According to the municipal Statistic Office, theincrease was attributable to price hikes in seven out of eleven groupsin the commodities basket.
The highest pricerise, 0.41 percent, was recorded in food and restaurant services, pushedup by a 0.85 percent increase in the cost of meat and vegetables due tostorms and flood.
However, the rice price hasdecreased by 0.19 percent, contributing to a total decrease of 3.64percent from the beginning of this year due to impact of gloomy riceexport markets.
The prices of transportation,telecommunication, culture-entertainment and other commodities andservices also saw declines.
This month, theprice of gold dropped by 1.83 percent over last month and 20.24 percentagainst December last year while the USD price fell by 0.1 percentagainst the previous month but up 1.33 percent year-on-year.-VNA