The prices of nine groups picked up against the previous month, including beverage and tobacco up 0.69%, restaurants and food services up 0.66%, garments, hats and footwear up 0.39%, housing and building materials up 0.35%, commodities and other services up 0.34%, culture, entertainment and tourism up 0.33%, equipment and household appliances up 0.16%, education up 0.15% and medicines and health service up 0.01%.
Only two groups recorded decreases in prices including transport down 3.04% and telecommunications down 0.09%.
The core inflation in January rose 1.83% against the same period last year.
By Thuy Dung