Retail sales of goods and services plunge in January-August
In August alone, the total retail sales of goods and services saw strong declines of 34 per cent year-on-year and 10.5 per cent month-on-month to VNĐ279.8 trillion as many localities had to implemented strict social distancing measures and restrictions under the Government Directive 16 due to the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic nation-wide.