Hanoi’s CPI slightly falls in April

Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in April was down by 0.2 percent compared to March but up by 9.44 percent from a year earlier, according to the city’s Statistics Office.

The prices of housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials rose by 1.96 percent while beverages and cigarettes, garments, hats and footwear, household equipment and utensils, transportation and education services experienced a slight increase, ranging from 0.03 percent to 0.29 percent.

Commodity groups which saw decreases in price included food and restaurant services, culture-sports-entertainment services and post and telecommunication.

Gold prices in April went down by 1.05 percent over last month but saw a year-on-year increase of 33.52 percent.

The US dollar also dropped by 1.17 percent in value compared to March but rose 8.75 percent from a year earlier.

Tags: Hanoi CPI, Vietnam CPI, Vietnam economic statistics, Vietnam statistics

Posted by VBN on Apr 21 2010. Filed under Consumer price index, Economy News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry