs up 1.19 percent.
Other
groups, including culture-entertainment-tourism services, housing, electricity,
fuel, construction materials, transportation, beverages, cigarettes and
household equipment and utensils, experienced a slight decrease, ranging from
0.12 percent to 0.92 percent.
This month, medicine and healthcare
services, education, garments and footwear went up from 0.01 percent to 0.05
percent.
The price of post and telecommunication remained unchanged
while food price saw a 0.35 percent decline.
The price of gold jumped by
0.59 percent and the US dollar was up 0.49 percent over February, and increase
of 14.40 percent and 10.23 percent year-on-year./.