Hanoi’s CPI increases by 0.19 per cent in March

Hanoi’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March increased by 0.19 per cent compared to the previous month and up 13.1 per cent against the same month of last year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office.

Topping the list were the prices of housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials (up 2.84 per cent), followed by transport (up 1.36 pe cent).

In the meantime, those of other essential groups of products apart from the post and telecommunications sector showed an increase of less than 1 per cent.

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