‘Sale Promotion Month’ kicks off in HCMC

During ‘Sale Promotion Month’ launched on Thursday night at the Phu Tho Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, about 2,700 retail outlets will offer huge discounts on hundreds of products throughout the month of September.

During ‘Sale Promotion Month’ launched on Thursday night at the Phu Tho Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, about 2,700 retail outlets will offer huge discounts on hundreds of products throughout the month of September.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (in violet), deputy chairwoman of HCMC People’s Committee, visits the Promotion Fair on August 30 (Photo: SGGP)
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (in violet), deputy chairwoman of HCMC People’s Committee, visits the Promotion Fair on August 30 (Photo: SGGP)

This year, the ‘Sale Promotion Month’ has attracted more than 750 businesses to participate, up by seven percent over last year, who will sell their products at huge discounts in 2,700 retail outlets.

There will also be a ‘Promotion Fair’ held during September in which 250 businesses will display their goods at more than 430 stalls from August 30 to September 3.

The ‘Sale Promotion Month’ is part of the campaign ‘Be Vietnamese Buy Vietnamese’, organized by the State Politburo.

According to the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade, businesses have registered to offer discounts on 10 groups of commodities and services like garments, foods and beverages, household appliances, cosmetics, electronic items, tourism and banking services.

Promotional Market Days will also be hosted in industrial zones and dormitories to reach workers and students.

Twenty five leading businesses in HCMC will organize mobile stores to sell subsidized goods in the outlying suburban districts of HCMC.

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