SaigonCo.op joint venture opens store

The joint venture between the country’s leading retailer Saigon Co.op and Singapore’s NTUC FairPrice has opened its third hypermarket in the country in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10.
SaigonCo.op joint venture opens store ảnh 1The joint venture between the country’s leading retailer Saigon Co.op and Singapore’s NTUC FairPrice on January 25 opened its third hypermarket in the country in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)

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- The joint venture between the country’s leading retailerSaigon Co.op and Singapore’s NTUC FairPrice has opened its third hypermarket inthe country in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10.

The 6,500sq.m Co.opXtra Van Hanh cost nearly 96 billion VND (4.2 million USD) and stocks morethan 50,000 items.

Besides fresh and industrial foods, cosmetics, household utensils and textiles,it also sells electronic products, sports equipment, vehicles, and stationery.

Besides Vietnamese high-quality products, the store also has more than 10,000items imported from Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the US, the EU,Australia, and New Zealand.

To mark the opening, Co.opXtra Van Hanh is offering discounts of up to 50percent on thousands of essential items until February 2.

Besides, customers with bills worth at least 300,000 VND will enter a luckydraw offering prizes such as a Honda SH scooter, an Iphone X, a Sony 49” TV andothers.-VNA
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