The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans on ensuring goods supply according to the varying pandemic development, even preparing for the possibility of a large-scale outbreak of COVID-19 over Tet (Lunar New Year).
The Ministry of Finance has asked its Price Management Department to keep a close watch on market supply and demand as well as price developments, especially of essential goods, during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
Poultry and pork products are expected to be in sufficient supply in HCM City during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which falls on January 25.
Enterprises in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak have set aside nearly VND261.5 (US$11.22 million) to prepare goods for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will ensure the supply-demand balance of essential commodities for the Tet (Lunar New Year) of 2020 and implement a programme on keeping goods in stock for market stabilisation.
Saigon Co.op’s supermarkets have stockpiled nearly 20 tonnes of six kinds of specialties for the Lunar New Year: Canh orange, Dien pomelo, Yen The chicken, Ca Mau dried shrimp with whole shell, red pomelo, and Ngoc Linh ginseng.
The number of passengers travelling by air during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays is forecast to rise 11 per cent compared with the same period last year, said Director of Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang.
Both finance companies and banks are promoting consumer lending to capitalise on high demands ahead of the country’s largest holiday Lunar New Year (Tet).
On the occasion of upcoming Lunar new year holiday, a number of companies have a high demand for urgently recruiting short-term employers, especially some areas are ready to pay an income of up to VND1 million (US$43) per day.