Retail sale of goods valued VND 657 trillion, accounting for 76.4% of thetotal, up 9.2% against the same period last year.
Cateringand food service turnoverreached VND 97.3 trillion, making up 11.3% of the total, up 8.5% the same period last year.
In March, total goodsretail saleand service valueamounted to VND 275.4 trillion, down 3.4% against the previous months but up 8.8% against the same period last year.