The HCMC delegation of National Assembly (NA) deputies, including Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Phan Van Mai and Chairwoman of the HCMC Women Union Nguyen Tran Phuong Tran met voters in Nha Be and Can Gio districts on November 24.
According to the reports of HCMC's departments and organizations, many solutions have been implemented to support businesses to remove difficulties and stimulate economic development.
From 10 a.m. on October 31, the scene of people waiting in line to buy gasoline happened again in the inner city and the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City. Some gas stations said they ran out of fuel or sold gasoline at a limit.
In recent days, many petrol filling stations in the Mekong Delta region have closed and stopped selling, partly because of losses, and partly because of supply shortages, leading to the prospect of large-scale disruptions in the region.
Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade Le Huynh Minh Tu said that the Department and businesses in the field strive to ensure the supply of gasoline despite difficulties.
At the working session with Nha Be Petrol Warehouse General, belonging to Area 2 Petrolimex Company (Petrolimex Saigon), Vice Chairwoman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Thi Thang, on the afternoon of September 5, asked Petrolimex to continue to maintain the supply of gasoline and ensure no shortage of petroleum products in the city.
Several private petrol retailers revealed that Vietnam National Petroleum Group (abbreviated as Petrolimex) is exclusively selling RON 95-V gasoline and 0.001S-V diesel as these establishments have contacted Petrolimex many times but could not access both types of petroleum products while cusomers moaned the group sell RON 95-V with price difference.
On the evening of August 25, the Office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Department of Domestic Market issued two documents proposing to increase the supply and output of petroleum to the market in the coming months.
Following the information that the price of gasoline will increase sharply, surpassing VND30,000 a liter tomorrow, drivers have been filling up at petrol stations after long queues built up creating chaos at many petrol stations in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City suggested that key traders and distributors in the city develop backup supply of petrol and oil for the distribution system as per plan to provide for agents and stations to prevent supply interruption.
