To implement the best solutions to ensure the supply of goods and medical supplies

Update: 01-04-2020 | 10:56:50

Industry and trade leaders affirmed that in the "two golden weeks" of fighting against the disease of Covid-19, businesses producing, trading in goods and retail distributors have been implementing the best solutions to ensure supply, stabilize markets, prices to serve the people. Mr. Ho Van Binh, Deputy Director of Department of Industry and Trade had an interview with Binh Duong Newspaper reporter about this issue.

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Industry and Trade sector has made a plan, together with businesses to ensure the supply of goods for the market. In the photo: The amount of rice is quite abundant at an agent in the province

- Could you tell us the market situation and supply of goods in the area today like?

- Currently, although the provincial government requests a temporary suspension of some services and travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the disease, the lack of goods shopping activities of the people remain normal, there is no disturbance, no buying, no selling. Accompanying with the prevention and control of the Covid-19 disease of the authorities at all levels, the key enterprises have a strategy to increase the reserves of goods, establish more channels of supply and distribution of goods timely to the market.

In the "two golden weeks" of fighting against epidemics in the province, enterprises participating in market stabilization have strictly implemented the reserve of essential goods, always in quantity and quality. In addition to stockpiling goods at existing supermarkets, businesses also have their own stockpiles (4 warehouses) with large capacity located in Binh Duong to better serve the needs of the people, prevent the speculative expression, hoarding goods to create virtual prices.

Previously, predicting the demand of people for essential goods will continue to increase, the Department of Industry and Trade has coordinated businesses to participate in stabilizing the market and distributors to increase the stockpile of goods in supermarkets. Town, the warehouse of goods in the province. Specifically, Big C supermarket tripled its stock, Co.opmart increased by 50% and Vinmart increased by 30-50%. The suppliers have a plan to ensure the supply of food, food, ready supplies to prevent hoarding, price fever. At the same time, businesses also build plans to reserve goods for people in the context of limited contact, travel, drastically with the whole country to prevent and control Covid-19. In traditional markets, the situation of goods purchase and sale took place more than previous time but still ensured adequate supplies, stable prices, order and safety.

The Department of Industry and Trade has also prepared plans to store a large amount of rice to meet the needs of the province in the context of complicated epidemics occurring with the amount of more than 15,000 tons. So people assured, should not store too much rice led to market turbulence, unreasonable price increases for this item.

- Sir, what does the industry continue to do to ensure market stability and quality control?

- As mentioned, the Department of Industry and Trade is constantly working with major retail distributors in the area to have a timely plan to respond to the market in the context of a complicated disease situation. Representatives of retailers are committed to accompany customers, ensure supply, not increase prices of goods. Enterprises producing, supplying and distributing goods in the province ensure an abundant source of essential goods, fully satisfying the needs of the people. Therefore, consumers do not have to worry, just buy a sufficient amount of daily necessities for the family because the supply is always guaranteed.

The Department of Industry and Trade also cooperates closely with the Provincial Market Management Department in strengthening inspection and strictly handling acts of speculative hoarding, raising prices, not listing prices and not selling at listed prices of essential goods, price increases or taking advantage of scarcity to bring fake, fake and poor quality goods into circulation on the market. In addition, the market management industry has also strengthened the inspection and control of goods with great demand such as food, food, western medicine, medical masks, antiseptic water and other types of equipment of health protection for disease prevention and control Covid-19.

In the case of disease, people should prioritize the use of online shopping to restrict to crowded places (markets, supermarkets, convenience stores) and select reputable distributors. to buy goods, to avoid the situation of having to buy goods at high prices without guaranteeing the quality and food safety.

- Sir, the fact that Binh Duong will welcome about 4,000 people from the epidemic area in the locality, how the industry and trade have prepared in terms of essential goods, especially medical masks, equipment and supplies for this isolation?

- Assigned by the Provincial Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control (Covid-19), leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade collaborated with industries to work with 4 enterprises producing medical equipment and supplies in the area, including Dinh Hung Phat Company Limited (Bau Bang district), HTC Joint Stock Company (Ben Cat Town); Bao Anh Medical Service Trading Production Co., Ltd., Sen Viet Medical Supplies Co., Ltd. (Thuan An City). Enterprises also registered to supply medical equipment and supplies to the local health sector during the epidemic situation. Thereby, initially 3 mask manufacturing companies can supply 20,000 units a day, HTC Joint Stock Company can provide 400-500 sets of medical protective suits at a stable price.

The industry will continue to work with units in the area to ensure that medical equipment and supplies can be provided for local isolation. Through this, the industry and trade appreciated and praised the active cooperation of enterprises producing medical equipment and supplies in the locality in joint work to limit the situation of the ongoing Covid-19 disease, especially in the situation of Binh Duong preparing to welcome people from foreign epidemic areas. The industry and trade sector also proposed that enterprises continue to overcome difficulties and step up production and supply of medical equipment and supplies to Binh Duong market and the whole country.

Interviewed by Tieu My – Translated by Vi Bao

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