HANOI, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total retail sales of goods and consumer services were estimated at 4.58 quadrillion Vietnamese dong (about 173.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, up 9.4 percent from the same period last year, Vietnam News Agency cited the National Statistics Office as saying on Thursday.
Retail sales of goods were estimated at 3.45 quadrillion dong during the period, making up 76.3 percent of the total retail and service revenue, according to the report.
