National CPI up 3.25% in 2023
Hanoi (VNA), Dec. 29 -- Vietnam's consumer price index ( CPI ) in 2023 is estimated to rise 3.25% year-on-year, meeting the target set by the National Assembly ( NA ), the General Statistics Office ( GSO ) reported on December 29.
Nguyen Thi Huong, head of the GSO, told a press conference in Hanoi that the index in the fourth quarter went up 3.54% from the corresponding time last year, and that in December increased 0.12% month-on-month and 3.58% year-on-year.
She attributed the December increase to the rising medical costs, tuition fees, and prices of electricity and rice, adding among the 11 commodity groups, 10 saw year-on-year hikes and the rest - post and telecommunications - experienced a decline of 1.36%.
For the whole year, the...
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