HCM City (VNA), Oct. 31 -- The southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City posted a month-on-month rise of 0.38 percent in the consumer price index (CPI) in October, the municipal Statistics Office reported.

The office said the city's CPI grew 3.78 percent in the January-October period as compared with the corresponding time last year.

Seven out of the 11 commodity groups recorded price hikes , namely food and catering services (up 0.5 percent), beverage and cigarette (0.04 percent), housing fees (0.37 percent), medicine and healthcare services (0.02 percent), transport (1.09 percent), education (1.09 percent), education (0.15 percent), and other goods and services (0.08 percent).

Meanwhile, three other groups saw price declines, including...