HN advances VND 500 bil. on price stabilization

June 02, 2010 4:00 PM GMT+7

VGP – The People’s Committee of Hà Nội lately decided to fund VND 500 billion of which a fifth will be spent on reserving goods for relief aid during natural disasters and the rest will be advanced to traders for the purpose of price stabilization.

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Enterprises in Hà Nội will be given interest-free advances to reserving nine categories of primary goods of which the prices need to be stabilized for ten months.

In return, they will have to offer 10%-lower prices in case of price escalation and make proper price adjustments to cope with market fluctuations.

The nine essential goods are rice, poultry, beef, eggs, processed food, frozen seafood, cooking oil, sugar and vegetables. 

The price-subsidized reserve of goods is expected to cover 15% of the total consumption of the capital city.

It is reported that this is the second time the local authorities made such a decision. On the threshold of this Lunar New Year Festival, Hà Nội funded VND 250 billion in interest-free loans for its traders in an attempt to stabilize prices of essential goods.    

Nine essential goods for price stabilization in Hà Nội

 (Offered by the Hà Nội Trade Corporation (Hapro) for reference)

No.

Goods

Unit

Quantity

Money
(Million VND
)

1

Rice

Ton

6,400

76,800

2

Beef

Ton

1,520

89,680

3

Poultry

Ton

560

28,560

4

Eggs

1,000 eggs

12,000

24,000

5

Processed food

Ton

1,280

61,440

6

Frozen seafood

Ton

800

41,600

7

Cooking oil

1,000 liters

240

7,440

8

Sugar

Ton

240

4,080

9

Vegetable

Ton

4,000

68,000

 

Total

 

401,600

401,600

By Kim Loan
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