Almost no restaurant is full, many employees stand at the door, trying to invite passersby. In the evening, only very few bars have guests to relax. “We maintain operations in the hope that some miracle will happen, for example, seeing a long line of customers waiting to open. Before the pandemic, there were always foreigners coming to my restaurant to eat burgers, everyone people still have to wait in line. Now it’s not like that anymore, every day, as long as there are about 20 customers, I feel lucky,” said a shop owner. Itaewon neighborhood is empty of tourists because of the epidemic. Photo: Korea Herald. A similar situation occurs in Myeong-dong, a popular destination for people who love to shop, eat, and have fun. Most of the restaurants operate moderately with a small number of customers. Because of their reliance on foreign tourists, the streets of Seoul are going through an unprecedentedly difficult time. The pandemic has limited international travel for many months, and the source of visitors from locals has also decreased a lot because of social distancing and blockade rules. The Seoul Metropolitan Government predicts that the number of foreign tourists has decreased by 86%, from 13.9 million in 2019 to just 1.92 million in 2020. “These neighborhoods popular with foreigners have been hit very hard. We get a lot of phone calls asking for help from people doing business here,” said an official from the tourism department of the city government. The famous entertainment areas in Seoul rely heavily on foreign tourists. Photo: Seoulpubcrawl. More than a year after the pandemic broke out, the rate of vacant real estate in busy neighborhoods also skyrocketed because many businesses went bankrupt. According to the Korea Real Estate Commission, more than a third of the total store space in Myeong-dong is vacant, or 38.4%. This rate stands at 22.6% in Itaewon and 13.1% in Hongdae. Experts say that unless the pandemic ends, this trend is sure to continue. In an effort to revitalize these areas, starting in May, the Seoul city government offers coupons and gift cards for a number of special tourist attractions, including Itaewon and Myeong-dong. A city government official in the tourism policy department said Seoul is also preparing many support measures to attract more local tourists to these entertainment districts. At Itaewon, some signs of positive change gradually appeared. According to shop owners, although business is not as good as before, the number of visitors seems to have increased as they turn to attracting locals. “Things are starting to get better compared to the same period last year. Hope to see Itaewon bounce back to its glory years,” said Maeng Ki-hoon, head of the merchants association in Itaewon.

Take advantage of the online business platform online According to experts, this is the time when businesses and stores expand their advertising and sales platforms. Potential units can build their own website or look to the press and tools of Google. As for small and medium-sized sellers, taking advantage of e-commerce platforms is being considered the optimal solution. Selling online on e-commerce platforms is gradually becoming an alternative Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung, Vice Chairman of Vietnam E-commerce Association said: “The e-commerce platform, which gathers tens of millions of visitors per month, is a channel to reach a large number of potential customers. In addition, these platforms are also regularly improved with many advertising tools and sales campaigns that are focused on investment. Therefore, this will be a business platform that sellers should quickly take advantage of to increase their revenue, instead of worrying about being too dependent on one platform and tightening interactions.” . Sharing the same opinion, Mr. Nguyen Kien Giang – Hufuholic store owner who is doing business on the e-commerce floor said that the biggest difficulty when starting a business is approaching new customers and expanding the business model. When switching to an online business, Mr. Giang took advantage of free marketing programs available on these online platforms, to connect with customers more easily and reach many new customers, thereby developing the business. scale rapidly. “Shopee has helped Hufuholic transform from a small online retailer into a famous cosmetic store chain and become the foundation of my career,” said Mr. Nguyen Kien Giang. Join knowledge sharing channels The advantage of an e-commerce platform is user resources, however, another benefit that sellers receive through this platform is free sales knowledge. It is the basis for sustainable business development on multiple platforms. Currently, many e-commerce platforms are implementing weekly online classes to train sellers, share selling experiences from experts and successful sellers, and organize community groups for sellers to exchange information. , learn from each other. Simple, easy and free when registering to participate in free sales classes on the e-commerce floor A Shopee representative said that understanding sales tools and the benefits it brings helps Shopee and sellers to accompany them more effectively and longer. Besides, Shopee also has free information aggregation channels for sellers such as Shopee Academy or Shopee Uni YouTube channel which also regularly updates information and documents. Thanks to this series of free training activities, Mr. Vu Trung Anh Rim – owner of Beyours store has been able to manage the business scientifically and effectively, thereby having more time for his family and personal hobbies. “I had to expand my warehouse and increase my capital by 4-5 times to be able to partly meet the growing demand of customers when selling on e-commerce platforms compared to before,” Mr. Rim emphasized. After the knowledge received and sales experience over the past time, Mr. Vu Trung Anh Rim believes that new sellers need to focus on key products to make a difference. Currently, sellers on Shopee who are not part of Shopee Mall are free of commissions and have the opportunity to increase awareness and boost sales through major campaigns of the year… Program “New start, million orders” to” recently implemented Shopee also supports 160,000 VND to the seller’s advertising account, and free Xtra coin refund package and 50% voucher for new sellers starting a business on Shopee. As one of the businesses benefiting from the support solutions of the e-commerce floor, Mr. Nguyen Hung Tuan – owner of the women’s shoe brand Erosska, affirmed that selling on the e-commerce floor is an indispensable part of the journey to create millions of customers. his shoes. “We started at Shopee and that was the launch pad that helped us thrive on most other platforms. From a brand that started with 2 million dong, now Erosska has more than 50 employees and monthly sales are many times higher than the original number, “said Mr. Tuan.

