Lunar New Year market is normal

According to the Department of Industry and Trade of Binh Thuan, the situation of circulation, supply and demand of goods in the market on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2024 in the locality is normal...

This year, shopping centers, supermarkets, markets, and businesses in the province have prepared and promoted early to serve the shopping needs of consumers during the Lunar New Year. It is known that the total value of goods participating in market stabilization during the Tet holiday registered by units in the province is more than 390 billion VND, focusing on essential food, processed food, fresh food, vegetables and fruits with high demand. Therefore, the amount of goods supplied to the market is quite rich, abundant and of guaranteed quality, so people do not buy and stockpile many goods for their families. For districts and supermarket systems, convenience store chains (such as Co.opFood, Bach Hoa Xanh, Vinmart ...) the purchasing power during the Tet holiday this year increased by about 20 - 25% compared to normal months of the year. Particularly in the city. Phan Thiet also organizes a Tet market operating in the areas south and north of Ca Ty river, lasting for many days, until the morning of the 30th of Tet.

Goods serving shopping needs during Tet are quite abundant with stable prices.

During Tet, Lotte Mart Phan Thiet Shopping Center and some traditional markets have started operating again since the 2nd day of Lunar New Year (opening in the morning), focusing on vegetables, fruits, fresh food. By the 4th day of Tet, all supermarkets, traditional market networks, shops, stores, and grocery stores have opened for business. Therefore, the shopping needs of local people have also returned to normal, prices are generally stable compared to the end of the year and there is no sudden increase in prices of essential goods. Only a few items have increased slightly such as vegetables, fruits, fresh food or items for worshiping at the beginning of the year according to people's religious needs, but the increase is in accordance with the law of supply and demand in the market...

Food safety inspection on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2024.

On this occasion, the Department of Industry and Trade also participated in the Provincial Interdisciplinary Inspection Team (chaired by the Department of Health) to strengthen inspection, control and handling of the production and trading of fake and poor quality food, and prevent food poisoning. Accordingly, the following contents are focused on: Minimizing food poisoning cases during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2024; Focusing on inspecting product groups consumed a lot during Tet and festivals with high risk factors, food processing villages, and densely populated areas. Along with that, it combines the dissemination of legal regulations on food safety as well as knowledge in selecting, preserving, processing and consuming food to the people... As a result, during the 2024 Lunar New Year, the province's interdisciplinary inspection team inspected 17 food production and trading establishments, thereby detecting and handling 1 violation with an administrative fine of 17.5 million VND.

Also during this year's Tet holiday, the Department of Industry and Trade noted that petroleum businesses in Binh Thuan have prepared abundant reserves and fully supplied for the production, travel and transportation needs of the people. At the same time, they opened their stores early and increased service hours in the days before, during and after the 2024 Lunar New Year. Meanwhile, in the locality, beer and wine demand has shown a clear downward trend, with almost no agents and businesses stockpiling a lot of goods to sell during and after Tet...

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