Sales of food and foodstuff rose by 10.7 per cent, household appliances and tools 8 per cent, garment 8.7 per cent, vehicles (except cars) 7.5 per cent, and cultural and educational products 6.6 per cent.
The figure contributed to a year-on-year rise of 8.1 per cent in total retail sales of goods and revenue from consumer services in the first two months of this year to VNĐ1.03 quadrillion.
Total retail sales of consumer goods and services hit VNĐ524.6 trillion ($21.4 billion) in September, up 2.4 per cent month-by-month, indicating a recovery in demand.
Retail sales of goods in January-June period in some localities rose sharply such as Binh Duong (15.6 per cent), Quang Ninh (14.5 per cent), Hai Phong (14 per cent), Dong Nai (12.3 per cent) and Khanh Hoa (9.7 per cent)...
Compared to Q1 of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the amount in this year’s first three months increased by 26.7 per cent, the GSO noted.
Measures have been taken to effectively exploit the domestic market with a population of nearly 100 million to fulfil the goal of an increase of 8-9 per cent in retail sales of goods and services.
The General Statistics Office (GSO) explained that the hike was attributed to the growing consumption demand as Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest and longest festival in the Southeast Asian nation, fell in the month.
''Revenge'' consumption has driven up a boom in consumption in response to offset the hostile experience of being forced to ''stay-at-home'' during the pandemic.
Viet Nam’s retail sales of goods and services in July are estimated at VND486 trillion (US$20.8 billion), up 2.4 per cent month-on-month, and 42.6 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.
Supply of goods and services for the domestic market during the first half of the year has been ample with a slight uptick observed for a number of commodities.
According to GSO, the total revenue from retail sales of goods and services surpassed VND2.25 quadrillion in the first five months of 2022, up 9.7 per cent year-on-year.