Ho Chi Minh City - A place to "bomb" 30 orders a day, a place where it is difficult to ask to go to the market

Tightening measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in the spirit of Directive No. 16, Ho Chi Minh City has strengthened social distancing measures. Securing food and food for the people during this time is a top priority. Therefore, the wards and communes in the city have organized to go to the market to help people.

However, many localities reported the situation when officials went to the market to help but when it was time to deliver, there was no recipient, in some cases, people said, "it was just a trial order". Mr. Phan Thanh Hoa, chairman of the People's Committee of Tay Thanh ward, Tan Phu district, said that on the morning of August 27, there were about 30 orders that people placed without taking. When calling, some phone numbers do not answer, the rest say no.

Every day, local forces have to do a lot of epidemic prevention and control work, so when people place an order, they will confirm and find the source of delivery, but cannot go to each house to verify first. Previously, up to 30 unclaimed orders were received back by the supermarket side.

Meanwhile, in some wards in Tan Phu district such as Hiep Tan ward, Tan Quy ward, Phu Thanh ward... the same situation was encountered. The leader of Phu Thanh ward, Tan Phu district, said that in the past few days, the ward also encountered a few cases of ordering but not receiving, people said the reason for not receiving the goods was because the goods were delivered late.

According to the wards, going to the market to help people also depends on the time spent at the supplier. Some days there are thousands of orders, so the work of synthesizing and waiting for the goods to arrive needs more time "but it is not possible to deliver immediately". After receiving the goods, local forces and soldiers will deliver to the people as quickly as possible. "We ask for your sympathy and understanding of this difficulty, and at the same time, you must consider carefully before placing an order to avoid the case of delivery but not receiving," this person shared.

Before this situation, sharing in the previous Livestream "People ask - The city answers", Mr. Le Quang Tu Do, Deputy Director of the Department of Broadcasting and Electronic Information (Ministry of Information and Communications) proposed Suggest people "don't try anymore" but only contact when really needed. The officials involved in the fight against the epidemic, especially the front-line forces, worked very hard. Therefore, he wishes that effort should be spent to help those who are really in need.

In fact, when going to the market, the staff in charge will pay for the orders themselves, and people will return them when they receive the goods. Thereby leading to the risk of officials being "bombed" even though they have worked hard from preparing orders, choosing products to delivering to people.

Phuong Anh, an official who goes to the market in Ho Chi Minh City. Thu Duc (HCMC) said it was "bombed" with an order worth 700,000 VND. When standing in front of the apartment waiting to be delivered to the recipient, she called dozens of times and still got no response.

"Small orders cost a few hundred, many up to millions. Many people when the staff bring the goods to their homes, they will only tell us to try and see if they can, while we have to spend a lot of effort." Phuong Anh shared.

On the contrary, many people at Masteri apartment building (Thao Dien ward, Thu Duc city, HCMC) are struggling to ask to go to the market, because now the number of orders is overloaded, the volunteers have to work. through the night but still not responding in time.

"The ward informed families with a list of 17 phone numbers for people to contact to send vouchers to go to the market. After filling out the form, I made friends with Zalo with dozens of numbers on the list but couldn't get it. Called and no one heard. ", Mr. Nguyen Duc Vinh (living in Thao Dien ward) said.

Living in Phuoc Long B ward, City. Thu Duc, Ms. Ngo Thi Kim Thoa were instructed to go to the market according to the combo packages of the supermarket. However, she believes that the price is too high while her family's income is limited.

"I also joined and registered as a group to go to Bach Hoa Xanh's household market on Zalo, but the group has thousands of members, everyone is buying, and the messages are so boring," said Ms. Thoa.

Currently, Ho Chi Minh City enters the sixth day of tightening social distancing according to the principle of Directive 16. The pressure from having to distribute essential goods to nearly 9 million people is weighing heavily on the support force. Supported by most of the mobile sales, e-commerce or food delivery shippers have closed or only operate in moderation.

However, after the implementation date, household shopping went more smoothly. The forces are also increasing personnel because it is forecasted that the purchasing power on the weekend will increase very quickly. By the end of this week, the demand for green vegetables and fresh fish meat in Ho Chi Minh City will increase sharply because a part of people gradually run out of food that has been stored previously. This is the forecast from the Southern Working Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The pressure on the distribution of goods with the support force is increasing, requiring proactive and flexible ways of organizing the supply of goods, applying technology factors so that the supply of essential goods to people is not interrupted. broken, in this particularly difficult time.

According to the Department of Industry and Trade, every day, more than 70,000 orders to go to the household market are made and will increase in the coming days because the force that goes to the market is gradually getting used to the job.

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