Hà Nội, HCMC: CPI up below 1% in June
VGP – The Statistic Offices of Hà Nội and Hồ Chí Minh City reported that, the consumer price index (CPI) of these two cities has increased by 0.91% and 0.6% respectively in June.
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CPI in Hà Nội (pink) and Hồ Chí Minh City (blue) |
In Hà Nội, CPI in June has gone up 11.86% compared to the same period last year.
All ten groups of consumer goods increased. The sharpest increase was seen in catering services (18.52%).
As calculated by economists, the price increase in the first half in Hà Nội was 2.51%, starting to slow down.
CPI in Hồ Chí Minh City has risen by 0.6% against May and by 3.13% per month during the first half.
In June, catering services went up by 0.6%; beverage and cigarette ( 0.08%); housing, electric and water supplies, building materials ( 1.41%); domestic utensils ( 0.74%); transport and telecommunication ( 0.81%); amusement and tourist services ( 0.7%); and other services ( 0.4%). Only medicines and health services saw the decrease of 0.34%.
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CPI / Month |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
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Hà Nội |
0.29% |
0.99 |
-0.07% |
0.13% |
0.24% |
0.91% |
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Hồ Chí Minh City |
0.04% |
1.31 |
0.03% |
0.49% |
0.58% |
0.6% |
By Hoàng Phương
