Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The consumer price index (CPI)of Ho Chi Minh City rose 0.47 percent month-on-month in February and 3.58percent over the same period last year, reported the city’s Statistics Officeon February 28.
According to the office, among 11 goods groups, education wasthe only group that saw a decrease in price compared to January at 2.89percent.
Meanwhile, the prices of two other groups – beverages andtobacco, and medicine and medical services – were kept unchanged.
The highest rise in price was seen in goods and otherservices at 1.32 percent; followed by food and catering services at 1.15percent; housing, electricity, water, fuel, and construction materials at 0.7percent; garments, headgear, and footwear at 0.54 percent; equipment andhousehold appliances at 0.6 percent; post and telecommunications at 0.41percent; and transportation at 0.25 percent.
A representative from the HCM City Statistics Office saidthat in the group of food and catering services, the prices of food andfoodstuff rose 1.67 percent and 0.32 percent respectively, while that of cateringservices increased just 0.55 percent over the previous month.
In February 2019, the price of gold was up 0.71 percent, andthat of US dollar rose 0.09 percent compared to January 2019. –VNA
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