The supply of essential goods (fresh food, vegetables, fruits, etc.) is forecast to be difficult when the entire East-Southwest region, including 19 provinces and cities, is on a large-scale blockade to prevent Covid-19.
Mr. Nguyen Van Dong – Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province said that the province has prepared specific scenarios for supplying goods based on people’s needs and the ability to supply goods locally.
In Ben Tre, after the information that social distancing would be implemented, many people flocked to markets and supermarkets to buy and hoard goods, causing local shortages.
`The source of goods in the province’s supply and distribution businesses is currently adequate, basically meeting people’s needs when the province implements social distancing,` informed the Director of Ben Tre Department of Industry and Trade.
People in Ho Chi Minh City go to the supermarket to buy food when the city has social distancing.
Clearing the green transport channel and opening more green channels for the waterway transporting goods between Vinh Long – Ben Tre – Tien Giang and Ho Chi Minh City, according to Ms. Quynh Anh, will increase the supply of food for the 4 provinces,
Similarly, Director of Dong Thap Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Phuoc Thien said that this province ensures the supply of fruits and vegetables for people and is looking for more food sources from growing households and granaries.
From the reality of supply disruption to Ho Chi Minh City during the past week of social distancing, Mr. Thien said that businesses should not be allowed to connect the goods themselves, but there will be a regulatory role of the State.
As for businesses in the food and distribution sectors, they also said they have prepared scenarios for supply sources when many southern provinces have large-scale social distancing.
Sharing with VnExpress, Mr. Pham Thanh Hung, Deputy General Director of Ba Huan Joint Stock Company, said that businesses do not worry about the source of goods.
Saigon Co.op also prepares all options to adapt.
As one of the large enterprises in the livestock industry, Mr. Truong Chi Thien – General Director of VFood said that the company still ensures supply in the worst market scenario.
The risk of prices being pushed up as provinces widen social distancing was also mentioned by leaders of local departments and branches at the goods circulation and supply meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
According to the Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, when this province implements social distancing, it will face two major difficulties: the soaring purchasing power of the people and the difficulty of transporting goods from other localities to the province due to
In addition to proactive local plans, Mr. Dong proposed that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have specific information about each major source of goods in each locality, so that each province can proactively organize vehicles to buy, sell and transport goods.
Leaders of the An Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development are also worried about `congestion` in the transportation of goods between localities when implementing large-scale social distancing.
Not only that, transporting agricultural products through many quarantine checkpoints prolongs the time, causing high damage rates and increasing selling prices.
In fact, 7 days of social distancing in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Binh Duong showed that the supply of goods was interrupted.
Besides, the circulation of goods between provinces, cities, regions and regions has not been smooth in recent times, with local congestion…
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said that the epidemic situation is complicated, serious and completely different in nature than before.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai, Head of the Steering Committee for goods supply to Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces and cities, said that the 16 provinces and cities that have just applied Directive 16 will more or less face difficulties and the situation will
According to Mr. Hai, today is different and very different from normal, so it is normal for some places to have shortages of goods and high prices.
Drawing experience from Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Hai asked the provinces not to close all wholesale markets and traditional markets in the 16 provinces and cities that have just applied Directive 16. Wholesale markets and traditional markets must comply.
To avoid the phenomenon of hoarding goods and pushing prices, leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade requested market management forces to increase inspection and strictly handle the phenomenon of hoarding goods, raising prices and profiteering.