Vietnam’s retail sale of goods and services in July is estimated at VND486 trillion (US$20.8 billion), up 2.4% m-o-m, and 42.6% y-o-y, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Ho Chi Minh City’s economy has seen a steady revival and is on course to return to pre-COVID levels, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said on June 29.

The Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Amazon Global Selling Vietnam on June 8 launched a cross-border e-commerce initiative in the breakthrough era.

VOV.VN - The first quarter of the year witnessed the nation’s total revenue from retail sales of goods and services reach US$56.9 billion, a year-on-year rise of 4.4%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Vietnam Grand Sale 2021 will take place across the country from December 1, 2021 to January 1, 2022.

The total retail sales of consumer goods and services in September increased 6.5% against August as production, business and service activities resumed in some localities after the COVID-19 is put under control.

HSBC has forecast two scenarios for Vietnam’s economy until the end of the year, with both of them focused on the re-opening of the economy, albeit in a cautious and systematic way.

Total retail sales of goods and services in August slid 10.5% month-on-month and 33.7% year-on-year as a result of restrictions imposed to contain the ongoing COVID-19 resurgence, data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) shows.

A strategy for developing domestic trade between 2021 and 2030 has been signed off by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, aiming to raise domestic trade’s proportion in the country’s GDP to 15% - 15.5% in the next 10 years.

The current COVID-19 resurgence has put the brakes on trade, transport and tourism, with all the sectors experiencing declines in May, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).