Vietnam October CPI Likely to Rise 0.37% On-Month, up 7.17% on-year

3:25:04 PM | 10/27/2009

Vietnam’s inflation in October is likely to rise 0.37% from a month earlier and surge 7.17% over the first ten months of this year, the government’s General Statistics Office said on October 23.
 
In the month, a slight hike in CPI was led by transportation and telecom as well as educational costs, the GSO said.
 
In October, gold is estimated to have gone up 5.01% and U.S. dollar weakened against the Vietnamese dong by 0.35% from a month earlier, it added.
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