The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Association of Viet Nam Retailers opened a conference on Friday in Ha Noi to promote links within Viet Nam’s goods supply chain and sustainable co-operation between manufacturers and distributors.
Local businesses should diversify their export promotion activities to increase turnover and expand markets, heard attendants at the Việt Nam Export Promotion Forum 2019 held in Hà Nội yesterday.
Total retail sales of Viet Nam''s goods and services reached VND2,116.67
trillion (US$94 billion), a 10.1 per cent increase over the same period
last year, or 9.1 per cent if inflation is excluded.
Viet Nam''s goods and services sector continued stable momentum during
the first half of 2015 as total retail sales hit US$85.8 billion, a
year-on-year increase of 8.3 per cent.