Trade and services in the first nine months of 2007

State-run economic sector remains the high growth rate. Its total retail value in the first nine months of this year is 17.9 percent higher than the same period. Petrol and oil trading enterprises are still in the lead thanks to their ability to meet customers’ consumption needs. In the non-state economic sector, the total retail value is estimated to up 31.3 percent over the same period, reaching 74.5 percent of the plan. As for foreign-invested economic sector, the retail value reach 62.7 percent of the plan, 17.5 percent more than the same period

The consumer price index in September 2007 is 7.85 percent higher than September 2006. Among 10 commodity groups, two groups whose price indices are higher than the average level are restaurants and food and drink services.

Reported by Thanh Tam, Translated by THKC