Credit in the first five months of 2016 grew 5.48 per cent compared to
the end of 2015, the highest for the past few years, according to the
State Bank of Viet Nam''s Credit Department.
State-owned enterprises sold shares worth more than VND2.08 trillion (US$93.2 million) in book value for VND4.17 trillion ($186.3 million) in the first five months of 2016.
Viet Nam''s total retail sales and services revenue reached VND1,430 trillion (US$63.4 billion) in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 9.1 per cent, officials said.
