Trade and service activities maintain growth momentum

Currently, in the whole province there are 12 urban markets, 90 rural markets, 2 wholesale markets and dozens of shopping centers, supermarkets, hundreds of convenience stores in districts, town and city; some retail units have developed chains of stores from urban to rural areas such as: Winmart, MediaMart, Mobile World, Dien May Xanh... along with thousands of other general stores in residential areas to meet the shopping and consumption needs of the people.

People shop for goods at BRG Mart Pho Noi Supermarket, Nguyen Van Linh Commune (Yen My)

With the focus on developing a synchronous trade network, supermarkets and retail stores have proactively innovated management methods and sales methods in a modern direction so that people do not only stop at shopping but also have entertainment, have fun, and enjoy preferential policies on prices. Ms. Ngo Thi Thoa, Director of The City Supermarket (Yen My) said: Customers who come to shop at the supermarket can not only comfortably choose quality products, diverse in types and prices, but can also participate in entertainment games and eat and drink on the premises of the supermarket. Thereby, increasing the number of customers visiting and shopping at the supermarket, contributing to increasing sales and business efficiency.

In addition to traditional trade activities, in recent years, trade and service activities have developed in a modern direction, increasing convenience, saving time, and ensuring safety in shopping thanks to the promotion of digital transformation. The Department of Industry and Trade has focused on supporting businesses, production and business establishments and people to access e-commerce development skills, connecting and boosting e-commerce; supporting businesses, production and business establishments to introduce and consume products on e-commerce platforms such as: Postmart, Voso, Sendo, Shopee... Building and supporting businesses to apply technological solutions (QR code, NFC chip, blockchain...) to trace the origin of products, apply customer information management software, smart sales management, promote online shopping, online payment, gradually changing people's shopping habits and consumption behaviors in a civilized and modern direction. Currently, the province's e-commerce platform with the domain name http://ecomhungyen.vn is operating effectively with over 60 businesses, organizations and individuals registered to participate in selling nearly 200 products of all kinds.

Thanks to the synchronous implementation of development solutions, in 2024, trade and service activities maintained growth momentum with an increase of 3.46%, contributing 0.97 percentage points to the overall economic growth of the province. Total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue reached over 134.2 trillion VND, exceeding the annual plan by nearly 37%. The province's e-commerce index ranked the 10th out of 58 provinces and cities nationwide with 27 points, up 2 places compared to 2023. The rate of non-cash payment in e-commerce attained over 30%...

In reality, the development of trade and services not only promotes economic development in each locality but also contributes to solving jobs for workers, improving the quality of people's lives; political security, order and social safety are maintained. In order for trade and service activities to develop according to the plan, commensurate with the potential and strengths of the province, in the coming time, all levels and sectors need to continue to research and issue support policies to attract investment in developing trade and services; focus on supporting investors in legal procedures, compensation for site clearance, investment in building traffic infrastructure connecting regions and areas in the province... To encourage domestic and international investors to build trade and service infrastructure in the province; expand business capital scale with preferential policies such as: Tax, credit, premises... The Department of Industry and Trade continues to coordinate with relevant units to organize training programs, improve the capacity to synthesize, analyze market information, management capacity, food safety knowledge, trade civilization for enterprises and commercial establishments to improve the quality of human resources working in the field of distribution and retail of goods; effectively carry out the annual plan to promote and consume agricultural products of the province. Production and business units bolster the application of information technology, management software to improve the competitiveness of the unit, expand the market for consuming products, aiming to develop a stable and sustainable market...