According to information on November 21 from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the face of floods causing disruption in many areas in Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak and Gia Lai, on the morning of November 20, the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development (Ministry of Industry and Trade) issued a document requesting relevant Departments of Industry and Trade to drastically implement measures to respond, overcome the consequences and ensure the supply of essential goods to people, especially in isolated areas.
Implementing Official Dispatch No. 9161/CD-BCT dated November 20, 2025 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on focusing on responding to floods of special importance in Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak and Gia Lai, the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development issued Document No. 3413/TTTN-VP dated November 20, 2025, requesting the Departments of Industry and Trade of Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces to focus on directing strongly, organizing the implementation of flood prevention, avoidance, response and overcoming consequences with the highest sense of responsibility.
At the same time, localities must urgently implement tasks to ensure the quantity of goods, food, and provisions ready to be brought to the market to serve people, especially in areas that are isolated and isolated by floods.
Accordingly, the Department requires the Departments of Industry and Trade to continue to strictly implement the contents of the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch, the National Civil Defense Steering Committee and the Minister of Industry and Trade.
Localities need to urge businesses, supermarket systems and petroleum traders to deploy reserves of essential goods such as food, foodstuffs, drinking water, petroleum, roofing corrugated iron, steel plates, etc. At the same time, coordinate with supermarkets in affected areas to coordinate the supply of goods from neighboring localities to serve people, preventing shortages. Departments must clearly identify the list, quantity, storage, transportation and distribution methods to be ready to respond if natural disasters cause disruption in the area.
The Department also requested the direction of the Market Management force to closely monitor market developments; strengthen supervision, inspection and strictly handle acts of taking advantage of natural disasters to speculate, hoard goods, and unreasonably increase prices for essential goods, petroleum and construction materials for house repair such as bricks, tiles, corrugated iron, steel, etc.
At the same time, localities must review the damage at markets, supermarkets, and gas stations; coordinate with functional units to support the restoration of affected business locations to soon resume operations, ensuring the supply of essential goods.
For areas cut off by landslides and flooding, the Department of Industry and Trade needs to coordinate with functional forces to use specialized vehicles to transport necessities to people.
In addition, the Department recommends that localities proactively provide information on the supply situation and prices of essential goods to media agencies to avoid confusion and cause market instability; at the same time, regularly update and report on the supply situation, prices and distribution network to ensure smooth information in all situations.
