23-10-2013

In 2012, retaill sales of goods and services increased 16% higher than 2011. FDI sectoand private sector with growth of 34% and 20.8% respectively stood out from the others. However, there was a slight decrease  (1.2%) in state-owned economy sector. On the other hands, in regards of types of economic activity, all industries grew positively in which tourism throve the most with growth of 28.1%. Despite having less growth (15.2%), commerce still took the largest proportion with 77.1% of total value.
 
Source: Vietnam custom