Having just opened the service on Quote Sai Street (Tay Ho, Hanoi) for 4 months, Mr. Trong Dat – the owner of the store – said that since the Covid-19 translation, people’s demand for on-site fitness and travel has increased. . “Grasping this trend, I opened a bicycle rental service and attracted a lot of customers,” he said. At the store, he has about 50 cars for rent, each one costs 40,000 VND / 3 hours weekdays and 50,000 VND / 3 hours on weekends and holidays. “Customers often rent in the early morning and late afternoon. Weekends are always ‘burned’ cars, many people often have to wait for their turn,” he said. Bicycle rental services in West Lake can bring in revenue of up to several million / day. Photo: Thanh Thuong. According to Mr. Dat, in order to ensure the quality and the needs of customers well, after the customer’s trip, he must inspect each part, repair and maintain. “To rent bicycles, guests only need to leave ID card or citizenship ID, return the motorbike,” he added. His shop is open from 5 am to 24 pm, in addition, his shop also rents bicycles for 100,000 VND / 3 hours for weekdays and 120,000 VND / 3 hours for weekends and holidays. Similarly, Mr. Nguyen Hai – the owner of a bicycle purchase, sale, repair and rental shop on Quote Sai Street – said that in spring and early summer, the weather is nice, so cycling in West Lake is an activity to attract people. Tourists experience, exercise, take pictures. At Mr. Hai’s store, there are about 70 cars, most of them are imported from Japan. Car rental is calculated by the hour with a fixed price of 40,000 VND / 3 hours excluding weekdays and weekends. “On weekends, with nice sunny weather, I rent out 150-200 cars at most. In addition to renting, I also repair, buy and sell bicycles for customers in need”, he shared. With an average price of 40,000 VND / time about 3 hours, West Lake bicycle rental service attracts all ages from young to old. Photo: Nhu Nae. According to Mr. Hai, doing this service on a crowded day can earn a few million dong, but on a weekday, in bad weather, it only earns a few hundred thousand dong. “Bicycle rental is rarely risky, since I rented a bicycle until now there have been no cases of car theft or money loss,” he added. Also on Quote Sai street, another bicycle rental shop has just opened. The owner of this store said that on average, his shop can rent 80-100 cars per day. “At first, the number of cars at the store was small, I plan to import more cars in 1-2 months to meet the needs of customers,” he said. Since knowing that there is a bicycle rental service in West Lake, Nhung (Dong Da, Hanoi) and friends often invite each other to cycle on weekends. “Because my house is far away, I often come here by motorbike and rent a bicycle. This is a sports activity that helps to relax the spirit very well after a hard working week,” said Nhung. In addition, in West Lake there is a rental service for SUP, Kayak boats at a cost of about 200,000 VND / boat without time limit, attracting visitors to participate in the experience.

This is a product of a pastry shop on Cao Lo Street, District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. True to its name, the bread has the same color, shape and size as honeycomb charcoal. Many diners enjoy seeing this unique design. Photo: To Linh. Share with Zing Ms. To Linh Nghi, the owner of a bakery, said the finished product making process takes about 2 hours. The process of shaping the cake to bloom evenly and beautifully is difficult. There are no specialized cake molds on the market. “I have to make the iron bars to skew on the cake to create round holes like honeycomb charcoal”. With this type of cake, the shop has 2 types, black and yellow charcoal bread filled with cheese or salted egg cheese. “The black color of the cake is made from bamboo charcoal, the yellow color is made from toast,” said the shop owner. According to the owner, they sell about 100 units per day. Each cake costs 95,000-110,000 VND. “The yellow cake filled with delicious cheese. However, I can only eat one because I’m afraid of being fat,” said diner Phan Cuc, 25 years old (HCMC). “The restaurant has more tropical food for those who want to eat but fear being fat. The price is quite high,” said Minh Anh, 20 years old, (HCMC). This is not the first time a variation of a familiar bread has caused a stir. Before that, dragon fruit bread, “darkness” bread, Fatherland bread … also attracted the attention of many domestic and foreign diners.

