Authorities check a coach in Ninh Binh city, the capital of northern Ninh Binh province. (Photo: VNA)The turns of passengers transported across the countrywas estimated at 287.8 million this month, a 14.9-percent decrease from April,the GSO reported. The figure exceeded 1.59 billion in the first five months of2021, up 4.2 percent year-on-year.
In May, transport of goods, meanwhile, increased by 2.8percent to 139 million tonnes. This brought the total volume of freighttransport from January to May to 739 million tonnes, up 10.5 percentyear-on-year.
Total retail sales of goods and services valued 393.6trillion VND (17.1 billion USD), down 3.1 percent from the previous month and 1percent from a year earlier. The five-month sum hit over 2.08 trillion VND, up7.6 percent year-on-year.
International visitor arrivals in Vietnam totalled 13,400this month, down 30.8 percent month-on-month and 40.6 percent year-on-year. Thefive-month figure plunged 97.8 percent compared to the same period last year asinternational travel restriction continued to be in place./.
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