Bau Bang: Early preparation for Tet goods

To meet the shopping needs of residents during the 2025 Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, Bau Bang district has implemented various measures to ensure the adequate supply of essential goods while stabilizing market prices.

Abundant goods

In 2024, Bau Bang district inaugurated its first retail point for products under the "One Commune, One Product" (OCOP) program in Tru Van Tho commune. This milestone represents a significant step forward in promoting and distributing the district's distinctive products. Truong Thi Hong, the owner of an OCOP product introduction and sales store shared that the store has designed Tet gift baskets to serve consumers. Along with other essential items, the store also offers OCOP products, ensuring the most competitive prices.

At the market of Bau Bang Industrial Park in Lai Uyen town, most small traders noted that business activities this year is more vibrant compared to last year. Nguyen My, a fruit shop owner at the market shared that the market's trading atmosphere is better this year. Customers shopping here are mainly workers, so the best selling time is year-end and Tet. She is currently stocking up on a variety of items to serve customers during Tet.

At Bach Hoa Xanh stores across the district, Tet products are now on display. A representative managing Bach Hoa Xanh store in Tru Van Tho commune shared that the commune has two Bach Hoa Xanh stores, with most customers being workers. With an abundant and diverse supply of goods at stable prices, the store consistently meets customers' needs during the Tet season. It also offers promotional and discount programs to attract more customers.

Possibly speaking, business activities in Bau Bang district are quite vibrant at this time. Stores like Bach Hoa Xanh, Dien May Xanh and The Gioi Dong continue attracting customers while traditional markets are well-stocked with products to meet people’s daily life, production-business activities. This creates a dynamic picture of the district's growing trade and service sector.

Market stabilization

To meet the demand for essential goods for residents in Bau Bang district before, during and after the 2025 Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, the district has devised a plan for stockpiling goods and implementing market stabilization measures. These efforts will run from December 31, 2024, to March 1, 2025 and will continue throughout the remaining months of 2025.

Accordingly, the market stabilization program for essential goods will be implemented across the communes and towns of the district, focusing on key product groups such as staple, processed, fresh foods...Participating businesses will establish fixed and mobile sales points, organize promotional activities and display banners labeled “Market Stabilization Sales Point” to inform and attract residents for shopping…

According to leaders of Bau Bang district alongside the local market stabilization program for essential goods, the district will arrange mobile Tet sales points operating every 2-3 days in Hung Hoa commune and Long Nguyen commune. The district's Economic Office will also coordinate with market management boards to notify small traders to prepare a large amount of goods for Tet. These goods include staples (rice, sticky rice), food items (meat, fish, vegetables, sausages), ready-made clothing, alcohol, beer, confectionary…

Nguyen Phu Cuong, Chairman of Bau Bang district’s People's Committee said that the implementation of the plan to stabilize the market of essential goods in 2025 and the 2025 Tet festival aims at limitting commodity price increases, promoting production and business activities, ensuring the local social welfare while promoting the development of commercial networks and diversifying types of sales points to stabilize the market. Goods with stabilized prices are distributed widely to consumers conveniently and quickly, especially in industrial parks.

To meet the shopping needs of residents during the 2025 Tet festival, traditional markets in Bau Bang district are expected to stock over 82 tons of staple foods, more than 61 tons of processed foods and nearly 108 tons of fresh foods, with a total estimated value of approximately VND 13.3 billion.

Reported by Tien Hanh-Translated by Kim Tin