Vietnamese people spent 704,000 billion VND on shopping in the first two months of the year.
According to data from the General Statistics Office, total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue in February 2018 is estimated at VND350,400 billion, down 0.9% compared to January 2018 and up 13.2% over the same period in 2017.
In particular, February this year coincides with the Lunar New Year, so domestic retail activities are very vibrant. On the other hand, businesses, shopping malls, supermarkets and business establishments have proactively prepared abundant and diverse sources of goods to meet all the increased consumer needs of people during the Tet holiday.
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| People of Ung Hoa district shop at the Tet Market organized by Hapro on February 7. |
Also according to the General Statistics Office, retail sales of goods reached 266,900 billion VND, accommodation and food services reached 40,900 billion VND, tourism reached 3,500 billion VND and other services reached 39,100 billion VND.
Thus, in the first two months of 2018, Vietnamese people spent 704,000 billion VND on consumption and service use./.
