Tet shopping begins at supermarkets in Ho Chi Minh City
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VOV.VN - With just over one month to go before the start of the Lunar New Year (Tet), supermarkets throughout Ho Chi Minh City have become packed with shoppers preparing for the festive season.
Many products specifically for the Tet holiday are now on sale in order to meet local consumers’ increasing demand as Tet draws near.
Co.op Mart Phu Lam in District 6 sees more customers coming to purchase items compared to previous weeks.
Staff price their items to put some things on sale in the buildup to Tet.
Saigon Co.op says the total amount of Tet goods on sale, mostly foods and other necessities, increases by around 20% to 35% compared to previous months. It also offers sale promotions to attract consumers.
Huong, a resident of District 6, says she is heading out to buy mainly dried items and cookies to avoid overcrowding in the coming weeks ahead of Tet and also to minimize COVID-19 virus infection risk.
Products such as confectionery, jam, fish sauce, and cooking oil are offered discounts of 5% to 20%.
Supermarkets predict that purchases will increase over the next few weeks thanks to many promotional programmes to celebrate Tet.
Saigon Co.op, SATRA, AEON - Citimart, and Big C all apply sale programmes offering discounts of between 5% and 49% on thousands of Tet goods as a way of stimulating consumption.
Staff continuously add goods to the shelfs at Mega Market.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade, businesses prepare nearly VND20 trillion to stockpile goods for Tet with the aim of stabilising the market and meeting consumers’ demand.
