Statistics in February showed that price indexes for all commodity groups increased compared to the previous month. Of which, the housing, electricity, water, fuels and construction materials group increased by 0.68%, affecting the overall CPI by 0.14% (of which, rental prices increased by 1.09%; domestic gas prices increased by 0.6%; kerosene prices increased by 0.18%).
Traffic groups increased by 0.63%, the impact of increasing the overall CPI by 0.01% was mainly due to the average gasoline price in the month increasing by 0.7% compared to the average in January 2025.
The group of culture, entertainment, and tourism increased by 0.44%, increasing the CPI by 0.02% because after Tet is the New Year's holiday season.
The food and beverage service group also increased by 0.4%, increasing the overall CPI by 0.12%, (of which, eating out at home increased by 0.75%; food prices increased by 0.51%; food prices increased by 0.25%). The garment, hat and shoe groups increased by 0.31%, affecting the overall CPI by 0.02%.
The remaining groups increased slightly, not having much impact on the overall CPI. Accordingly, the telecommunications group increased by 0.21%; the equipment and household appliances group increased by 0.15%; the beverage and tobacco group increased by 0.03%; the education group and the drug and medical services group both increased by 0.01%; other goods and services increased by 0.26%.
On average, in the first 2 months of 2025, the CPI increased by 2.77% compared to the same period last year, in which 9/11 CPI group increased by an average. There are 3/11 groups of goods with average CPI in the first 2 months of 2025 decreasing compared to the same period: Education group decreased by 7.68%; transportation decreased by 1.34%; postal and telecommunications decreased by 0.91%.
Compared to January 2025, the gold price index in February 2025 increased by 6.51% and the USD price index increased by 0.12%. On average, in the first 2 months of 2025, the gold price index increased by 37.0% compared to the average of the same period in 2024, the USD price index increased by 3.79% compared to the average of the same period in 2024.
