The Da Nang industry and trade sector, together with units, enterprises and business households, has proactively prepared goods to ensure an adequate supply at stable prices during the upcoming rainy and stormy season.

Preparation of food supply sources during the rainy season. IN PHOTO: The Kieu Trang Food Store, located on Dien Bien Phu Street, Thanh Khe District. Photo: MAI LY

Through a survey at a number of large food distribution units in the city, the preparation of essential goods to serve natural disaster prevention and control work in 2024 has been ready. Enterprises, business households and small traders citywide are also actively working with suppliers to ensure the supply of goods.

Ms. Tran Kieu Trang, the owner of Kieu Trang Food Store, located on Dien Bien Phu Street, Thanh Khe District, said that her store is working with suppliers to ensure the supply of goods during the rainy and stormy season.

"My partners are mainly from the Mekong Delta, so it takes about 3-5 days to transport goods to Da Nang. Therefore, when we are almost out of stock, we often proactively import goods so as not to affect the supply to people" Ms. Trang shared.

According to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade, the reserve source of goods at supermarkets, traditional markets, and production, business and distribution enterprises in the city is rich and abundant.

The total amount of food and foodstuffs in reserve includes 217,218 boxes of instant noodles, 7,225 boxes of dried food, 3,637 tonnes of rice and various types of sticky rice, 34,490 boxes of bottled water, and 724 tonnes of other foodstuffs. The ability to mobilize rice to respond to natural disasters in the city is 3,637 tonnes of various types of goods.

In emergency relief situations, the department will request the mobilisation of reserve rice from enterprises in the city with a total estimated quantity of 2,546 tonnes.

In case the weather is complicated and the isolation lasts longer than the reserve period, the Department will call on businesses with the capacity to reserve and distribute rice to act as focal points to purchase more rice or from the national reserve in the area for relief.

The municipal Department of Industry and Trade has developed a plan to reserve enough food and drinking water for people in the disaster-affected area, expected to be 120,000 people for 3 days.

Mr. Pham Ngoc Son, Director of the city’s Market Management Department, said that the unit has implemented a plan to strengthen inspection and supervision of essential goods to stabilise the market before, during and after the disaster.

The Department has directed its market management teams to proactively monitor and grasp the situation and price fluctuations of essential goods; as well as promptly detect and strictly handle organisations and individuals who speculate, hoard goods, and unreasonably increase prices before, during and after natural disasters.

Market management teams are asked to have a firm grasp of the list of organisations and individuals trading in essential goods such as rice, sugar, cooking oil, pork, chicken, instant noodles, bottled water, and items of iron, steel and construction materials to serve the inspection and supervision work.

Mr. Dam Van Tau, Director of the Da Nang Market Management and Development Company, said that traders have proactively worked with suppliers to ensure goods supply during the rainy and stormy season.

The company has sent out official dispatches to encourage businesses at its affiliated markets to increase their reserves of essential goods and food during the rainy and stormy season.

The affiliated market management boards also regularly monitor price developments; stabilise the market prices; and require businesses to strictly implement the regulations on displaying prices and selling products at listed prices, and not to wait for prices to increase or take advantage of natural disasters to unreasonably increase prices.

Reporting by MAI LY - Translating by M.DUNG, V.DUNG