Dong Ha exploits advantages to comprehensively develop the commercial sector

Identifying trade, services and tourism as the locality's strengths, in recent years, Dong Ha city has effectively implemented mechanisms and policies to promote trade and services to develop on par with the central urban position, becoming a key industry in the city's economic structure.

Delegates perform the opening ceremony of the 2024 Trans-Asia Bridge Trade and Tourism Fair - Quang Tri taking place in Dong Ha city - Photo: HT

A highlight in the development of trade and services is that the city has reviewed, assessed the current situation and completed the planning and development plan for trade in the area (including the network of markets, supermarkets, trade centers, etc.), in which land funds are prioritized and favorable conditions are created for businesses to invest in large-scale supermarkets, trade centers, and hotels. Many service, trade, and banking and finance projects with modern designs such as Coop.Mart Supermarket, Muong Thanh Quang Tri Hotel, Saigon-Dong Ha Hotel, Viettel Building, Quang Tri Branch of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, etc.

In addition, the system of supermarkets and stores on main streets has been renovated, invested in upgrading facilities, forming more convenient and high-quality retail chains. The city has also put into use a system of automatic vending machines at some central locations, creating convenience for consumers to shop in the area.

In particular, in recent times, Dong Ha has also been one of the locations regularly chosen to organize investment promotion and tourism promotion activities of the province and the whole country such as the Trade and Tourism Fair - Trans-Asia Bridge - Quang Tri in 2024 and the Trade Connection Program between suppliers in the North Central region with export enterprises and trade promotion organizations; Industry and Trade Conference; Industrial Promotion Conference and Exhibition Fair of typical rural industrial products in the Central - Central Highlands region in Quang Tri in 2024 along with many other trade fairs of enterprises inside and outside the province to introduce, connect product consumption, increase opportunities for exchange, find partners, cooperate in production and product consumption.

Along with that, the city has been selected by the Provincial People's Committee to pilot the construction of a walking and culinary street at the Provincial Cultural and Cinema Center to create a highlight to attract a large number of people and tourists to visit and shop.

Vincom Shophouse Royal Park Quang Tri commercial center and townhouse complex invested and developed by Vingroup in Dong Ha city - Photo: HT

In addition to focusing on commercial business activities, Dong Ha city also prioritizes planning and allocating land funds to orient and create conditions for attracting investment in developing service sectors with potential and development advantages, creating favorable conditions for businesses to invest in building tourism infrastructure and a system of hotels and restaurants with diverse, modern and convenient scales.

According to statistics, the whole city currently has 17 travel service businesses; 57 accommodation establishments, including 2 4-star hotels, 5 3-star hotels, 5 2-star hotels and 45 standard accommodation establishments... basically meeting the accommodation needs of tourists when coming to Dong Ha city in particular and Quang Tri province in general.

In addition, the Vincom Shophouse Royal Park Quang Tri commercial center and townhouse complex invested by Vingroup in Dong Ha city with a scale of 13.2 hectares including a commercial center and 523 shophouses, townhouses and a synchronous system of utilities and services will be the most attractive residential area in the Central region.

In addition, the city currently has nearly 500 establishments providing popular and high-end food services for residents and tourists. Thanks to that, the city's service industry revenue has grown rapidly. In 2023, the city's service industry production value reached VND 11,769 billion, an increase of more than 12% compared to 2022, accounting for 64.4% of the total product value structure in the area.

Although the trade and service sector has had many bright spots in recent times, the market for goods and the scale of trade and service development in the city are still small, with trading activities going through many intermediaries, so economic efficiency is not high. On the other hand, investment resources for commercial infrastructure in traditional markets, supermarkets, and shopping centers are still limited; management and business personnel with expertise and skills are still limited, not meeting the development requirements of the market...

A corner of Dong Ha city - Photo: HT

Head of the Economic Department of Dong Ha City Nguyen Thi Thuy Nga said: "In order to promote the development of trade and services, worthy of the central urban area, in the coming time, Dong Ha City will actively implement trade promotion activities, stimulate consumption, attract investment in shopping centers, service areas, resort tourism, ecological areas of Khe May Lake, Mec Lake, service clusters along the embankment of Thach Han River, Hieu River...

Coordinate with provincial departments and branches to complete procedures, create conditions for businesses to soon implement the Dong Ha Market Commercial Complex project along Hieu River. In particular, maintain the construction of a civilized urban lifestyle, civilized commerce, cultural and ethical behavior in business, harmoniously combine service development and tourism, creating a highlight for the city.

In addition, Dong Ha city will also coordinate research and propose to competent authorities to issue specific mechanisms and preferential policies, creating maximum favorable conditions for investors in the trade and service sector.

Promote support for businesses and business households to apply information technology and management software in the field of trade and services, access and apply software and utilities such as traceability, QR Code, cashless payment... to improve competitiveness, expand the market for goods and products, and aim for stable and sustainable market development.

Continue to coordinate with relevant departments, branches and units to organize training programs to improve the capacity to synthesize and analyze market information, management capacity, food safety knowledge, and trade civilization for businesses and commercial establishments to improve the quality of human resources working in the field of distribution and retail of goods.

Strengthen the State's management role in the market, create a favorable business environment; at the same time, encourage and create conditions for local households to develop various types of trade and services, especially high-quality services, to meet the needs of society, worthy of the position of a type II urban area, the political, cultural and economic center of the province.

Ha Trang

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/dong-ha-khai-thac-loi-the-de-phat-trien-toan-dien-linh-vuc-thuong-mai-dich-vu-188941.htm