On February 16, MM issued a proposal to support “connecting and consuming agricultural products in Hai Duong province” and endorsed by the Domestic Market Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), the People’s Committee of Hai Duong province, the Department of Industry and Trade of Hai Duong and Hanoi. These ”Accompany with farmers at Hai Duong to rescue agro products” was officially launched on the morning of February 19, 2021 with the first order of 24.3 tons of vegetables and fruits, including: kohlrabi, cabbage and guava. These products were in MM’s non-profit pricing strategy, transferred from Hai Duong and will distribute to MM’s centers in Hanoi, the Central and South regions accordingly. The first batch of “rescue agricultural products” was sold in MM system from February 22 with the price of only 5,900 VND/kg. 5K rule is strictly applied during the process of transporting these products to MM’s centers such as PCR testing within 3 days (for driver, staff accompanying cargo truck, …); Certification of the transport means’ owner; spraying and sterilizing all cargo vehicles and vehicles.
From now on, MM plans to ship 5-6 tons of Hai Duong’s agricultural products to Hanoi once a day. For HCMC and the central region, there will be 2 “rescue” shipments per week, with a total of up to 70 tons/week.