People shop at Aeon Long Bien supermarket in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Theconsumer price index (CPI) in the capital city grew up 0.07% in November fromthe previous month, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office.
This figure represents an increase of 4.72%compared to the same period last year.
Moving in the upward trend were groups of education (0.44%),apparel, headwear and footwear (0.38%), restaurants and catering services (0.06%) and other goods and services (0.48%). The prices of foodstuffs grew by 1.37%.
The group of housing, electricity, water and constructionmaterial, transport and postal and telecoms services group were the threegroups of commodities that saw their prices go down.
An adjustment to petrol prices brought a0.06% decrease in the transport group compared to the previous month and thepostal and telecoms services group declined by 0.05%. Housing, electricity, water and constructionmaterials group fell by 0.18% month-on-month due to lower prices of electricity and kerosene.
The average CPI in the first eleven months of 2023 expanded by 1.8% year-on-year.
The Statistics Office also said that the goldprice went up by 3.88%, while the price of US dollar rose by 0.09% as comparedto October./.
