Saigon Commercial Cooperative Union or Saigon Co-op officially opened its promotional program themed ‘Pride of Vietnamese Goods’ at its Hoa Binh supermarket in District 11 of Ho Chi Minh City on August 27.
Vietnam’s leading supermarket chain launched the program in response to the popular ‘Sale Promotion Month’ and the campaign ‘Be Vietnamese Buy Vietnamese’.
Co-op Mart supermarket chain will offer a discount of 49 percent on 2,000 products at 59 branches and 46 of its food outlets. More than 600 suppliers will take part in the program this September, investing more than VND100 billion.
The supermarket has spent VND20 billion on gift vouchers worth VND30,000 per voucher and is offering special prices on many items.
In addition, Co.op Mart supermarkets will organize 200 mobile markets in remote areas, industrial zones and hostels for residents, workers and students to buy good quality goods at reasonable prices.
In related news, around 750 enterprises will participate in an annual ‘Sale Promotion Month’ to start on August 30 and run through September at hundreds of supermarkets, convenience food stores, electronic and home appliance centers and department stores in Ho Chi Minh City.
The annual ‘Sale Promotion Month’ aims to promote consumer spending and maintain the socio-economic growth rate.
The program will also be an opportunity for enterprises to introduce their products to consumers at reasonable prices and offer attractive discounts, lotteries and free services.
The program will begin with a fair featuring more than 430 display booths for 250 businesses in fields such as garments and textiles, leather, cosmetics, food, electronic goods, plastic and agriculture-forestry-aquaculture products.
The fair will be held at Phu Tho Indoor Stadium in District 11 from August 30-September 3.
