October's consumer price index rose slightly, due to the impact of storms and university tuition fees.

According to Dak Lak Provincial Statistics, the consumer price index (CPI) in October 2025 in the province tended to increase slightly compared to the previous month. The increase of 0.05% was mainly due to the increase in food prices after the storm, along with the adjustment of tuition fees by universities and graduate schools in the new school year.

Compared to the same period last year, CPI in October 2025 increased by 4.27%, compared to December 2024 increased by 3.85%. On average, in the first 10 months of 2025, CPI increased by 5.07%.

During the month, 7 out of 11 groups of goods and services increased in price. The group of food and catering services increased the most with 0.46%, causing the overall CPI to increase by 0.16 percentage points. Of which, food increased by 0.73% due to supply being affected by storms; eating out increased slightly by 0.05%. Next was the group of other goods and services, which increased by 0.21% due to the high price of personal items, including jewelry.

People choose to buy food at a supermarket in Tuy Hoa ward.

The education group increased by 0.11% due to adjustments in university and postgraduate tuition fees. The beverage and tobacco group increased by 0.08% as consumer demand increased during the rainy season. The culture, entertainment and tourism groups increased by 0.06%; household appliances and equipment increased by 0.03%; and medicines and medical services increased by 0.01%.

On the other hand, there were 3 groups of goods that decreased in price. The biggest decrease was in the transportation group, down 1.1% due to the 2.59% decrease in gasoline prices according to world prices, the price of new cars decreased 0.72% and motorbikes decreased 0.03%. The post and telecommunications group decreased 0.11%, mainly in smartphones and tablets to stimulate consumption. The housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials group decreased 0.04%, mainly due to the 1.72% decrease in gas prices. The garment, hat and footwear group remained stable compared to the previous month.

In the first 10 months of 2025, 9 out of 11 commodity groups increased in price, of which the strongest increase was in medicine and medical services (up 15.72%), followed by housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials (up 13.26%) and other goods and services (up 6.04%). The two commodity groups with decreases were transportation (down 2.18%) and post and telecommunications (down 1.15%), contributing to curbing the increase in the average CPI in the first 10 months of this year.

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/kinh-te/202511/chi-so-gia-tieu-dung-thang-10-tang-nhe-do-tac-dong-cua-mua-bao-va-hoc-phi-dai-hoc-2ff1438/