According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO), the consumer price index (CPI) decreased by 0.17% in June against the previous month, increased by 0.2% as compared to that of December, 2016.
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The price of eight groups of commodities and services out of eleven groups in June 2017 increased insignificantly in comparison with the previous month. Specifically, the price of the group of housing and construction materials registered the highest increase of 0.53%, followed by the price of groups of culture, entertainment and tourism; beverage and cigarette; education; family equipment and appliances; garments, textiles, hats and footwear; other commodities and services; and medicine and health services increased by 0.19%, 0.1%, 0.09%, 0.08%, 0.05%, 0.05% and 0.01% respectively.
In contrast, the price of three groups of commodities decreased as compared to May 2017, of which the price of the groups of food and catering services registered the highest decrease by 0.59%; the price of groups of transport and postal services were down by 0.71% and 0.01% respectively.
According to the GSO, the core inflation in June 2017 increased by 0.10% against the previous month and increased by 1.29% in comparison with the same period of last year. The average core inflation of the first six months of 2017 was up by 1.52% as compared to that of same period of 2016.
Apart from this, the price of gold in June rose by 0.25% while USD depreciated by 0.07% against VND as compared to that of previous month.
Thoa Le