Ho Chi Minh City: Sufficient supply of goods to serve the needs of Tet holiday

According to records, the market for vegetables, fruits, livestock and poultry serving the full moon of December as well as the Lunar New Year 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City is quite abundant. Enterprises, supermarkets, wholesale and retail markets are committed to having enough goods to serve the consumption needs of the people.

Wholesale market: increase the quantity of goods

In recent days, the amount of goods imported to Hoc Mon agricultural and food wholesale market (Hoc Mon district) has been quite large. Mr. Le Van Tien, Director of Hoc Mon Agricultural and Food Wholesale Market Management and Trading Company Limited, said that the amount of goods imported to the market on normal days is about 2,300 tons/day and night, of which vegetables are about 1,600 tons, fruits are nearly 320 tons, pork is about 380 tons (equivalent to 5,000-6,000 pigs/night). Currently, the amount of goods imported to the market has increased by about 20%.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang surveyed goods for Lunar New Year at MM Mega Market An Phu (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City) at noon on January 13. Photo: HOANG HUNG

It is expected that from December 25 to 29, the amount of goods arriving at the market will increase by 30%-50% compared to normal days, of which pork will increase by about 100%. In addition, traders will also stock over 2,000 tons of vegetables and fruits in cold storage around the market.

Meanwhile, at Thu Duc wholesale market (Thu Duc city), fresh vegetables, fruits and flowers from other provinces are quite abundant. Of which, the source of vegetables from Lam Dong province accounts for 36% - 40% of the total amount of vegetables coming to the market. According to traders at the market, thanks to proactively signing contracts with gardeners in advance, they have enough stockpiled goods to serve Tet, without worrying about shortages or price hikes. Similarly, the amount of goods imported to Binh Dien wholesale market also increased by 30% - 60% compared to normal days, reaching about 4,000 tons of goods/day and night. Mr. Nguyen Dang Phu, Deputy Director of Binh Dien Market Company, informed that this year the amount of dried fish increased by about 50% and the price level is the same as last year.

A representative of the Satra system informed that this year the unit supplied about 3,600 tons of goods to the market during Tet, an increase of more than 8% compared to the same period last year. The Vissan system also ensures the supply of goods with a reserve of about 1,000 tons of "hot" meat, along with 1,000 tons of frozen meat...

AEON Mall system increased the amount of goods by 150% compared to normal. According to data from the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City, businesses in Ho Chi Minh City have prepared about 23,000 billion VND worth of goods to serve the consumer market before, during and after Tet At Ty 2025, of which about 10,000 billion VND is to prepare goods to stabilize the market.

Supermarkets, stores: More promotions

At the Saigon Co.op system, fresh produce, Tet banh chung, pickled vegetables, candies, etc. are displayed at priority booths, easy to identify. In order to support people with Tet shopping, the system has implemented a delivery service with a radius of up to 20km, applicable to bills from 1 million VND or more. In addition, the system has implemented the program "Tet Market with the same price" from 10,000 VND, 44,000 VND, 48,000 VND and 55,000 VND...

Customers shopping for Tet at MM Mega Market An Phu (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City) at noon on January 13. Photo: HOANG HUNG

Similarly, the MM Mega Market supermarket chain continues to stabilize prices of essential consumer goods. In particular, items such as coffee and tea tend to increase slightly in price and the unit is working hard with suppliers to make reasonable adjustments. From now until January 21, MM Mega Market has a program "Buy more - Cheaper price", encouraging customers to order wholesale essential foods, fresh foods, dried foods; discounts from 50% - 70% for some household items...

According to information from the supermarket system GO!, Big C, Tops Market of Central Retail Group, from now until January 22 (December 23), the "Pork Festival" will be implemented nationwide. Accordingly, discounts from 20% -45% on shoulder meat, pork belly, thigh meat, pork chops, ham hocks, ground pork (excluding products of Meat Deli, G-Kitchen, Sagrifood, Siba food). In addition, the program also extends discounts to imported frozen pork products... Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Van, Communications Director of Central Retail Group Vietnam, committed: "The Group always accompanies major partners and companies, delivering goods directly from farms to customers to reduce intermediaries, bringing the best prices to buyers".

Closely monitor food safety and hygiene

On January 13, at the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang had a working session with retail businesses (Saigon Co.op, Satra, AEON Mall...), wholesale markets (Hoc Mon, Binh Dien, Thu Duc) on the supply of goods for the Lunar New Year 2025.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang assessed that the current purchasing power has increased sharply compared to previous days, showing that consumers have started shopping for Tet. To limit the impact on the delivery of goods due to local traffic congestion, the Deputy Minister suggested that businesses connect consumers in industrial clusters, export processing zones, and residential areas for centralized delivery, saving time. At the same time, she requested the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade and businesses to promptly propose difficulties and the ministry will report to the Government.

“During the peak of Tet, the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City, market management forces… are required to continue to strengthen the review of price listings, closely monitor food safety and hygiene from the source, and step up propaganda to consumers to raise awareness of purchasing…”, Deputy Minister Phan Thi Thang emphasized.

THI HONG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/tp-ho-chi-minh-du-nguon-hang-phuc-vu-nhu-cau-dip-tet-post777669.html