Total retail sales of consumer goods and services in June reached nearly VND472 trillion ($20.26 billion), up 1.4 per cent against May and 27.3 per cent year-on-year. In the first half, total retail sales stood at VND2,717 trillion ($116.64 billion), up 11.7 per cent year-on-year.
Total retail sales of consumer goods and services in March reached VND438 trillion ($19.23 billion), up 2.9 per cent against February and 9.4 per cent year-on-year. Sales in the first quarter totaled more than VND1,318 trillion ($57.95 million), up 4.4 per cent year-on-year, of which tourism revenue rose 1.9 per cent.