While the consequences of storm No. 3 have not yet been resolved, information about storm No. 4 has arrived. In order to contribute to connecting diverse sources of goods from provinces, cities, units, and production areas to serve people's needs after storm No. 3, flooding developments, and to serve people's needs in the last months of the year;... from September 19 to September 23, the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade organized a Fruit and Agricultural Products Week of provinces and cities in Hanoi held in front of the cultural park - entertainment and sports area of Ha Dong district.
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| Fruit and agricultural products week of provinces and cities in Hanoi. (Photo: Nguyen Hanh) |
Accordingly, with a scale of 70 standard booths; of nearly 50 enterprises, units of Hanoi and 14 provinces and cities participating including Son La, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Nghe An, Lao Cai, Quang Ninh, Dak Nong, Can Tho... along with fruit products, seasonal agricultural products, OCOP products, regional specialties have brought shopping channels and rich choices for consumers.
As a unit participating in the Goods Week with many agricultural products and specialties from Nghe An, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai Yen - Dong Tam General Agricultural Service Cooperative (village 9 - Quynh Vinh commune - Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province) - shared that this time due to the rainy weather, the transportation of goods was a bit difficult. This is the second time participating in the fair in Hanoi, the products of the Cooperative are well received by consumers because they are all clean products, OCOP products. The current consumption trend is clean. Therefore, consumers in the capital accept to pay higher prices than regular products to buy organic products, clean products, and at the same time have connections to buy products.
“Over the past 2 days, there have been quite a lot of customers coming to our booth. We also have an agent outside Hanoi, so after the Goods Week ends, if customers contact us, we can deliver to their homes. If customers have a large demand for goods, the cooperative is also capable of ensuring that they can meet it,” Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai Yen informed.
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| Consumers in the capital shop at the Fruit and Agricultural Products Week of provinces and cities in Hanoi (Photo: Nguyen Hanh) |
Following the Fruit and Agricultural Products Week of provinces and cities in Hanoi held in Ha Dong district, from September 20 to September 24, the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade organized a Week to promote, introduce and sell agricultural products and food in distribution channels in 2024 at Big C Thang Long Trade Center, No. 222 Tran Duy Hung, Cau Giay district.
With a scale of over 70 standard booths, the products participating in the Goods Week are fruit products, seasonal agricultural products, OCOP products, and regional specialties that are in need of connecting to the distribution system for display, introduction, and connection.
Regularly going to Big C Thang Long supermarket, Ms. Le Thuy (Bac Tu Liem district) buys agricultural products and specialties from Tuan Hang. Agricultural products, green vegetables, cabbage, squash, and even pre-processed foods are what she chooses to buy. Fresh food, reasonable prices, and abundant supply of goods make housewives like her feel secure.
According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, storm No. 3 and floods have flooded 50,612 hectares of crops and damaged 38,104 hectares of fruit trees, causing damage of about VND1,250 billion. Along with that, traffic has affected the supply of vegetables and tubers and increased prices.
Currently, the Ministry has also requested localities to proactively check, drain water promptly, clean fields, prepare soil and seeds for planting in areas that cannot be restored, prioritizing leafy vegetables, short-term vegetables, and water-loving vegetables to provide vegetables in time for the market during the off-season.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requested the Departments of Industry and Trade of the northern provinces and cities directly affected by storms, floods, and inundation to closely monitor market developments, ensure adequate supply of essential goods; mobilize, supervise, and request businesses of essential goods, construction materials, repair materials, textbooks, medicines, generators, electric storage devices, water storage devices, etc. to commit to stabilizing commodity prices.
From a local perspective, with the participation of the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, the organization of Goods Weeks and Agricultural Fairs aims to support products of provinces and cities to promote, introduce and connect the consumption of OCOP products, fruits, agricultural products in harvest season, large output, contributing to the implementation of the Campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods". At the same time, it is also a way to affirm the abundant source of goods, ready to bring to the Hanoi market to serve the capital's consumers in all cases.
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