Ministry of Industry and Trade: Prioritize the supply of goods to areas affected by storms and floods

Recently, floods have occurred consecutively in the Northern and Central provinces, deeply affecting social security in general and the supply of green vegetables in particular. To ensure the supply of goods, especially essential goods for people in all regions, contributing to market stabilization, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Official Dispatch No. 7492/CD-BCT dated October 1, 2025 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on ensuring the supply of essential goods to stabilize the market during the rainy and stormy season and the end of 2025; in which, it directed the Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces and cities to ensure adequate supply of essential goods and goods for post-storm recovery in areas affected by storms and floods.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has directed commercial businesses and manufacturing enterprises to increase production capacity to ensure adequate supply of goods to localities, focus resources on transporting and supplying essential goods in their distribution systems, prioritizing supply to areas affected by storms and floods; actively coordinate to provide essential goods to people, especially in areas isolated by storms and floods.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade also requested the Department of Industry and Trade of the provinces to quickly organize the storage and distribution of food, foodstuffs, drinking water and other goods to serve the minimum needs of the people, and at the same time coordinate with businesses to deploy mobile sales points to bring goods to isolated areas. Market management forces tighten inspection and handle all acts of speculation, hoarding, and unreasonable price increases.

The Ministry also directed the Department of Industry and Trade of localities to focus on coordinating with the Department of Agriculture and Environment and functional units to closely monitor the production situation, weather developments, epidemics, damage after storms and floods, assess production capacity, the ability to restore production after natural disasters to have plans to ensure supply and stabilize the market of essential agricultural products and food at the end of the year and the Lunar New Year 2026.

Source: https://vtv.vn/bo-cong-thuong-uu-tien-cung-ung-hang-hoa-cho-khu-vuc-chiu-anh-huong-cua-bao-mua-lu-100251123191539213.htm