Counterfeit products have been witnessing an upsurge recently as couterfeiters move online to hide behind the anonymity of the Internet.

Mangoes and safe agricultural products from Sơn La Provinces are being introduced at Big C Thăng Long supermarket in Hà Nội.

Fruit, vegetable and meat prices increased sharply in HCM City last week amid the prolonged heavy rain in the south and rising gasoline prices.

Vietnam Grand Sale 2022, the annual national promotion month programme, is set to take place nationwide from November 15 to December 22.

HCM City’s retail sales of goods topped VNĐ57.75 trillion (US$2.49 billion) in May, up 3.08 per cent against the previous month and 13.8 per cent from a year earlier, a report released on Thursday by the city Department of Industry and Trade has said.

Consumers are increasingly looking for natural and environment-friendly products and those with health benefits after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association.

Over 90 percent of vendors at the largest garment market in Ho Chi Minh City have applied to cease operating in protest at plans to double rent.

The prices of meat, poultry and eggs are rising on the back of increasing production costs, but farmers are still suffering losses, local reports say.

Gasoline prices surged 30 percent within a year to a record high forcing consumers to tighten their belts, while merchants and companies experienced additional losses.