Consumers shop at a supermarket in HCM City (Photo: VNA) Compared to December2021, three of the 11 goods categories saw slight price decreases, including foodand catering services (down 0.15 percent), household equipment and appliances (0.13percent), along with postal and telecoms services (0.07 percent).
Prices of theremainders increased, with the transport category recording the sharpest rise of1.27 percent as a result of higher prices of fuel (up 2.41 percent) and publictransport (3.49 percent).
In January, authoritiesin the country’s largest and most populous city continued to step up managementand examination while the price stabilisation programme proved effective,thereby helping ensure goods supply ahead of the Lunar New Year - the biggest traditionalfestival in Vietnam, according to the Statistics Office./.
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