PM Pham Minh Chinh has asked the MoIT to take measures to ensure the supply of all key commodities, especially fuel, and to stabilize the country's distribution channels for the economy after the Tet holiday.
Vietnam’s total retail sales of goods and services in January were estimated at VND544.8 trillion (US$23.22 billion), up 5.2 percent from the previous month and 20 percent as compared with the same period last year.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his hope that the baking sector will be more proactive, creative and responsive to policies in 2023 at a meeting on January 27 or the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the shopping demand for Tet this year has decreased compared to previous years because many households have tightened spending.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 19 visited the Party organization, administration and people of Hanoi on the occasion of the Tet festival and the 93rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3).
A delegation of the Party Central Committee, the President, the National Assembly, the Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on January 19.
Travel firms are offering tours lasting for two or three days to satisfy the increasing demand during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest holiday in Vietnam.
Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam Tatiana Pugh Moreno has expressed her impression on Vietnam’s incredible recovery post the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that it is thanks to strengths brought about by the socialist-oriented market economy.
Currently, besides preparing a sufficient supply, many supermarkets and markets are also committed to reducing and stabilizing the prices of essential items.
Nearly 4,000 tonnes of rice provided by the Government will come to needy households in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang as Tet (Lunar New Year) draws near.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport yesterday informed that the allocated 3,541-square-meter lot for a temporary taxi stand at the corner of Bach Dang – Truong Son – Hong Ha will be put into operation from January 15 to February 6.
The health sector in HCMC has prepared a plan to deploy 10,000 beds, including 1,000 ICU beds for Covid-19 patients. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases is assigned to be the highest-level hospital to treat severe and critical Covid-19 patients.
Residents in Ho Chi Minh City can welcome the Year of the Cat with firework displays at six locations on the Eve of the Lunar New Year, Vietnam’s largest national holiday.
Many flights departing from HCMC to Buon Ma Thuot City in Dak Lak Province and Quy Nhon City in Binh Dinh Province from January 19 onwards have sold out of tickets.
HCMC has earmarked over VND1.11 trillion (nearly US$47.2 million) for activities aimed at ensuring a merry Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday for people with disadvantages, according to Thanh Nien (Young people) newspaper.
The preparation for the annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2023 has completed nearly 80 percent and gets ready for the opening day to mark the event's 20th anniversary.
Organizations and individuals over many years have been helping poor workers, and people return to their hometowns to spend the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday with their families.
Whenever Lunar New Year comes, specialty villages in the Mekong Delta eagerly prepare their products to satisfy consumers’ high demands nationwide. They increase their capacity very early, each year with more varieties to serve their customers.
