In a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City (Source: VNA)Growthwas seen in six out of the 11 major goods and services groups with the highesthike reported in transportation at 1.78 percent due to the increased price offuels.
Othergroups recorded price hikes were food and catering services with 1.07 percent;housing, electricity and water (0.24 percent); other goods and services (0.13percent); beverage and cigarette (0.05 percent); and apparel, headwear andfootwear (0.01 percent).
Especially,in the restaurant and catering service group, foodstuff rose 1.77 percent,dine-out climbed 0.26 percent, while food dropped 0.15 percent.
Somecommodities experienced a drop in their prices, including cultural,entertainment and tourism products with 0.01 percent, and homeappliances, 0.1 percent.
Pricesof the groups of telecommunication; pharmaceutical products and health services;and education remained stable in the reviewed period.
Theprice of US dollar rose 0.33 percent, while the gold price climbed 0.61 percentagainst the previous month.-VNA
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