The Hanoi consumer price index (CPI) for October rose 0.04% against September and by 2.72% compared to the same period last year, according to the Municipal Statistics Office.
Among 11 groups of products and services in the CPI basket, public traffic service dropped by 1.07% due to falling petroleum prices.
Other 10 groups showed a slight increase in value. Foodstuffs and dining-out services experienced a price hike of 0.13%, followed by housing and building materials, electricity, water and fuel which grew by 0.04% over September.
In October, gold price declined by 3.98% while that of the US dollar rose by 0.13% on-month.
*** The October CPI for Ho Chi Minh City went down by 0.03% from the previous month with foodstuffs and dining-out services down in the second consecutive month, which fell by 0.08%.
A decline was recorded for housing and building materials, electricity, water and fuel (down 0.09%), and garments and textile-headwear-footwear (down 0.02%).
