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Consumer price index, gold and USD price indexes, December 2008 (09:22 25/12/2008)

Consumer price index

Gold and USD price indexes, whole country

December 2008

	Index in December 2008 compared with (%)			Average price index 2008 compared with 2007
	Base year 2005	Dec. 2007	Nov. 2008	Average price index 2008 compared with 2007

Consumer price index	146.07	119.89	99.32	122.97
Food and foodstuff	171.79	131.86	99.87	136.57
Of which: - Food	191.11	143.25	97.64	149.16
- Foodstuff	163.86	126.53	100.76	132.36
- Meals and drinking out	172.77	133.62	100.37	132.64
Beverage and cigarette	130.36	113.10	100.68	110.75
Garment, footwear, hat	128.42	112.90	101.01	110.33
Housing and construction materials ^(*)	137.86	108.46	97.64	120.51
Household appliances and goods	127.54	112.68	100.60	109.06
Medical products and health care	123.78	109.43	100.35	108.87
Means of transport and communication	123.39	106.56	93.23	116.00
Of which: Postal services and Telecommunication	78.43	84.93	94.02	88.24
Education	115.35	106.87	100.17	104.16
Culture, sport and entertainment	116.83	110.33	100.66	105.87
Other consumer goods and services	133.86	112.97	100.75	113.17

Gold price index	196.29	106.83	100.78	131.93
USD price index	107.86	106.31	101.14	102.35

(*) Including: housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials.

Consumer price index

Gold and USD price indexes, whole country

Urban area

December 2008

	Index in December 2008 compared with (%)			Average price index 2008 compared with 2007
	Base year 2005	Dec. 2007	Nov. 2008	Average price index 2008 compared with 2007

Consumer price index	147.47	119.78	99.34	122.80
Food and foodstuff	175.97	132.76	99.90	136.73
Of which: - Food	200.03	147.87	98.31	152.14
- Foodstuff	167.79	126.33	100.50	131.43
- Meals and drinking out	173.61	133.06	100.27	133.71
Beverage and cigarette	131.71	113.09	100.73	110.36
Garment, footwear, hat	132.28	114.35	101.20	111.99
Housing and construction materials ^(*)	136.33	106.14	97.88	119.05
Household appliances and goods	133.39	113.68	100.56	109.94
Medical products and health care	127.19	109.31	100.32	110.09
Means of transport and communication	115.37	104.43	93.23	113.37
Of which: Postal services and Telecommunication	78.08	84.70	93.93	87.99
Education	113.11	105.30	100.13	103.44
Culture, sport and entertainment	125.75	113.46	101.40	107.91
Other consumer goods and services	135.96	112.35	100.65	113.90

Gold price index	196.29	106.83	100.78	131.93
USD price index	107.86	106.31	101.14	102.35

(*) Including: housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials.

Consumer price index

Rural area in the whole country

December 2008

	Index in December 2008 compared with (%)			Average price index 2008 compared with 2007
	Base year 2005	Dec. 2007	Nov. 2008	Average price index 2008 compared with 2007

Consumer price index	144.80	120.03	99.31	123.07
Food and foodstuff	168.51	131.08	99.85	136.28
Of which: - Food	184.97	139.95	97.17	146.98
- Foodstuff	161.52	126.72	100.94	132.97
- Meals and drinking out	171.64	134.39	100.50	131.31
Beverage and cigarette	129.01	113.13	100.63	111.03
Garment, footwear, hat	125.60	111.92	100.87	109.17
Housing and construction materials ^(*)	139.05	110.72	97.44	121.93
Household appliances and goods	124.40	112.00	100.63	108.44
Medical products and health care	121.52	109.49	100.37	108.06
Means of transport and communication	129.15	108.67	93.23	118.47
Of which: Postal services and Telecommunication	79.14	85.32	94.18	88.77
Education	116.86	108.11	100.21	104.72
Culture, sport and entertainment	109.26	106.08	99.61	103.50
Other consumer goods and services	132.11	113.59	100.87	112.46

(*) Including: housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials.

