In December alone, the index dropped by 0.21 percent monthlybut increased by 2.55 percent from a year yearlier.
Compared to the previous month, a downturn was seen in fourgroups of goods, including transport (1.69 percent); housing, electricity, water and building materials (0.75 percent); education (0.44 percent) and post and telecommunications (0.01 percent).
By contrast, the prices of the remaining seven groups rose.The highest growth was seen in food and restaurant services (up 0.37 percent) as well asbeverage and cigarette (0.19 percent), as consumption demand was higher for theyear-end period and upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.
The prices of culture-entertainment-tourism group were 0.16percent higher the previous month as a result of the city’s reopening of many tourismdestinations./.
VNA