Consumers shop at the Big C Thang Long supermarket in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) During the period, eightof the 11 categories of goods and services saw price hikes, namely food and restaurantservices up 3.8%; beverages and cigarettes 3.47%; culture, entertainment andtourism 3.24%; apparel, head wear and footwear 1.68%; family equipment andappliances 1.19%; housing, electricity, water, fire fuel and constructionmaterials 0.53%; medicine and health services 0.35%; and other goods andservices 3.46%.
Prices declined in three categories – education was down4.66%, transport 4.2%, and postal and telecommunications services 0.4%.
Meanwhile,the July CPI inched up 0.44% from the previous month and 0.51% from December2022, but fell 0.4% from the same period of 2022.
In July,Hanoi welcomed 388,000 tourist arrivals, rising 4% month on month and 52.6%year on year. That contributed to the seven-month figure of over 2.6 million,surging 2.3-fold from a year earlier, data shows./.
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