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Experts attributed the constant petrol price hikes to the higher transport costs.
Other goods and services saw increasing prices included housing, electricity, water, fuel, and building materials (up 0.46%); beverage and tobacco (up 0.33%); pharmacy and healthcare services (up 0.16%); culture, entertainment, and tourism (0.04%); household utensils (0.02%).
In January, only three groups of commodities witnessed declining costs including restaurants and services (down 0.21%); telecom (0.08%); garments, textiles, and footwear (0.01%).
The gold price picked up 0.44% while the price of USD suffered a drop of 0.02% against the same period last year./.
By Kim Anh