Ensuring essential goods, preventing speculation and price increases before storm No. 5

Businesses, supermarkets, and petroleum traders in the area proactively supplied goods and stockpiled food, drinking water, gasoline, roofing sheets, etc. to serve people affected by storm No. 5.

The Department of Domestic Market Management and Development ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ) requires ensuring essential goods before storm No. 5. Photo: Luu Quyen.

The Department of Domestic Market Management and Development (Ministry of Industry and Trade) has just issued urgent dispatch No. 2317/TTTN-VP to the Departments of Industry and Trade of the provinces and cities of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang , Quang Ngai and Gia Lai requesting urgent response to storm No. 5, ensuring the supply of essential goods, preventing shortages or unreasonable price increases.

In the Official Dispatch, the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development requested the Departments of Industry and Trade to urge businesses, supermarkets, and petroleum traders in the area to proactively supply goods and reserve food, beverages, gasoline, roofing sheets, steel sheets, etc.

At the same time, coordinate with supermarket systems to transfer goods from neighboring localities to points of sale affected by the storm, avoiding shortages.

Units must also clearly define the list, quantity, preservation, transportation and distribution methods to be ready to bring goods to market when natural disasters isolate the area.

At the same time, the Department requested the Department of Industry and Trade of provinces and cities to direct market management forces to regularly monitor developments, strengthen supervision, inspection and control of the market.

The goal is to promptly detect and strictly handle violations, especially with regard to essential goods. In natural disaster situations, acts of taking advantage to speculate, hoard goods, and unreasonably increase prices of food, foodstuffs, construction materials, etc. will be strictly handled.

In addition, the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development also requires localities to proactively implement the "four on-site" motto, regularly check and grasp the storm and flood situation, and organize timely sales (under safe conditions) to serve the people.

The Departments maintain updates and reports on supply and demand, prices, and distribution networks to ensure smooth information flow.

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