Hanoi CPI up 0.57% in September
(VOV) -Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) went up 0.57% in September against the previous month, or 6.68% from a year earlier, according to the municipal Statistics Office.
The city’s monthly average CPI rose 6.17% after the nine months of this year, 5.79% higher than last December’s level.
Most items in the commodity basket used to calculate the CPI (10/11) grew slightly. The sharpest price hike was recorded in education sector (2.02%) due to an increasing demand at the beginning of a new school year and higher tuition fees of vocational training colleges.
The gold price in September soared by 2.24%, while the local currency (VND) dropped by 0.11% against the US dollar.