While several wholesale markets and supermarkets have halted operations because of Covid-19, alternative suppliers will ensure sufficient groceries for Hanoi residents, the trade ministry says.

In order to ensure stable supply and prices of groceries and foods, the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has set up 66 more mobile sales points and 87 fresh food stores.

Vinmart has suggested that local officials should pool grocery orders in each locality in HCMC, submit them to the nearest supermarket and help deliver the items to customers.

Many supermarkets in Hanoi are starting to impose social distancing, limiting the number of customers and the volume of foodstuffs they buy.

Supermarkets and shops in locked down areas in HCM City have an abundant supply of goods, according to the city's Department of Industry and Trade inspection teams.

VISSAN Joint Stock Company will continue to supply fresh food to the HCM City market though some its workers were found infected with COVID-19 coronavirus.

A wholesale market in Hanoi was shut down Tuesday night after a vendor tested positive for Covid-19.

The Nhat Tan and Buoi wards in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District have begun distributing odd and even day food stamps for households to buy groceries from local markets.

Hanoi supermarkets are finding it difficult to cope with the flood of online orders following the city’s lockdown.

Supply of essential goods such as vegetables and foodstuffs to HCM City is abundant and will even exceed demand during the rest of the social distancing period, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.