A friend of mine recently said, once an acquaintance called in panic calling about wrongly converting 300,000 VND into 300 million VND for an online order. My friend on the one hand just called the bank to ask for intervention, on the other hand, the owner of the sales page. While the bank said that it can only support within 24 hours, the owner of the online sales site commits to transfer the excess money immediately. Just a few minutes later, the excess money was sent back to the acquaintance’s account, the relevant bank staff also called back to report the money was transferred by the receiver. Everything happened in 15 minutes. The acquaintance sent a thank-you message to the online shopkeeper, and received a message back: “It’s not my money, if you don’t pay it, it’s a scam, but I’m not a scam”. The explosion of online businesses in the epidemic era is accompanied by disputes through this online shopping channel. It is a case of luck in many cases that cannot be recorded in the booming online shopping activity in our country. Recently, a clothing store owner said that she saw a lot of beautiful clothes on an online store, so she bought it for business with the price of 5 million dong. The homepage owner requires a full payment in advance. The clothing store owner was a bit skeptical because of that payment terms, but one factor made her reassuring: the sales page had 20,000 followers. Therefore, she still transferred 5 million before receiving the goods. A pity happened: 3-4 days passed for the shopkeeper finally received a package full of rags. She warmly said that she did not know how to get money back because everything happened online. Online shopping has mushroomed after rain in Vietnam for many years, especially since the Covid-19 epidemic. There are tons of trusted platforms out there, but there are also plenty of websites where no one knows where. The Vietnam E-Commerce Index 2020 report by the Vietnam E-commerce Association indicates that the growth rate of Vietnam’s e-commerce in 2020 will reach about 15%, reaching a scale of about 13.2 billion USD. , and is expected to continue to grow steadily in 2021 and the next period. Illustration However, the explosion of online businesses in the epidemic era is accompanied by disputes through this online shopping channel. It is recognized that fraudulent acts of online buying and selling are very diverse such as: fraudulent online purchase of goods, selling goods with the wrong quality committed, fraud through multi-level distribution channels or investment. virtual money … Mr. Pham Hoang Long, Department of Competition and Consumer Protection, Ministry of Industry and Trade, there are guests who call the department complaining that they order Iphone through online shopping channels but until when received, the Iphone has turned into a “brick” properly. Some other customers reported that they ordered fruit online, but when received, they found that the fruit was broken, not as delicious as advertised … Mr. Long said that only in 2020, the Department of Competition and Consumer Protection will receive more than 11 thousand phone calls with content of lawsuits surrounding online shopping activities. “Most online shoppers wonder whether their rights are protected by the law,” he said. In that context, Mr. Vu Anh Duong, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC), said that a unit of VIAC has built a MedUp online mediation platform to provide more a cost-effective, time-effective dispute resolution model with technology, digital application. MedUp is an online dispute resolution platform operated independently by the Vietnam Mediation Center. This is one of the few online dispute resolution platforms using ADR in Vietnam so far. With the development of MedUp, according to Mr. Duong, the Mediation Center hopes to provide a technology solution that meets and promotes the need to resolve disputes between businesses and consumers, including credit disputes. applications, disputes through e-commerce floors, … through online mediation. On that basis, he said, it will expand to become a tool to narrow the gap to justice for other offline disputes – instead of being limited to e-commerce. However, according to Mr. Duong, more support from the Ministry of Justice, business associations, industry associations, and businesses is needed to institutionalize cyber exchanges such as digital signatures or identifiers. and electronic authentication.

