Essential goods

Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of HCMC To Thi Bich Chau (3rd, L) receives gifts from the “Buddhism Today” Fund of the Giac Ngo (Awareness) magazine . The “Buddhism Today” Fund of the Giac Ngo (Awareness) magazine under the by HCMC Buddhist Association handed over 100 tons of rice and 100 tons of sweet potato worth about VND1.3 billion (US$57,000). The Victory Investment Management Joint Stock Company presented 1,000 boxes of liquid powder packets for cough and cold relief tiled “Vic syprup” that are used to treat people with symptoms of respiratory infections. The Kinh Do Oriental Medicine Company Limited offered 500 boxes of "An hau dan" drug used for treatment of respiratory infections while the Anpha Company gave 500 bags of essential goods to support residents affected by the pandemic. The Victory Investment Management Joint Stock Company presents 1,000 boxes of liquid powder packets for cough and cold relief . (Photo: SGGP) Speaking at the receiving …

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Teleconference between the Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities to discuss goods supplies amid COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: VietnamPlus) Hanoi (VNA) – Keeping pandemic safety at production and business establishments is a crucial task of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to help achieve the Government’s dual goals of fighting against the COVID-19 and boosting the socio-economic development to keep workers and people’s life stable. So said MoIT Minister Nguyen Hong Dien at a teleconference with some localities on May 13 to look into COVID-19 prevention and control at industrial and commercial establishments. Combating pandemic right at production facilities MoIT Deputy Minister Dang Hoang An underlined the ministry’s top request, that is preventing COVID-19 transmission at factories, businesses, production facilities, trade centres, supermarkets, restaurants, and markets. Statistics show that nearly 400 industrial parks, 30 border gate economic zones, …

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Poor residents in District 10 are given support packages (Photo: SGGP) The center has distributed commodities to field hospitals, Covid-19 treatment facilities, 21 districts, Thu Duc city, charity kitchens, nursing centers where lonely elderly people and homeless children are residing. The center also delivered nearly 1.8 million support packages to districts and Thu Duc City. In addition, up to now, the center has encouraged more than 83,090 landlords to exempt or reduce rent for 451,723 people with a total amount of VND329 billion. In the coming time, Ho Chi Minh City Social Welfare Center will continue to deliver goods to districts, Thu Duc City; field hospitals, Covid-19 treatment facilities, charitable kitchens and frontline forces participating in epidemic prevention in Ho Chi Minh City. Moreover, the center also planned to transfer 5,000 support packages to district and commune level welfare centers. Last but not least, teams will be set up to deal with those in need of …

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Soldiers do the grocery shopping service for people. (Photo: SGGP) Total retail sales of goods in August this year were estimated at more than VND24.18 trillion, down 15.93 percent compared to the previous month and 49.3 percent compared to August last year. Of which, retail sales of food and foodstuffs in August were estimated at nearly VND7 trillion, down 7.95 percent compared to the previous month and down 12.2 percent compared to the same period last year. The city currently has 2,714 places of supply of goods, including 92 supermarkets, nine traditional markets, and more than 2,100 active convenience stores. With the policy of opening following the roadmap within the extent of safety, and ensuring pandemic prevention, the supplement of other distribution channels of essential goods in the near future, such as extending the operating hours of supermarkets, convenience stores, and food stores; allowing people in areas with good pandemic control to go to the market once a week; …

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Vietnamese goods have made up more than 90 percent of total items sold at many supermarkets (Photo: VietnamPlus) Hanoi (VNA) – Total retail sales and consumption of Vietnamese goods maintained a growth rate of over 5 percent during the first quarter of 2021 although the COVID-19 pandemic remains complicated. This indicates that the domestic market has proved to be a source of support for enterprises to enhance their competitiveness. Vietnamese goods hold large marketshare During more than 11 years of the “Vietnamese people prioritise Vietnamese goods” campaign, launched in 2009, Vietnamese products have continuously accounted for a large proportion of goods on the shelves of domestic supermarkets, reaching up to 90 - 95 percent at the supermarkets of Co.opmart , Vissan, Vinmart, and BRG Retail. The rate ranges between 60 and 96 percent at supermarkets of foreign businesses. It stands at 60 percent or more in other distribution channels such as traditional markets and …

