mậu dịch quốc doanh

Trong thời kỳ bao cấp, cửa hàng mậu dịch quốc doanh là nơi phân phối lương thực chính.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • State-run commerce / State trade: A system of domestic and foreign trade where the state, through its owned and operated enterprises, holds a monopoly or dominant control over the purchase, sale, and distribution of goods. This is a characteristic model of a centrally planned economy.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong thời kỳ bao cấp, mậu dịch quốc doanh chi phối toàn bộ nền kinh tế. (During the subsidy period, state-run commerce dominated the entire economy.)
  • Cửa hàng mậu dịch quốc doanh là nơi phân phối lương thực, thực phẩm chính. (The state-run store was the main distributor of food and groceries.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is historically associated with Vietnam's pre- (Renovation) period before 1986, when the economy began shifting toward a market-oriented model.
• It often implies a system with fixed prices, rationing, and limited product variety, contrasting with private trade or a free market.

Variants and Related Words

• Mậu dịch (n): Commerce, trade.
  • mậu dịch quốc tế (international trade).
• Quốc doanh (adj): State-operated, state-run.
  • xí nghiệp quốc doanh (state-run enterprise).

Synonyms

• State commerce
• State-controlled trade
• Government trade

Related Concepts

• Bao cấp: Subsidy system; the period of a centrally planned, subsidized economy.
• Tập trung bao cấp: Centralized subsidization.
• Kinh tế thị trường: Market economy (the contrasting model).