Keyword: "essential consumer goods"

Speaking after a special cabinet meeting on the conflict’s repercussions, Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun said prices of key consumer staples, including canned fish, instant noodles, powdered milk and fresh milk, will remain unchanged as producers still have sufficient inventories.

Both traditional and modern retail channels, especially online shopping, in Ho Chi Minh City are bustling with promotions ranging from essential consumer goods to high-end products.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) recently issued Directive No.15 on the implementation of measures to ensure essential consumer goods are available during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and to stabilise the market.

The industry and trade sector will ensure enough essential consumer goods to meet shopping needs and promote market surveillance to prevent goods smuggling ahead of the traditional lunar new year holiday, the Tet, an official has said.

In the first six months of 2017, authorities uncovered 88,560 cases of smuggling, prosecuting 1,100 cases involving 1,372 people.