Demand for consumer goods during Tet in Ho Chi Minh City was higher than last year despite the economic impacts of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) recently issued Directive No.15 on the implementation of measures to ensure essential consumer goods during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and to stabilise the market.
Vietnam’s total revenue from retail trade and services reached over VND5 quadrillion (US$219.5 billion) in 2020, representing a modest yearly rise of 2.6%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
VOV.VN - The capital is set to stockpile consumer goods worth VND39.4 trillion in order to put them on sale in the lead up to the New Year and the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, up roughly 5% in comparison with the scheduled plan.
VOV.VN - Firms from Austria have maintained a high demand to import key export commodities from Vietnam, including consumer goods, garments and textiles, and coffee, according to a recent teleconference to discuss trade promotion between enterprises from the two nations.
VOV.VN - An Israel-Vietnam B2B matching webinar on consumer products 2020 was held on November 23 for the purpose of connecting Vietnamese producers and exporters with potential Israeli trade partners.
Flexible warehousing models that can help businesses optimise their storage are required amid the development of e-commerce, experts have suggested.
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.
Recruitment needs, especially for medium- and high-level personnel, in the third quarter rose in the fields of fast-moving consumer goods, IT, energy and insurance, recruitment company Navigos Group said in a recent report.
The consumer price index (CPI) climbed 3.85% year-on-year between January and September, the highest nine-month CPI growth over the last five years, the General Statistics Office reported.