Just type the phrase “jam cau kieng” on the internet, users can find a series of posts for sale with prices ranging from 150,000 – 160,000 VND / kg. However, this item is not available often, lucky customers ask when it is there, they can buy it right away, or else they will have to wait. The areca fruit is picked to prepare the jam. Ms. Ngoc – an online seller of areca jam, said that this item depends a lot on the weather. “This kind of jam must be dried in the middle of the sun to achieve the best consistency and dryness. If the weather is wet, the jam must be dried in the oven, it will make them very hard, the flexibility will also be lessened, ”she said. Each time, she can only make a few kilograms of jam, so she is always in a shortage. She said: “I research on the internet so I know how to make this jam and sell it because I find it to be quite good. But as a small retailer, I do not have the wholesale quantity even though sometimes there are customers who contact me to buy wholesale ”. This fruit will be crushed to get the seeds inside. Also making areca jam for sale, Ms. Hoa said when she was first sold, many curious people ordered to try it. Most of them found it very strange and always texted asking: “Areca fruit can also be eaten?”, “How will you eat?” … “Many people ask a lot and I only know how to answer it by everyone should buy it to enjoy. Yet when I made the first batch of about 2kg of jam, I sold it all within 1 note. Customers just put a half a pound “, she said. Through many stages, the new ornamental areca nut can become a jam. Talking about how to make this jam, she said areca fruit must be selected, not all fruits can be done. The too old fruit will be hard on seeds, and when eaten, they will not be able to chew, while the young ones that are too young will be soft, pasty and not delicious. The best way is that the fruits that when cut in half will find that areca nut fits well, you can use your fingernails to try it, if it’s too hard, then remove it. The next stage will pick up each fruit, use a hard object like a pestle or hit a hard log to get the seeds of the areca tree. Then, bring these seeds soaked in water mixed with lemon and salt, wash 3-4 times. Then boil 3 times with salt and lemon water so that areca seeds are no longer acrid and white seeds, each 5-10 minutes. Continue, the maker will marinate with sugar, can use yellow sugar to color up will look better. After that, they will remove and cook the pot and simmer until it is thick, take it out and dry in the sun. Jam from this fruit ranges from 150,000 to 160,000 VND / kg. According to research, areca fruit is one of the medicines that can cure diabetes. Herbalist Hua Hien Quang (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) said he used ornamental areca fruit in combination with toad fruit to treat a patient with diabetes. Accordingly, the patient was combined with a low-protein, sugar-based diet and exercised regularly. Yet, for a while the disease can be completely cured.

VOV information, from the Lunar New Year up to now, the price of live pigs has continuously decreased. The live hog price is currently at its lowest level in a year, while the downward trend continues. Currently, the price of live pigs in the North ranges from 67,000-70,000 VND / kg. In the Central, Central Highlands and the South, the live pig price is 70,000-72,000 VND / kg. Experts assessed that the price of pork decreased because the domestic supply was initially assured, the re-herding in localities took place smoothly, the source of imported frozen pork was still large, directly competing with the source. domestic livestock “hot” pork. However, the market is still volatile with the risk of African swine fever and rising animal feed prices due to rising world raw material prices. Young cicadas cost half a million still expensive Cicadas in early summer are expensive (Photo: Dan Tri) Young cicada is a popular dish, familiar in many villages, but recently, they have become a specialty in the city. According to Dan Tri Newspaper, the source of cicada consumption is mainly restaurants, pubs and specialty shops specializing in forest products. Prices of ticks are increasingly being pushed up due to insufficient supply and demand. In the early summer, cicada nymphs, also known as young cicadas, were actively sold on the internet market for 400,000-500,000 VND / kg. Animal feed prices have risen sharply Recently, the price of a series of animal feed has increased sharply, causing many difficulties for both businesses and breeders of pigs, chickens, ducks, fish, shrimp … According to the Law of Ho Chi Minh City, in animal husbandry, the cost of feed accounts for 60-70% of the production cost, so when the price of food increases, the production cost will increase. The decrease in supply is due to the fact that many breeders do not dare to re-herd, plus the increase in production costs will push the selling price of finished products (pork, chicken, duck, …) up. Airfares have plummeted, increasing fees for passengers After the ceremony of 30/4, the air ticket price dropped sharply, many stages were less than half a million dong / ticket. The reason is that the demand for travel has decreased, plus the outbreak of Covid-19 disease in some localities has also made many people travel restricted. This causes airlines to adjust fares on routes to stimulate demand for travel. The airlines simultaneously increased fees with passengers flying. (Photo: Dan Tri) Meanwhile, Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, Vasco