Vietnam's total goods retail sales and consumer service revenues in the first four months of this year rose 9.8 per cent year-on-year to 1,399 trillion Vietnamese dong (over 61.6 billion US dollars).
General Statistics Office of the country revealed the information on Friday, reports Xinhua.
Specifically, Vietnam's goods retail sales climbed up 10.8 per cent to 1,060 trillion Vietnamese dong (46.7 billion dollars), with sales of food and foodstuffs growing 11.9 per cent, garments growing 12.8 per cent, home appliances growing 10.8 per cent, cultural and educational items growing 9 per cent, and means of transport growing 8.2 per cent.