Aeon, Canifa, Dong Xuan Knitting (Vinatex), BigC, Saigon Co.op: These are places where people can buy masks at the right price.

According to information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the face of a sharp increase in mask demand, in order to support the purchase of people’s masks, the Domestic Market Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) has contacted a number of mask distributors. about the location and the number of masks sold.

According to information provided by some distributors, people can buy masks at some locations, as follows:

Aeon Vietnam Company Limited

From February to April 2020, at 05 department stores and general supermarkets of the Company, it is capable of supplying an average of more than 1 million masks per month, equivalent to more than 33,000 units / day. People can queue to buy at the Company’s selling points, each person can buy a maximum of 2 boxes of 30 each.

Hoang Duong Trading and Service Joint Stock Company (Canifa Brand ): From 11/2/2020, Canifa can provide up to 30,000 masks on Canifa’s retail channel and some e-commerce sites.

Saigon Co.op supermarket system

Saigon Co.op regularly supplies 200,000 medical masks daily and 10,000 bottles of handwashing gel at a constant price. The supermarket system Co.opmart, Co.opXtra, Co.op Food, Co.op Smiles, Cheers of Saigon Co.op has supplied more than 3 million standard masks of all kinds at the right price in the past.

A representative of Saigon Co.op told the press that every supermarket Co.opmart and Co.opXtra normally consumed about 5 – 10 masks each (50 boxes each) each day nowadays each supermarket has medium. import about 300 – 500 boxes of masks, and in 1 to 2 hours it will be sold out.

The average mask price at Saigon Co.op system is priced from 730 to 5,400 VND / item depending on the type. Types of gel, hand sanitizer average VND 20,000 to VND 90,000 / bottle.

Dong Xuan Knitting Company

Antimicrobial knitted cloth products of the Company are currently sold at 05 points of sale and stores are granted antibacterial cloth masks of Dong Xuan hourly / day, each customer is allowed to buy 05 pieces. To ensure every customer can buy the product, specifically:

+ 67 Ngo Thi Nham, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi: 600 units / hour, equivalent to 6,000 pieces / day;

+ 460 Minh Khai, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi: 300 pieces / hour, equivalent to 3,000 pieces / day;

+ 25 Ba Trieu, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi: 700 units at 15:00 every day;

+ 57B Phan Chu Trinh, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi: 700 units at 3pm every day;

+ 221 Kham Thien, Dong Da, Hanoi: 700 units at 3pm every day.

Big C supermarket system

Big C system currently sells some types of 3D masks (prevent dust, viruses, children, cloth …). Specifically, from 7-10 February 2020, at the system of International Trade Co., Ltd. and Big C Thang Long Supermarket Service plans to sell more than 64,000 masks of all kinds.

The surge in demand for medical masks has made the store drive prices five times higher, but many people are still unable to buy masks. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long stated the World Health Ministry’s recommendation: “There is no need to wear a medical mask because there is no scientific evidence showing a protective benefit for those who are not ill.”

During the meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on February 7 deploying the action plan before the development of acute pneumonia epidemic, a remarkable information was the phenomenon of poor quality medical equipment and masks. once reuse, resell Spray water, very easy to be counterfeited, many places for poor quality solution posted online … “This is a problem related to counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, need to handle pictures the “- General Director of General Department of Market Management Tran Huu Linh confirmed.

Recently, the General Department has set up a lot of inspection teams in pharmacies, in many areas, temporarily detained and sanctioned stores, pharmacies hoarding goods, not selling to people.

Mr. Tran Huu Linh emphasized that, in 63 provinces / cities, pharmacies must sign commitments with QLTT not to hoard goods and sell at the listed prices. The case of hoarding goods is detected and handled with the highest penalty frame. If you sell masks without posting prices, they will also be punished.

Considering that e-commerce (E-commerce) is a vulnerable environment in the current disease situation, Director of E-commerce and Economic Department Dang Hoang Hai said that from early on, the Department had sent a dispatch to websites. , e-commerce trading floor handles businesses pushing product prices up. E-commerce trading floors such as Lazada, Shopee … have handled many businesses that violated pushing product prices, besides, there is also a profiteering violation in the current context of increasing shipping prices of products. All these behaviors are dealt with.