Monday, 31/07/2017 16:33 (GMT+7)
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July increased 0.11% from the previous month, reported General Statistics Office.
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Among 11 commodity groups making up the CPI calculation, eight saw price rises compared to a month earlier.
Specifically, price index of restaurants and catering services increased 0.54%, in which food rose 0.87% mainly due to pork prices soaring 3.19% and vegetables increasing 2.56%.
Medicine and health services surged 0.36%, equipment and housing appliances (0.09%), education (0.05%), beverage, cigarette and clothing, hats and footwear (0.04%).
Commodity groups and services witnessing price decreases were transport (1.52%), post and telecom (0.06%) and culture, entertainment and tourism (0.03%).
With this, the average CPI in the first seven months of the year rose 3.91% over a year earlier.
Basic inflation in July increased 0.11% from the previous month and went up 1.3% compared to the same period last year. The rate in the seven months surged 1.49% over a year earlier./.
BTA