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Many supermarkets, including GO, Co.opmart, Winmart, and Lotte mart in Da Nang are crowded with people purchasing food to stockpile at home before Noru packing winds of 166kph near its centre strikes the central region.
These days the number of people flocking to supermarkets is said to increase by 50% in comparison to normal days.
The convenience food section of Go Hue in Hue City is packed with shoppers.
Along with fresh food, the most purchased dried items were instant noodles, pho, vermicelli, oatmeal, fish sauce, and cooking oil.
Staff work hard as they have to constantly refill the shelves.
The butcher section is the busiest with customers buying fresh meat.
Consumers wait in long queues to pay.
According to the Da Nang Department of Industry and Trade, local food distribution units and wet markets have stockpiled essential goods, including noodles, instant foods and rice, worth VND82 billion for disaster prevention and control.
Recent days have seen wet markets in Da Nang bustling from noon to the evening.
Typhoon Noru, one of the strongest in 20 years, entered the East Sea early on September 26 and is on course towards Da Nang and neighbouring localities.