VOV.VN - For this year's Tet holiday the source of goods for consumption has been thoroughly prepared by local businesses with diverse types and at stable prices, especially essential items.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has ordered local firms to ensure sufficient supply of goods of affordable prices for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, as demand on this occasion is forecast to increase 10% from the same time last year.

Purchasing power for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet holiday) will increase 10% from the same time last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy has weathered global headwinds to secure an estimated growth rate of 5.05% for this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) in its report released on December 29.

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.

Several measures have been recommended to help Vietnamese exporters cope with dwindling demand in many markets around the world.

Vietnam’s food industry is growing strongly thanks to people’s improved income, increased purchasing power, and the supply of diverse and highly competitive products, an official told a policy dialogue in Hanoi on April 13.

Vietnamese firms spent over US$903 million in the first quarter importing 41,780 completely-built-up (CBU) cars, according to a report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Credit growth in the first months of this year slowed significantly due to high interest rates and firms’ poor health, raising concerns about rising bad debts.

VOV.VN - Local markets throughout Hanoi have become bustling with a diversification of goods, despite there being a decline in purchasing power on the Kitchen Gods’ Day, which falls on 23th day of the last month of the lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.