Hanoi working to ensure market stability for Tet
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has instructed production
and business units in the city to develop plans to ensure supply and demand during
the year-end and Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, a municipal official has said.
Tran Thi Phuong Lan, deputy director of the department, said her agency has also coordinated with its counterparts in other cities and provinces in organising supply and demand links.
As of November, 25 business units and two credit organisations have registered to implement such plans, Lan
said, adding that about 39 trillion VND (1.68 billion USD) worth of goods has
been prepared for Tet, up 5 percent compared with the plan for the 2020 Lunar
New Year.
The department
will keep a close watch on market developments as well as COVID-19 to regulate supply
and demand, she said.
There will be
major programmes and events held to meet consumer needs from now until
the end of the year, most notably the “Online Friday” shopping programme set
for this month.
A fair with about
200 booths introducing farm produce is scheduled for January, along
with hundreds of mobile fairs in the capital’s outskirts, Lan said./.