The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City rises by 0.06 percent in November. (Photo: thegioitiepthi.vn) HCM City (VNA) – The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Ho Chi MinhCity rose by 0.06 percent in November from the previous month, raising thetotal CPI rise in the 11-month period to 2.94 percent, according to themunicipal Statistics Office.
Among 11 groups of products andservices in the CPI basket, five groups saw their prices decrease in the month,including beverage and tobacco (down 0.03 percent), housing, power, fuel andbuilding materials (0.03 percent), transport (0.39 percent), post andtelecommunications (0.38 percent), and garment, hat and footwear (0.001percent).
The group of equipment and home appliances had the highest price increase of0.54 percent, followed by culture, entertainment and tourism (0.27 percent),restaurant and catering services (0.22 percent), and other products andservices (0.07 percent).
Meanwhile, the prices of medicine and healthcare services and education remainedstable.
The office said the price of restaurant and catering services and food went upsince corn, sweet potato and vegetables became more expensive as the result ofheavy rain and storms.
It attributed the fall in the price of fuel to the adjustments of petro priceson October 27, November 11, and November 26.
Excluding from the CPI basket, the gold price in November rose 0.57 percent,while the price of the US dollar slipped 0.09 percent from the previousmonth./.
VNA
