The figure was down 0.12% from December and up 3.18% annually.
On eight-month calculation, the index rose by 3.96% year-on-year, the highest in the past five years.
Among 11 categories of goods and services, seven saw rising prices, including food and dining services up 0.11%, beverages and cigarettes 0.05%\, housing and construction materials 0.1%, medicines and medical services 0.02%, transportation 0.1%, education 0.18%, goods and other services 0.2%.
Three others posted decrease in prices, including apparel, headwear and footwear 0.03%, post and telecommunications 0.05%, entertainment and tourism 0.2%.
Hike of school tuition for 2020-2021 academic year also pushed up education prices index by 0.18% from the previous month.
Exchange rate between Vietnamese dong and US dollar dropped by 0.08%, standing at VND23,288 per US dollar on the free market.
