(HBO) – The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh's Customer Price Index (CPI) in August rose 0.62% compared to the previous month, and 1.19% year on year.
Supermarkets and shopping centres in Hoa Binh province always strive to provide a variety of products to meet consumer’s demands.
In the month, among 11 groups of goods and services, prices of four groups experienced increases, which are transportation (up 3.66%); food and beverage services (0.44%); housing, electricity, water, and construction materials (0.31%); garments, headwear and footwear (0.04%).
Only goods and services group saw a drop of 0.01% while prices of other remaining groups remained stable.
Also in August, the province’s total retail sales of goods reached nearly 960 billion VND (40 million USD), down 1.4% compared in July but up 6.06% year on year. Accumulated total retail sales of goods from the beginning of the year was estimated at 7.94 trillion VND (324 million USD, an increase of 28.22% over the same period last year.
Among them, some product groups saw high growth compared to the same period last year such as food and foodstuffs (36.46%); gasoline and petroleum (32.92%); and household utensils, tools, and equipment (28.14%).
After the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, trade union members and workers in Hoa Binh province returned to work with an excited spirit at the beginning of the new spring. Throughout the workshops, factories and enterprises, they were full of enthusiasm, immediately getting to work, striving to excellently complete tasks and production and business targets.
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