Non-essential stores in the city closed for two weeks following PM’s mandate

The shutters have come down on stores across Da Nang after the Prime Minister ordered all non-essential retail shops to close as part of sweeping measures intended to limit the impact of coronavirus in the country.

In the morning of 1 April, over 500 stalls selling non-essential goods at the Dong Da Market shut their doors.

Mr Nguyen Cong An, Head of the Management Board of the Dong Da Market, said about 200 market stalls selling essential goods including fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, are allowed to stay open, whilst non-essential retail stores have been forced to close their doors to customers.

Mr An noted that an automatic hand sanitiser dispenser has been already placed at the market in a bid to encourage traders and shoppers here to clean their hands in order to prevent the coronavirus infection. In addition, shoppers are advised to wear face masks when shopping here.

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rly 700 stalls selling non-essential goods at the Han Market are closing.

Head of the Management Board of the Han Market Nguyen Trung Thanh remarked retailers selling non-essentials in this market have already taken the decision to close their stands for the safety of themselves and their customers.

As of Wednesday afternoon, all non-essential retail stalls in 7 Son Tra District-based markets have closed their doors, and these markets have been disinfected.

In a similar vein, big supermarkets in the city have forced their retailers selling non-essential goods to close their stands following PM’s mandate in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: DA NANG Today