VOV.VN - Purchasing power may increase by about 11% to 13% compared to last year's Lunar New Year festival (Tet), according to forecasts made by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade.
Vietnam’s total retail sales of consumer goods and services saw a year-on-year increase of 9.4% to more than VND5.1 trillion (US$207.8 million) during January – October, the General Statistics Office said.
About 70 Vietnamese handicraft and gift companies are exhibiting their products at the MEGA Show Hong Kong (China) 2023 which is taking place in the special administrative region from October 21-23.
To ensure the supply of goods and stabilisation of the domestic market by the end of 2023 and Lunar New Year 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will coordinate with large distributors to regulate the supply of goods and support the consumption of agricultural products, according to Le Viet Nga, MoIT’s deputy director of the Domestic Market Department.
VOV.VN - Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Cambodia rose 3% in the first nine months of this year to reach US$4.77 billion, according to statistics unveiled by the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The promotion of national standards and technical regulations has significantly contributed to improving the quality and competitiveness of products, goods and services, an official has said.
An exhibition of genuine products of prestigious brands along with their fake versions was opened in Hanoi on October 11 by the Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance (VDMS), with the aim of helping the public realise the difference between genuine and fake goods.
Price control work was effective in the first nine months of this year, with the average consumer price index (CPI) in the period up 3.16% year on year, leaving plenty of room to maintain stability in prices, said Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai.
The US’ increased trade defence measures on imports in general and Vietnamese goods in particular has made it increasingly hard to export to this market, according to Counsellor and head of the Vietnam Trade Office in the US Do Ngoc Hung.
The General Department of Customs on October 4 reported that its state budget collection stood at VND268.69 trillion (US$10.99 billion) between January and September, decreasing by 18.6% compared to the same period last year.