By sector, retail sales of goods in 5 months were estimated at VND1,203.1 trillion, accounting for 75.2% of the total and up 10.4% over the same period last year. Revenue from accommodation and catering services in the first 5 months of this year was estimated at VND 196.2 trillion, accounting for 12.2% of the total and increasing 11.3% over the same period last year. Revenue from tourism was estimated at 13 trillion dong, accounting for 0.8 percent of the total and rising 6.2 percent over the same period last year. Revenue from other services in the first 5 months was estimated at 188.5 trillion dong, accounting for 11.8% of the total and 8.2% over the same period of 2016.