The PM asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to keep a close eye on the market and actively direct localities to prepare supplies of essential commodities, meeting the demand of people in a full and timely manner, thus avoiding disruption of goods supply and sudden price increases.

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The MoIT was also ordered to carry out programmes to stabilise the domestic market and bring Vietnamese products to rural, remote and island areas, while directing businesses to focus on supplying necessities and goods with high demands during the festival, ensuring the continuous and sufficient supply of goods to the market at reasonable prices.

At the same time, the PM stressed the need to ensure power and petrol supply before, during and after the festival, avoiding energy shortages in any circumstance.

Under the directive, the PM requested the Ministry of Finance to coordinate with ministries, sectors and localities to closely supervise price developments and strictly handle violations regarding prices, while working with authorised agencies to prevent and combat smuggling, trade frauds and the trading of fake and low-quality commodities.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was assigned to monitor weather developments and prepare plans to respond to extreme weather conditions to ensure agricultural production, while cooperating with the MoIT to ensure sufficient supplies of food and foodstuff as well as food safety.

Particularly, the PM asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) to provide timely and suitable support to policy beneficiaries during the festival, ensuring that all people can enjoy a warm Tet.

The MoLISA should pay attention to providing optimal conditions for workers at industrial parks, export processing zones and economic zones to return home for the holiday and return to work after that, with special care for labourers who suffer income loss and reduction as well as unemployment due to natural disasters, epidemics and business shrinking, the PM requested.

The Ministry of Transport was ordered to strengthen transport management to meet the rising travel demand of people during the festival.

Alongside, the Government leader also underlined the need for ministries, sectors and agencies to apply drastic measures to prevent epidemics, protect safety for political, social and cultural activities, and ensure defence and security.

Thousands of tourists flock to tourism destinations in Bac Giang during 4-day holiday

BAC GIANG-  The National Day holiday this year lasted 4 days (from 1 to 4 September). Despite hot weather, the tourism destinations in the province received a large number of tourists from Bac Giang and other provinces.

The ten most favoured domestic destinations for National Day holiday

Da Nang tops the list of the ten most searched domestic destinations by c for the upcoming National Day holiday according to Booking.com, based on hotel searches for the four days from September 1-4.

Vietnamese tourists prefer short-distance trips for National Day holiday

Vietnamese tourists are mostly booking trips to the sea and islands in the country, as well as destinations in the Asia-Pacific region, for this year's the National Day holiday.

Flying with Vietjet's 0 VND tickets on National Day holidays

Welcoming the National Day (September 2) and expressing the gratitude to all passengers, Vietjet is offering 2 million tickets from only 0 VND on seven golden days from August 16 to August 22.

National Day holiday to last 4 days

Vietnam's National Day break, the final holiday this year, will take place on September 1-4.

Source: VNA