HANOI, Oct 9 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s total goods retail sales and consumer service revenues, increased by 8.4 percent year-on-year, in the third quarter of 2024, to nearly 1.6 quadrillion Vietnamese dong (64.4 billion U.S. dollars), according to the latest statistics of the General Statistics Office.
The revenues grew 8.8 percent to over 4.7 quadrillion dong (189.1 billion dollars) in the first nine months of this year.
Specifically, Vietnam’s goods retail sales stood at over 3.6 quadrillion dong (144.9 billion dollars), up 7.9 percent year-on-year, during the nine months.
Compared to the same period last year, the restaurant and accommodation revenues increased 13.6 percent to 543 trillion dong (21.8 billion dollars), and tourism revenues surged 16.7 percent to 45.6 trillion dong (1.8 billion dollars).
This month alone, revenues of retail sales of consumer goods and services totalled 535.8 trillion dong (21.6 billion dollars), an increase of 7.6 percent, year-on-year, said the office.– NNN-VNA
