The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) has announced that the consumer price index (CPI) decreases by 0.2% in January, 2015 against December, 2014.
Specifically, the price of the transport group registers the highest decrease of 3.96% in comparison with the previous month due to the reduction in the oil and gas price. The price of the groups of housing and construction material declines by 1.09%. The price of the postal group slightly decreases by 0.07%.
The price of the group of food and catering services slightly increases by 0.28%, with the price of food increasing by 0.03%, the price of foodstuff increasing by 0.42% and the price of dinning-out service increasing by 0.11%.
The price of the groups of beverage and cigarette; garment, footwear and headwear increases by 0.37% and 0.51% respectively.
The gold price is up by 0.55% as compared to the previous period; and VND depreciates by 0.23% against the US dollar.
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