Top 5+ supermarket chains in Vietnam

1. AEON Vietnam

AEON is a long-standing Japanese retail group and is very famous in many countries around the world. Vietnam’s potential market is the target that AEON wants to invest in in the long term. AEON officially started operations in Vietnam in 2009 in the form of a Representative Office (December 1, 2009 – July 10, 2012). On October 7, 2011, with the approval from the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, AEON Vietnam Co., Ltd. was officially established. It invests in activities of construction, organization, management, and business through the following models: Trade Center, General Department Store, and Modern Supermarket. This is considered a mainstream business direction. In addition, AEON conducts other business activities related to import-export, trade, and research. Despite just operating in Vietnam in 2014 with 2 branches in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong, if you enter this supermarket, you will see the professionalism and class of Japanese brands.

• Location of AEON supermarkets in Vietnam:
  • AEON Mall Tan Phu Celadon, 30 Bo Bao Tan Thang, Son Ky Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, opened in January 2014.
  • AEON Mall Binh Tan, 1 Street No. 17A, Binh Tri Dong B, Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, opened in January 2014.
  • AEON Mall Binh Duong Canary, 1 Binh Duong Highway, Khu Phố Bình Giao, P, Thuận An,Tinh Binh Duong, opened in October 2014.
  • AEON Mall Long Bien, 3rd fIoor, East Office, 27 Co Linh Street, Long Bien Ward, Hanoi, opened in September 2015.
• Website: http://aeon.com.vn/en.
• Headquarter:
  • Working hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30 – 17:30.
  • Phone: (028) 6288 7711 (028) 6269 2012.
  • Email: contact@aeon.com.vn.
• Communication & External Affairs
  • Phone: (033) 217 9797.
  • Email: phongtruyenthong@aeon.com.vn.
  • Customer care: contact@aeon.com.vn.

2. LOTTE Mart Vietnam

LOTTE Shopping Center Co., Ltd. belongs to the Korea LOTTE Group. LOTTE Mart shopping centers are present in 4 countries of Asia: Korea, China, Indonesia, and Vietnam, with 265 commercial centers built in modern style, in accordance with the shopping tastes and needs of every consumer. In Vietnam, LOTTE Mart was opening 8 shopping malls in major cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Vung Tau, Can Tho, Da Nang, Phu Tho, and Hanoi. The goal of LOTTE Mart to 2020 is opening 60 more stores across the province of Vietnam.

• Website: http://www.lottemart.com.vn.
• Location of Lotte Mart markets in Vietnam: http://lottemart.com.vn/he-thong.
• Head office: 469 Nguyen Huu Tho, Tan Hung Ward, District 7, City. Ho Chi Minh.
• Phone: (028) 3775 3232 – Fax: (028) 3775 1575.
• Email: info@lotte.vn.

3. Big C Vietnam

Big C supermarket system operates under the model of “Trade Center” or “Big Supermarket”. These are a modern retail business deployed by the Casino Group of France (the parent group of Big C supermarket). The Casino is one of the leading retail groups in the world, with more than 307,000 employees working in more than 12,000 branches in countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Columbia, France, Madagascar, and Mauritius.

In shopping malls and big supermarkets of Big C, most of the space is devoted to consumer goods and food with low price and high quality. Products traded at shopping malls and big supermarkets of Big C can be divided into 5 main sectors as follows:

– Fresh foods: meat, seafood, fruits and vegetables, processed foods, frozen foods, dairy foods, bread.
– Dried foods: Condiments, soft drinks, soft drinks, alcohol, snacks, chemicals, cosmetics, pet food, and accessories.
– Apparel and accessories: men’s, women’s, children’s and infant’s fashion, shoes, and bags.
– Electrical appliances: diversified household electrical products include kitchen appliances, home entertainment equipment, computers, informatics equipment.
– Interior decoration items: furniture, kitchen utensils, plastic goods, home appliances, decorative items, upgrades, maintenance and repair, mobile accessories, motorcycles, utensils sports, and toys.

• Website: http://www.bigc.vn/en.
• Locations of Big C stores: https://www.bigc.vn/en/store.html.
• Common question:
  • Switchboard: 1800 555 555.
  • Order: 1900 1880.
  • Email: crv.dvkh@vn.centralretail.com.
• Channels reflect violations of business ethics:
  • Hot line: 18001713.
  • E-mail box: crv.whistleblower@vn.centralretail.com.
• Head office:
  • Address: No. 163, Phan Dang Luu Street, Ward 01, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Phone: (84-08) 3995 8368.
  • Fax: (84-08) 3995 8423.
  • Business code: 0105696842, registration to change on July 14, 2017.

4. Sai Gon CO.OP Mart

Coop Mart is the only supermarket in Vietnam belonging to Ho Chi Minh City Cooperative Buying and Selling Association. The first supermarket was launched in 1996 with a single branch in Q1. HCMC. And then thrived as it is today. As of September 2015, the Co.opmart system had 77 supermarkets, including 30 Co.opmart in Ho Chi Minh City and 47 Co.opmart in provinces/cities nationwide. As of 2020, there are more than 100 Co.opmart supermarkets in the country.

• Website: http://www.co-opmart.com.vn.
• Head office
  • Location: 199-205 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
  • Phone: (028) 38.360.143 – Fax: (028) 38.370.560.
  • General line: 1900555568.
• Locations of Co.opmart supermarkets in Vietnam: http://www.co-opmart.com.vn/lienhe/hethongcoopmart.aspx.

5. MM Mega Market Viet Nam

Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing and most stable economies in Asia, a promising business location for all investors worldwide. As one of the leading international wholesale groups, METRO Cash & Carry decided to invest and established METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam and inaugurated its first center in Ho Chi Minh City in 2002.

Currently, METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam has 19 wholesale centers operating nationwide: 03 in Ho Chi Minh City, 03 in Hanoi, and 01 in Places like Bien Hoa, Binh Binh, Vung Tau, Can Tho, Long Xuyen, Qui Nhon, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Vinh, Ha Long, Nha Trang, Buon Ma Thuot, Rach Gia and most recently Ha Dong. In addition, in order to improve product quality when delivered to customers, METRO also has 1 fresh vegetable distributing center located in Lam Dong and 1 fresh fish distributing center in Can Tho.

Thailand’s TCC Group, which purchased the Metro Cash & Carry Vietnam in January 2016, on January 10 announced the official change of the brand name “Metro Viet Nam” to “MM Mega Market Viet Nam”.

• Website: https://online.mmvietnam.com.
• Locations of Mega Markets in Vietnam: https://online.mmvietnam.com/he-thong-trung-tam.
• Hotline: 1800 799 998

6. VinMart

VinMart and VinMart + are two retail chain brands belonging to Vingroup, a leading multidisciplinary economic group in Vietnam and in the region. In the spirit of sustainable and professional development, with the motto “For the quality of life for every home”, VinMart & VinMart + system offers consumers a variety of goods and services, and benefits, meeting the shopping needs of customers from low class to high class. Especially, when shopping at VinMart and VinMart + systems, customers also receive many outstanding values ​​through attractive promotions.
With a long-term vision and desire to sustainably develop supermarkets and convenience stores, bring consumers an enjoyable shopping experience with a variety of product options, in the near future, VinMart will open 100 more VinMart supermarkets and 1,000 VinMart + convenience stores.

• Website: http://vinmart.com.
• Hotline: 02471066866.
• Email: cskh@winmart.masangroup.com.

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