This customer said he bought a portion of rib porridge at store H in Luong Su C alley (Van Chuong, Dong Da, Hanoi). However, when he was experiencing the ribs porridge, he was extremely horrified when he ate almost the entire serving of rib porridge, when he discovered that there were maggots in the ribs while crawling. The shared image of diners on social networks made many people “goosebumps”. The post shared: “I ate more than half of the porridge before eating the ribs, when I was gleefully peeling the ribs, I saw the ribs inside this” creature “. It was so terrible that we threw up all. I still feel scared until now. I really don’t understand which source they use to sell. I decided to post to warn everyone carefully because I still see friends for some silver coins that seeding for nonsense businesses like this, sometimes your loved ones eat into harm’s health, poisoning. Do you guys regret it? … “. A close-up of maggots as they crawled out of the ribs. Observed with the naked eye on the clip, there are many white, small-sized strange creatures creeping into the crevices of the ribs and crawling around the ribs. The image made many people scare to watch it again because it was too haunted. The above image has received many comments and harsh criticism about the lack of hygiene in this porridge shop. Talking to PV, Ms. H confirmed that she has never received any feedback from customers. On the afternoon of April 7, to verify the above information, Reporter Family & Social Affairs followed the information on the clip and had an exchange with Mrs. NLH (52 years old) – the owner of rib porridge shop at Luong Su C lane. Accordingly, when receiving information from the reporter, Ms. H was completely surprised about the incident at the shop and affirmed that she did not know the above images, nor did she receive any negative information. What negative light about ribs porridge that Ms. H is doing business. According to Ms. H, her rib porridge shop has existed for many years, selling about 6 pots of rib porridge a day. According to Ms. H, every day, Ms. H cooks 6 pots of rib porridge and sells it from noon to 22:00 at night. Ms. H said: “I have been selling a family heirloom porridge from my mother for nearly 30 years. The porridge pot has been my whole life’s passion and every day I import ingredients from a reputable base. I salted and cooked with firewood for more than 2 hours before being put in the porridge pot. I don’t understand why the maggots are in the ribs for a long and high temperature. According to Ms. H, every day, Ms. H cooks 6 pots of rib porridge and sells it from noon to 22:00 at night. Mrs. H frankly: “Hearing what happened at my restaurant, even though I did not receive any feedback from customers, I was very sad and surprised. If there is any problem, please advise me, but for years My shop is very crowded with customers. (According to GiadinhNet)

However, not everyone has enough knowledge and experience to choose the right kind of fresh and delicious seafood. Therefore, Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu – the owner of a high-end seafood restaurant recently, had useful sharing to help people choose the best quality seafood. The secret to choosing fish Fish is one of the most commonly used seafood in daily meals. Many families choose fish because this food is a source of large amounts of healthy protein, easily processed into many attractive main dishes, both “bringing rice” and good for health. According to Mr. Hieu, in order to have delicious fish, fresh sweet from meat, soft and delicious, choosing fresh fish is very important. The secret to identifying fresh fish is as follows, first of all you need to pay attention to the fish’s smell. If the fish has an unpleasant odor, the gills are closed for a while, the color of the fish scales is light, and can easily come out of the fish body, this fish is definitely rotten or left for a long time to sell. Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu also shared: “ When choosing fresh fish, the flesh to touch the fish must ensure firmness, not be viscous. The gills must be tight, opened gently according to the breathing rhythm to be sure that the fish is fresh, caught not long ago. “. The secret to choosing ink Besides fish, shrimp, and crab which are already popular, many people choose for their daily meals, squid is also a food that attracts the attention of many diners. To choose quality fresh ink, the first thing you need to pay attention to is the color of the ink. The fresh squid is usually dark in color, the body is iridescent, succulent, when touching the flesh has a certain elasticity. The owner of the seafood restaurant Nguyen Van Hieu also revealed: “ Want to choose fresh and delicious squid, ensuring quality, the first part of the ink is also a factor to pay attention to. The first part must be attached tightly to the ink body, not be separated, the black eye of the fresh ink must be clear, shiny and smooth. You absolutely must not choose the ink with discoloration or strange smell because they may be damaged products or have been impregnated with harmful impurities. “. The secret to choosing crabs Crab breeds are becoming a trend recently because of their eye-catching appearance, high nutritional content, aroma and characteristic sweet taste from seafood. If you can make cool crab soup for hot summer, the crab meat can easily be transformed into attractive dishes such as tamarind crab, crab with spicy sauce, crab with cheese. , … To choose delicious crabs, Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu shared: “ The firmer the crab part, the more delicious the meat, the larger the size of the crab, the more meat inside. However, not all cases are the same. Therefore, you need to pay attention to the crab cover, to ensure a certain hardness and dark color, the crab inside will be juicy and firm. “. As the owner of a famous seafood restaurant chain with 4 branches in big cities such as Hanoi, Phu Tho, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Van Hieu always spends time researching and exploring to select the best quality seafood. The above tips will definitely help you in the seafood purchasing process. To have delicious and attractive seafood dishes, take a little time to learn and choose ingredients.