The number of outlets selling goods at stabilised prices in Ho Chi MinhCity, the country’s largest economic hub, had totalled 7,500 as byJuly 30, 483 more than the figure in April, 2013 when the city launchedthe price stabilisation programme.
This year’sprice stabilisation programme focuses on four groups of goods, includingessential foods and foodstuff, schooling materials, medicines and dairyproducts.
HCM City has set a target of opening 525more outlets, including five supermarkets, 37 convenient shops, and 30Co.op marts by the end of the programme on March 31, 2014.
At a conference to review the efficiency of the programme on July 30,Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade LeNgoc Dao said the firms joining in the programmes are working to ensurethe supply of quality goods for the market as assigned.
The department has designed a logo to label price stabilised goods andwill publicise it in October to make it easier for customers whenshopping, Dao said.-VNA
This year’sprice stabilisation programme focuses on four groups of goods, includingessential foods and foodstuff, schooling materials, medicines and dairyproducts.
HCM City has set a target of opening 525more outlets, including five supermarkets, 37 convenient shops, and 30Co.op marts by the end of the programme on March 31, 2014.
At a conference to review the efficiency of the programme on July 30,Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade LeNgoc Dao said the firms joining in the programmes are working to ensurethe supply of quality goods for the market as assigned.
The department has designed a logo to label price stabilised goods andwill publicise it in October to make it easier for customers whenshopping, Dao said.-VNA