Consumer price index

Gold and USD price indexes by regions

December 2008 (previous month =100)

	Red River Delta	North East	North West	Central North	Coastal Central	Central Highlands	South East	Mekong River Delta

Consumer price index	99.05	99.74	99.89	99.57	99.88	99.57	99.30	99.02
Food and foodstuff	99.23	100.26	100.44	100.20	101.04	100.20	100.03	99.42
Of which - Food	99.27	99.62	100.02	99.73	96.75	97.04	97.83	94.75
- Foodstuff	98.83	100.02	100.67	100.38	103.57	102.23	101.10	101.79
- Meals and drinking out	100.43	102.60	100.58	100.48	100.00	102.33	100.00	100.21
Beverage and cigarette	100.52	100.44	101.32	100.40	100.89	100.96	100.73	100.73
Garment, footwear, hat	100.78	100.99	102.58	101.13	101.29	102.82	100.96	100.59
Housing and construction materials ^(*)	97.93	98.30	96.31	98.19	96.76	96.34	98.40	96.37
Household appliances and goods	100.73	100.70	100.38	101.18	100.38	100.38	100.23	100.77
Medical products and health care	100.49	100.17	100.15	100.16	100.40	101.90	100.11	100.34
Means of transport and communication	93.98	94.99	94.50	93.51	93.43	92.63	92.25	93.02
Education	100.11	100.12	100.48	100.06	100.89	100.23	100.06	100.10
Culture, sport and entertainment	99.79	100.24	102.74	99.79	99.81	99.86	102.42	99.65
Other consumer goods and services	100.60	101.37	102.25	101.11	101.34	101.02	100.28	100.59
Gold price index	101.96	100.86	100.23	99.97	100.97	101.18	99.99	100.99
USD price index	101.56	100.39	99.66	101.30	100.64	100.71	101.53	100.81

^(*) Including: housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials.

Consumer price index

Gold and USD price indexes of some provinces

December 2008 (previous month =100)

	Hà Nội	TP. HCM	Thái Nguyên	Hải Phòng	Thừa Thiên Huế	Đà Nẵng	Gia Lai	Đắk Lắk	Vĩnh Long	Cần Thơ

Consumer price index	98.70	99.58	99.47	99.23	99.16	99.07	99.93	99.99	99.10	98.62
Food and foodstuff	98.42	100.35	99.87	100.08	100.58	99.90	101.07	100.46	99.53	98.78
Of which: - Food	98.64	100.13	99.93	99.73	99.85	99.92	99.82	97.04	93.52	92.82
- Foodstuff	97.78	100.73	98.71	99.90	101.10	99.82	102.09	102.07	102.28	101.38
- Eating outside	100.36	100.72	108.94	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.64	106.20	100.00	100.00
Beverage and cigarette	101.34	100.76	99.85	100.18	100.25	100.22	100.81	101.36	99.95	99.82
Garment, footwear, hat	100.93	101.10	100.00	100.49	100.21	101.72	102.70	103.88	100.34	100.00
Housing and construction materials ^(*)	97.89	99.06	98.28	97.36	94.97	95.13	97.27	91.18	96.10	96.28
Household appliances and goods	100.99	100.25	101.18	100.06	99.88	100.79	100.20	100.36	101.21	100.92
Medical products and health care	101.16	99.90	100.00	100.10	100.00	100.21	105.98	100.68	100.18	100.57
Means of transport and communication	93.51	93.04	94.11	93.77	89.89	93.56	91.48	91.37	92.37	91.40
Education	100.12	100.00	100.00	100.24	100.00	100.04	100.00	101.81	100.00	100.00
Culture, sport and entertainment	100.40	102.79	101.27	100.07	100.30	100.67	99.05	100.08	100.46	100.00
Other consumer goods and services	101.12	100.22	102.29	100.56	101.98	101.21	100.00	103.49	102.85	100.23
Gold price index	102.95	99.94	100.39	100.78	99.12	100.69	102.62	100.79	101.13	101.70
USD price index	101.48	101.68	100.52	101.62	100.81	100.96	101.17	100.55	100.81	100.62

^(*) Including: housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials.

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