Retail sales grow mildly

08:06, 11/06/2013

(ĐN)- Dong Nai’s total retail sales of goods and services in the first half of this year is estimated at more than VND49 trillion, fulfilling 47% of the year’s plan, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%, reported the provincial People’s Committee.

(ĐN)- Dong Nai’s total retail sales of goods and services in the first half of this year is estimated at more than VND49 trillion, fulfilling 47% of the year’s plan, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%, reported the provincial People’s Committee.

In Jan-June period, the hotel-restaurant sector showed the strongest growth with 25%, followed by the tourism sector with 21.8% and the services with 21.2%. The trade ministry saw a slight increase of 11.5% due to the low purchasing power caused by economic difficulties.

The non-state sector registered the highest retail sales growth among other economic sectors. It saw a year-on-year increase of 13.9%, while the state-owned grew at 11.4% and foreign-owned sectors rose by 9.6%.

Reported by K.N