Ministry works to ensure enough supply of essential goods
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on August 3 emphasised the need to ensure the sufficient supply of essential goods for people, especially those in provinces and cities which are applying social distancing measures.
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai onAugust 3 emphasised the need to ensure the sufficient supply of essential goodsfor people, especially those in provinces and cities which are applying social distancing measures.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is preparing various plans to respond to all situations of theCOVID-19 pandemic, Hai said.
Regarding industrial production, he requested the MoIT's Industry Agency to work with associations and enterprises to promptly addressdifficulties facing them and maintain production.
To support goods consumption, the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency must takemeasures to assist the urgent sale of agricultural products which are inharvest time, with the focus on the domestic market.
He also asked the Department of Asian-African Markets andthe Department of European-American Markets to strengthen coordination and findsolutions to boost the export of commodities, particularly farm produce.
Acknowledging the importance of e-commerce, the Departmentof E-Commerce and Digital Economy has worked with six major e-commerceplatforms to step up the sale of agricultural products.
Ngo Khai Hoan, Deputy Director of the Industry Agency,emphasised that as industrial production was not strongly affected by thefourth wave of COVID-19 in the first six months of 2021, the industrial sector’sadded value increased by 11.45 percent, in which manufacturing rose by 11.42percent.
However, in July, the situation worsened, as the pandemicbroke out and spread widely in southern provinces and cities. Therefore, tomaintain production in enterprises and avoid production disruption,vaccination is still the fundamental solution and needs to be carried out soon,Hoan added.
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