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More than $40 million to be spent on stabilising prices for Tet

Dec 12th at 13:05
12-12-2012 13:05:01+07:00

More than $40 million to be spent on stabilising prices for Tet

Many provinces and cities have launched price stabilisation programmes for the end of the year and upcoming Tet holiday, with total capital of about VND840 billion (US$40 million), says the Department of Price Management.

Prices will be stabilised for essential goods, such as rice, sugar, cooking oil, cattle and poultry, confectionery, sausage and seasoning powder.

More than 60 enterprises have participated in the price stabilisation programme while the number of outlets selling price-stabilised commodities tops 3,000.

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