Hanoi (VNA) - The December consumer price index (CPI)in Hanoi fall slightly, the municipal Statistics Office reported.
The slight fall is attributed to a recent decline in the prices of some groupsof commodities, including vegetables, gas and petroleum, electricity, housingand construction materials.
An upturn was seen in food, particularly rice price, because ahuge amount of rice is mobilised for the flood-hit central provinces.
The import and export values of Hanoi increased slightly in themonth. The export value climbed to 928 million USD, up 3 percent from theprevious month and 2.1 percent from the same period last year. The year’sexport value posted at 10.61 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 1.3percent.
The month’s import value was 2.41 billion USD, up 0.8 percent and2.4 percent, respectively. The year’s import value was 24.83 billion USD,falling 3.9 percent from the same period last year.
Several goods saw a major drop in import value, includingpetroleum and oil (22.5 percent), fertilizer (13.8 percent), and chemicals (14.3percent).
Also in December, Hanoi welcomed 254,000 foreign tourists, up 2.4percent from the previous month and 3.6 percent from the same period last year.The number of domestic visitors was 807,000, up 1.8 percent and 8.1 percent,respectively. The city’s tourism sector earned nearly 4.79 trillion VND (210.6million USD), up 12 percent and 10.7 percent.
In 2016, the city accommodated 2.8 million international touristsand 9.24 million domestic visitors, year-on-year increases of 19.9 percent and4.3 percent, respectively, generating over 55.1 trillion VND (2.42 billionUSD), up 10.6 percent.-VNA
The consumer price index (CPI) in Hanoi continued to go up in July, the seventh consecutive month of growth, the municipal Statistics Office (GSO) reported.
The July consumer price index (CPI) in Hanoi rose 0.11 percent compared to June and 2.6 percent year on year, the municipal Statistics Office (GSO) reported.
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