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Nestlé Vietnam has gone to great lengths to make living on-site comfortable for workers Social distancing measures imposed in various southern localities to combat the COVID-19 outbreaks have been a major disruption to the manufacturing of essential items. According to Nielsen’s Retail Index, as of the end of July, the growth of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) segment in Vietnam was heavily affected by the pandemic. The latest wave has dented recovery momentum, with the sector’s growth shrinking -5.8 per cent during social distancing in June and July. With the strict enforcement of these measures, Binu Jacob, managing director of Nestlé Vietnam, admitted that the current wave has had a profound impact on the packaged food and beverage (F&B) industry. Enterprises have tried to ensure production and business continuity, but supply chains were severely affected. Speaking at last week’s webinar on sustainable development and enterprises realising the goals of …

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The HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs presents aid donated by a humanitarian fund of Vietnamese women in Europe to the Cho Ray Hospital on September 15 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The battle against COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City has received more support from the Lao people, overseas Vietnamese, along with agencies, businesses, and religious followers from nationwide. On September 15, the administration of the Lao province of Xiengkhouang handed over aid to HCM City via Vietnam’s State-owned Company of Economic Cooperation (COECCO). The aid is worth nearly 200 million LAK (21,000 USD) in total donated by Xiengkhouang agencies, organisations and people, as well as the Vietnamese community in the province. It consists of 93 million LAK in cash and over 20 tonnes of food. The assistance will be delivered to HCM City by the COECCO, which is operating in Laos, in the next few days. The HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs also …

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Reviewing production projects to ease difficulties and create export goods Vietnam's processing and manufacturing industries are highly dependent on imported input materials and components because of the country’s underdeveloped supporting industry, especially in key sectors such as electronics, textiles, leather, automobile manufacturing and assembling. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, many Vietnamese businesses have shifted to domestic suppliers to overcome global supply chain interruptions and save costs. “The move could promote the development of the manufacturing and assembly of finished products, turn Vietnamese key processing and manufacturing enterprises into big groups in the region, leading to supporting industry development,” the MoIT announced. Moreover, a large number of foreign businesses have flocked to Vietnam to access tax and investment incentives provided by various free trade agreements (FTAs) to which it is a signatory. The MoIT said foreign-invested …

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Stores providing essential goods and services are allowed to open, along with traditional markets, shopping centres, stores for stationery, textbooks, and other learning equipment, mechanics, electronics, and home appliances and in-door hairdressing salons. Restaurants and food and drink establishments are permitted to reopen for delivery only and must close before 9pm every day. Motorbike delivery services, including those using ride-hailing apps will continue to operate from 9am to 10pm but shippers must be vaccinated with at least one dose, make daily health declarations and strictly observe COVID-19 prevention and control regulations. The social distancing is loosened but the city continues to keep 22 checkpoints at the city’s gateways and 33 other checkpoints at the entrances to other localities to control people leaving and entering the city, especially from high-risk areas. The city also proposed the Ministry of Transport continue suspending all domestic …

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Đồng Nai Province will resume socio-economic activities by September 20 under certain conditions. — Photo vietnamnet.vn ĐỒNG NAI PROVINCE — Đồng Nai Province plans to resume socio-economic activities step by step after September 20. The province will review the vaccination rate and the risk of coronavirus infection in different areas before allowing activities to resume in low-risk areas (green zones). According to the plan, from September 20 the province will resume essential services in low-risk areas where no COVID-19 community cases have been found for at least 14 days. To date, 75 of 170 communes in Đồng Nai are recognised as COVID-safe zones. The areas are mostly located in Tân Phú, Định Quán, Xuân Lộc, Thống Nhất and Cẩm Mỹ Districts and Long Thành Town. Non-essential services in green zones might be allowed to reopen if their employees have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in the last 14 days and strictly follow safety protocols. …

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