Building a plan to balance supply and demand of goods for Tet

Currently, many supermarkets, shopping malls, and traditional markets in the province have begun to build and implement plans to connect with suppliers to prepare reserves for the year-end shopping peak and the 2026 Lunar New Year.

Consumers choose to buy food at Co.opmart Bien Hoa (Tam Hiep ward, Dong Nai province). Photo: Hai Quan

Ensuring balance between supply and demand of essential goods

In early October 2025, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 119/KH-UBND on ensuring the balance of supply and demand of essential goods, serving the Lunar New Year 2026 and preventing and combating natural disasters and epidemics in Dong Nai province. The plan will be implemented until the end of September 2026.

The plan aims to ensure the balance of supply and demand of goods, contributing to the implementation of social security work, especially in the last months of the year, holidays, Tet, natural disasters, epidemics (if any), meeting the needs of local people for essential goods.

At the same time, promote network development and diversify types of points of sale to ensure essential goods are distributed to consumers conveniently and quickly; focus on developing points of sale in traditional markets, industrial parks, worker accommodation areas, remote areas in the province. Expand more product groups and points of sale associated with the Campaign for Vietnamese people to prioritize using Vietnamese goods. At the same time, strengthen cooperation between provinces and cities in investment activities, trade connections, improve productivity, product quality, and expand markets.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year of Binh Ngo 2026, purchasing power is forecast to increase by about 5% compared to the previous year and increase
20-25% compared to normal days, focusing on the days before Tet. The quantity and quality of goods will be guaranteed because production units have planned to prepare Tet goods from the last months of the second quarter and the beginning of the third quarter of 2025.

Director of Phuong Lam Trade and Service Cooperative, the management unit of Phuong Lam market (Phu Lam commune, Dong Nai province) Nguyen Danh Thinh shared: The market management board has encouraged traders in the market to proactively plan and prepare and reserve goods for Tet early. Many traders have connected and worked with suppliers of Tet goods since early October 2025. The source of goods for the upcoming Tet holiday is expected to ensure the supply of people's shopping needs during Tet 2026, especially essential goods.

Regarding the balance of supply and demand of essential goods during the 2026 Lunar New Year, the Provincial People's Committee's plan is implemented for 13 groups of goods, including: rice, pork, poultry, eggs, aquatic products, vegetables, instant packaged foods, canned processed foods, spices, sauces, cooking oil, confectionery, gasoline...

Supermarkets and markets proactively connect with sources of goods early.

Lunar New Year 2026 is about 1.5 months from New Year's Day, so many supermarkets and traditional markets have proactively developed plans to ensure a balanced supply of goods to serve the year-end shopping season and Tet holiday appropriately, meeting consumer needs.

Representative of the Management Board of Dau Giay Agricultural and Food Wholesale Market (Dau Giay Commune, Dong Nai Province) Ho Duc Tan said: Traders in the market have planned to stockpile and serve Tet goods during the peak shopping period at the end of 2025 and before the Lunar New Year 2026. The stockpiling and preparation of vegetables and fruits for Tet is calculated and balanced in accordance with actual needs, ensuring the quality of agricultural products with abundant supplies from suppliers in Dong Nai province, Lam Dong province and the provinces and cities of the Southwest region... Currently, the total amount of goods entering the market is on average 230-280 tons/day and night, expected to increase during the peak period before Tet, depending on purchasing power and actual demand.

According to the Provincial People's Committee, the plan to ensure the balance of supply and demand of essential goods for the 2026 Lunar New Year is built on the basis of the current population of nearly 4.5 million people (about 1.1 million households) in Dong Nai province. The time to reserve goods is about one month. The forecasted demand for some essential goods in the days before, during and after Tet is more than 15.8 trillion VND.

Head of Marketing Department of Co.opmart Dong Xoai Supermarket ( Binh Phuoc Ward, Dong Nai Province) Do Doan Thanh said: The supermarket has started to build plans and solutions to prepare goods for the Lunar New Year 2026. It is expected that essential goods such as: rice, pork, poultry, eggs, seafood, vegetables, instant packaged foods, canned processed foods, spices, sauces, cooking oil, confectionery, bottled water, etc. will increase their stock by 30-50% to serve the Tet holiday and will be allocated depending on peak consumption during the Tet holiday.

Similarly, Director of MM Mega Market Bien Hoa Supermarket (in Tran Bien ward, Dong Nai province) Nguyen Ky Hiep shared: The supermarket has a plan to prepare goods for the year, also connecting with suppliers early to proactively have a stable reserve of goods, build promotional programs, stabilize prices, especially for essential goods for the Lunar New Year 2026.

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Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/kinh-te/202510/xay-dung-phuong-an-can-doi-cung-cau-hang-hoa-cho-dip-tet-78e3dd1/