Food prices on May 8: Vegetables and fruits prices continued to decline

Prices of vegetables and food today 8/5 in the city. Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong River Delta (Mekong River Delta) continued a slight downward trend. The price of desiccated coconuts in many provinces in the Mekong Delta continues to increase.
In the city. In Ho Chi Minh City, green vegetables prices continued to decline in many items. Specifically, the price of broccoli, cabbage is 14,000 VND / kg, a price of 1,000 VND / kg, a cucumber 15,000 VND is a discount of 1000 VND / kg, a price of parsley is 11,000 VND / kg, down by 2,000 VND / kg. 11,000 VND / kg reduced 2,000 VND / kg, beans 16,000 VND / kg decreased

The price of dried coconuts soars Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of green vegetables also slightly decreased the price of choysum, which costs 17,000 VND / kg, a decrease of 3,000 VND / kg compared to yesterday, broccoli costs 12,000 VND, 3,000 VND / kg, cowpea 15,000 VND / kg. 3,000 VND / kg, bean price is 17,000 VND / kg, price is 2,000 VND / kg …. Prices of some fruits also tend to be sideways. The price of sand mango is 10,000 VND / kg, the price of 3-color mango is 8,000 VND / kg, a decrease of 4,000 VND / kg, a 3-color mango (a bucket) is 6,000 VND / kg, a green skin pomelo type 1 is 35,000 VND / kg. Green skin pomelo type 2 costs 25,000 VND / kg … Particularly, the price of desiccated coconuts over a month ago, the price of desiccated coconuts in many localities in the Mekong Delta continued to rise. In provinces such as Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long … raw material dried coconut type 1 is purchased by small traders and businesses (DN) for 100,000-110,000 VND / dozen, while the bucket purchase price is at 80,000- 90,000 VND. /dozen. Particularly, coconuts grown according to organic standards, a number of companies spend their bags and buy dried coconuts from farmers with prices up to VND 120,000 – 125,000 / dozen. The price of desiccated coconuts increases because small traders and businesses buy and process products to meet domestic consumption and export demand. From dried coconut, businesses can process a lot of products such as desiccated coconut, coconut milk, coconut milk powder, coconut oil, coconut candy, coconut jelly, canned coconut water, coconut cosmetics, just coir, activated carbon, coco peat, handicrafts … Seafood products have stable prices. The price of howling fish is from 50,000 to 55,000 VND / kg; white plaice cost 35,000 VND / kg, pangasius white meat 35,000 VND / kg, snakehead fish cost 48,000 VND / kg, Red tilapia cost 54,000 – 48,000 VND / kg, tilapia cost 28,000 VND / kg, the price of eel is 160,000 – 170,000 VND / kg, an increase of 5,000 VND / kg compared to the previous day, giant freshwater shrimp is 235,000 – 245,000 VND / kg, and frogs are priced from 50,000 to 55,000 VND / kg …