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Businesses in Ho Chi Minh City are already implementing their plans to meet high consumer demand during the last months of this year and for the Lunar New Year festival (Tet). Shops that have joined the price stabilization programme have increased their budget for stockpiling essential goods to nearly VND6.7 trillion, nearly 1.3 billion more [...]
Local authorities, agencies and organisations in HCM City have been implementing several programmes to ensure that poor and disadvantaged people enjoy the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. Le Thi Bich Khanh, deputy chairwoman of the Binh Thanh People’s Committee, said her district has made plans to organise Tet entertainment activities to ensure that Tet festivities [...]
The number of overseas Vietnamese coming back to the motherland to enjoy the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday via HCMC is projected to increase substantially over the same period last year, said Tran Hoa Phuong, deputy head of the HCMC Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. Phuong gave no statistics on the number, but said he predicted [...]