Fuel, food push consumer prices up in February

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A Coopmart supermarket in HCMC’s District 9. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

 

The consumer price index (CPI) was up 1.42 percent year-on-year in February as Tet in early last month pushed up the prices of food, dining and transportation.

 

Gasoline prices surged 5.8 percent from January and transport prices increased by 2.35 percent as travel demand skyrocketed during Tet (the Lunar New Year), according to the General Statistics Office.

 

Food and dining, beverages and cigarettes and culture-entertainment-tourism prices rose 1.54 percent, 0.73 percent and 0.51 percent, respectively.

 

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