date:Aug 26, 2014
dropped by 0.15 per cent, and housing and building material prices fell by 0.31 per cent.
Ngoc noted, however, that the average CPI for the first eight months of the year increased by 4.73 per cent over that of the same period last year, nearly hitting the 5-per cent to 5.5-per cent levels that the Government aimed for in 2014.
Increasing rice exports to Southeast Asia and China pushed up rice prices, and foodstuff prices grew by 0.45 per cent in August as a result.
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