Consumer price index rises 0.06% in January
VGP - In January 2021, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 0.06% against December 2020, and down 0.97% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (GSO).
Consumer price index rises 0.06% in January |
Meanwhile, two groups saw their prices decrease, including house and construction materials (down 2.31%) and post and telecommunication service (0.1%).
The GSO said the rise in January’s CPI was fueled by a surge in the demand for goods to prepare for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, high prices of foods and foodstuff, and increase in gas prices to keep up with swings in the global market.
Head of the GSO’s Price Statistics Department Do Thi Ngoc said the core inflation (CPI excluding
This is the lowest increase in January in the past five years, she stressed.
The gold price picked up 2.17% month-on-month in January, while the price of the US dollar decreased 0.16%
By Hoang Ha