Consumer prices in this month rose by 2.38% against last month, of which, restaurant and catering services grew at highest rate of 3.76%; food rose by 3.35% due to the increase in prices of rice and rice export; foodstuff by 3.75% due to the affect of deseases that resulted in insufficient supply to demand on Tet holidays; housing and construction materials by 2.88%; drinks and cigarettes by 1.77%; clothings, hats and footwears by 1.4%; other commodities increased slighly from 0.06% to 0.85%.
World gold prices have continuously increased for last 3 months that affected on domestic gold prices. Gold prices in January rose by 5.07% over last month and by 35.33% against same period last year. USD prices continuously decreased by 0.26% over last month and by 0.17% over same period last year.