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Traditional markets are increasingly at risk of losing their role and shrinking in scale. Photo: ANH QUAN
Society

Finding a way forward for traditional markets

Once the primary channel for trade serving everyday livelihoods, traditional markets are now facing a growing risk of decline in both their role and effectiveness amid fierce competition from informal street markets, supermarkets, convenience stores, and the booming online retail sector. This reality calls for new solutions to prevent traditional markets from being gradually “forgotten” in the course of social and economic development.

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