HANOI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total goods retail sales and consumer service revenues increased by 8.5 percent year on year in the first eight months of this year to more than 4.1 quadrillion Vietnamese dong (166.5 billion U.S. dollars), according to the latest statistics of the country's General Statistics Office.
During the cited period, the restaurant and accommodation revenues increased 14.3 percent, and tourism revenues surged 26.2 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the office.
Specifically, Vietnam's goods retail sales stood at over 3.1 quadrillion dong (125.9 billion dollars), up 7.3 percent, with the sales of food and foodstuff growing by 10.2 percent, those of household appliances, tools and equipment rising by 10.1 percent, and those of clothing going up by 8.7 percent.
In August alone, the revenue from retail sales of consumer goods and services totaled 526.6 trillion dong (21.3 billion dollars), an increase of 7.9 percent year on year. ■