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July 03, 2017 | 16:35

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Ha Noi’s consumption price index continued decreasing in June while the index in Ho Chi Minh City remained stable against the previous month, according to the two cities’ Statistical Departments.

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Specifically, the index in Ha Noi declined 0.76% compared to the previous month and witnessed a year-on-year increase of 2.52%. The prices of three commodity groups decreased including food service down 1.52%, housing, material and fuel down 0.47% and transport down 0.29%.

The city’s total retail sales of consumer goods and services in June was estimated at VND187,491 billion, raising the figure in the first half to VND1,106 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%.

The city gained US$1.059 billion from exporting in June, bringing the total export turnover to US$5.789 billion in the first half, up 12.1%.

The city’s import value in June reached US$2.557 billion, raising the total volume in the first six months of the year to US$14.233 billion, up 20.7%.

Ha Noi welcomed total number of 235,000 foreign visitors and 818,000 domestic ones in June, up 37.4% and 4.5%, respectively.

Meanwhile, the price index in Ho Chi Minh City in June was stable compared to that of May and rose 3.27% against the same period last year.

Four commodity groups witnessed slight price hikes with housing-electricity-water-fuel and materials up 0.46%, household equipment up 0.11%, garment-hats-footwear up 0.02%, and beverage-tobacco up 0.01%.

The prices of other groups declined such as transport down 0.79%, culture, entertainment and tourism down 0.15%, education down 0.11%, commodities and other services down 0.01% and restaurants and food services down 0.11%.

The US$ and gold prices respectively fell 0.52% and 0.18% against the previous month.

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