Traditional grocers lose out to modern retailHai Huong, 66, owns a small grocery store in an alley off Huynh Dinh Hai Street in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District. Most of her once-regular customers have switched to convenience stores or mini supermarkets, which are mushrooming in that area. Thousands of these so-called mom and pop shops in cities and towns around the country face a similar fate as modern retail shops spring up everywhere. Products sold at modern retail stores are perceived as safer than those sold in wet markets and traditional grocery shops. The rapid development of the modern retail channel is also thanks to Government policies, which are always favourable to it.

Source: VietNamNet News March 26, 2018 23:03 UTC