Small businesses at the Long Bien Market in Hanoi at night (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Five agriculturalwholesale markets will be built in Hanoi despite the unresolved food hygieneand operational problems dogging city markets.
There are a total of 454markets in the capital city, occupying 1.7 million square metres and hostingabout 90,000 household businesses, the Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi)newspaper reported. Most were built a long time ago, and their facilitiesare degraded and no longer capable of meeting food safety and hygiene requirements andfire protection, according to the report.
The 45,100sq.m Den Lu market is a wholesale market in the city’s outer district of Hoang Mai, with250-300 tonnes of commodities exchanged there per day. Although it has beenconsidered as a centre for commodity exchanges between the capital city andadjacent provinces such as Hung Yen and Ha Nam, its food quality has made tradersworried.
“Pork is sold at 24,000-35,000 VND (1-1.5 USD) per kilogram here,” Nguyen Thi San, a trader with 30years’ experience, told Hanoi Moi. “Slaughterhouses that have beenquarantined never sell meat at such a low price, which means the pork isprobably the low-quality type that came from sick pigs.”
Some of the markets are notattracting as much business as before. Although located within the residentialareas of the city’s inner Dong Da district, Nga Tu So market is strugglingto maintain its operations with the number of trade kiosks down from 180 to 70in recent years.
Despite the obstacles, the HanoiPeople’s Committee has approved a project to build five more wholesale marketsin the city, 20-30ha each, from now until 2030, according to the city’s tradedepartment.
These markets will belocated in the three outer distrits of Gia Lam, Quoc Oai and Me Linh, as wellas in the satellite urban area of Phu Xuyen and Son Tay town. A Koreanenterprise has proposed building the one in Gia Lam district.
Tran Thi Phuong Lan, Deputy Director of Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade, said there is high demand for regionalwholesale markets since the current eight wholesale markets are only capable ofaccommodating trade kiosks, not additional facilities such as auction areas andfood processing and preservation storage.
“These new agriculturalwholesale markets will be constructed in keeping with international logisticsstandards and able to meet regional commodity exchange demands,” she said.
Operating and managingthese regional-level markets will require the expertise of foreign specialists,said Vu Vinh Phu, Chairman of the Hanoi Supermarket Association.
“All processes, fromquality guarantee to quarantine, will require a great deal of experience andcollaboration between different parties,” he said.-VNA
There are a total of 454markets in the capital city, occupying 1.7 million square metres and hostingabout 90,000 household businesses, the Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi)newspaper reported. Most were built a long time ago, and their facilitiesare degraded and no longer capable of meeting food safety and hygiene requirements andfire protection, according to the report.
The 45,100sq.m Den Lu market is a wholesale market in the city’s outer district of Hoang Mai, with250-300 tonnes of commodities exchanged there per day. Although it has beenconsidered as a centre for commodity exchanges between the capital city andadjacent provinces such as Hung Yen and Ha Nam, its food quality has made tradersworried.
“Pork is sold at 24,000-35,000 VND (1-1.5 USD) per kilogram here,” Nguyen Thi San, a trader with 30years’ experience, told Hanoi Moi. “Slaughterhouses that have beenquarantined never sell meat at such a low price, which means the pork isprobably the low-quality type that came from sick pigs.”
Some of the markets are notattracting as much business as before. Although located within the residentialareas of the city’s inner Dong Da district, Nga Tu So market is strugglingto maintain its operations with the number of trade kiosks down from 180 to 70in recent years.
Despite the obstacles, the HanoiPeople’s Committee has approved a project to build five more wholesale marketsin the city, 20-30ha each, from now until 2030, according to the city’s tradedepartment.
These markets will belocated in the three outer distrits of Gia Lam, Quoc Oai and Me Linh, as wellas in the satellite urban area of Phu Xuyen and Son Tay town. A Koreanenterprise has proposed building the one in Gia Lam district.
Tran Thi Phuong Lan, Deputy Director of Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade, said there is high demand for regionalwholesale markets since the current eight wholesale markets are only capable ofaccommodating trade kiosks, not additional facilities such as auction areas andfood processing and preservation storage.
“These new agriculturalwholesale markets will be constructed in keeping with international logisticsstandards and able to meet regional commodity exchange demands,” she said.
Operating and managingthese regional-level markets will require the expertise of foreign specialists,said Vu Vinh Phu, Chairman of the Hanoi Supermarket Association.
“All processes, fromquality guarantee to quarantine, will require a great deal of experience andcollaboration between different parties,” he said.-VNA
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