According to PPC, commercial and service activities in October 2015 continued to prosper. Supermarkets, commercial centers were operated efficiently, offered sales promotion, diverse products to attract people's purchasing power. Accordingly, in October, total retail sales of goods and services was estimated at VND11,243 billion, increasing 0.7% month-on-month and 30.4% year-on-year. Domestic sector grew 31.1%, accounting for 97.1%; FDI sector rose 8.6%, accounting for 2.9%. Total accumulated retail sales of goods and services in 10 months reached VND98,619 billion, increasing 24.4% year-on-year.
Local people visited and shopped at AEON Mall Binh Duong
In addition, during October, the province planed for good storage for Tet holidays and market stabilization in 2016, fairs to bring Vietnamese goods to rural areas…
Transportation services also increased well over the same period. In particular, good transportation increased 26.9%, good rotation increased 50.7%; passenger transportation increased 18.1%, passenger rotation increased 23.8%.
Reported by Phuong Le – Translated by Ngoc Huynh
