For instance, Co.opMart andCo.opXtra supermarkets nationwide are offering discounts of 20 percentto 33 percent on 300 items, including student uniforms, school bags,notebooks, pens and other school supplies until August 9.
Inaddition, on August 2, Co.opmart and Co.opXtra will gift more than600,000 white notebooks to shoppers who own Co.opmart member card.
Frenchsupermarket chain Big C is also running a discount programme called"Hanh trang den truong" (School supplies), with discounts of 5-49percent applied on more than 500 items from notebooks, backpacks andcalculators to student uniforms, desks, desk lamps, alarm clock andconfectionary.
School uniforms will be offered at a discount of20 percent, while buyers of textbook sets will receive a 10 percentdiscount in Big Xu (coin) on their member cards.
These coins can be collected and used as payments in the next shopping trip.
In addition, the supermarket has also introduced clothing for teachers for the back-to-school season at reasonable prices.
Notmissing this occasion, Lotte Mart supermarkets have launched the "Vuimua tuu truong" (happy back-to-school season) programme, offeringattractive discounts on more than 2,000 school products until August 3.
Underthe programme, some products for primary students like raincoats, waterbottles, helmets, bookcases, desk lamps and scissors are discounted upto 49 percent, while school uniforms and children clothes are at 15-35percent discount.
Buyers of school products at Fahasa stores at Lotte Mart supermarkets will enjoy a 17 percent discount.
Manybookstores in HCM City, including Thang Long, Nguyen Van Cu, Van Langand Gia Dinh, are offering 10-15 percent discounts on textbooks andother items.
Choosing backpacks for her 10-year-old daughter atCo.opmart Dinh Tien Hoang, Nguyen Hong Anh of Binh Thanh District saidshe would also buy textbooks, notebooks, pens and rulers for herdaughter to use in the upcoming academic year.
Anh said sheusually took advantages of promotions to purchase necessary schoolsupplies for her daughter, which helped her save at least 20 percentcompared to market prices.-VNA