and Bamboo Airways will increase the system administration fee by 100,000 VND / flight. And passengers will have to bear this fee. According to the airlines, the increase of system administration fee is to adjust to the current market, helping the airline improve service quality, especially the ticketing system is better operated. Selling sports equipment, mounting baffles, shipper “cashing in” season Translating Covid-19 causes limited outdoor and collective sports activities. But this situation is an opportunity for people in the sports equipment business to develop online sales. The service of installing partitions and bathing was also active when the epidemic broke out again. Many stores do business, manufacture partitions, “single blast” showerheads in recent days. Companies that provide home disinfection spray services record orders increase by dozens of times compared to normal days. The outbreak of Covid-19 made business people afraid to go to crowded restaurants. This caused shipper’s orders to skyrocket these days. Mask dealers massively discharge inventory After a long period of silence, the groups of buying and selling masks have had the opportunity to become active again in the last few days with the appearance of Covid-19 positive cases in the community in some localities. Mask-men who hugged their products since last year have not been able to discharge the new service to take advantage of opening warehouses to discharge inventory and also not forgetting to raise prices. In the group specializing in wholesale masks on social networks, a medical mask agent offered a price of 1.2 million VND / carton (50 boxes of 50 pieces per carton). This price is about 300,000-400,000 VND / barrel higher than when the Covid-19 translation was temporarily quiet. The price per box of wholesale masks is about 24,000 VND / box. Plum rice is as cheap as giving it to still ineffective, plums with whole branches are expensive to sell out Every year, the price of rice plums in the garden is from 8,000-20,000 VND / kg, this year, the price of plums has decreased sharply to only 1,000-2,000 VND / kg. Although the price is as cheap as for this type of plum, this plum is still in the garden. There is a set of plum rice branches sold for 500,000 VND and still sold out. (Photo by Nhat Thanh) Meanwhile, plums with whole branches in set are extremely popular. Plum branches with ripe fruit and green leaves are being sold for quite a high price, from 250,000 to 500,000 VND / set depending on large and small branches. Massively liquidate cheap hotel and villa vouchers Although they had planned and closed the purchase of travel and resort combos, many people had to suspend the trips because of the epidemic fear. Currently on forums and groups, more and more information appears for sale, liquidation and discount of resort vouchers at luxury hotels and villas with surprisingly cheap prices. Some even accept to liquidate a loss of tens of million dong compared to when buying. With a lotus flower sauce of thousands of petals, Ha Thanh sisters were looking for them In 2019, the world of lotus lovers stirred when social networks appeared with the image of a lotus planted in a giant flower pot. In particular, this flower not only has a few petals or 100 petals like a traditional lotus, but has up to 1,000 petals. A lotus seed of a thousand petals costs 400,000-500,000 VND, and a lotus pot costs up to a million VND. This flower is causing fever (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) Nowadays, instead of selling plants or tubers, many people sell flower-cut lotus flowers like traditional lotus varieties. The price of a thousand-petaled lotus is quite expensive, up to 150,000-200,000 VND / 5 flowers, 5-7 times more expensive than ordinary lotus depending on type. Although it is quite expensive, but the thousand-petaled lotus is still actively bought by women. The western sorghum spilled into Hanoi The millet fruit only appears in the West once a year. At the end of April of the calendar year, the cassava fruit starts to ripen, and is sold by many small traders on the internet market at a fairly affordable price. This year, saffron appeared more in Hanoi. In previous years, the price of saffron at the beginning of the season was sold at a more expensive price, about 55,000 VND / kg. But this year, due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, the price decreased to 40,000 VND / kg at the beginning of the season. The more in the main season, the price of saffron decreases even more, only about 20,000-25,000 VND / kg. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Vung Ang squid (Ky Loi commune, Ky Anh town, Ha Tinh province) is a famous and delicious dish. Squid dancing in Ha Tinh was fished by skilled craftsmen at night and sold to the owners. Each kilogram of squid is sold for between 700 million and 1 million, but still sold out. Squid dance is also known as squid swimming, living so jumping crunchy and blinking (Photo: Thien Luong) Squid can process many different dishes such as boiled, steamed, salad, grilled, fried … but simply and keep the crisp, sweet taste of the squid is to let the whole thing clean, put in a pot to boil a few minutes picked out immediately. The indispensable spice when eaten is mustard or ginger fish sauce, guise leaves … Ca Mau crab specialty increased in record prices On the days near the holidays April 30 – May 1, the price of Ca Mau crab increased quite high, especially crab crab. As noted by the reporter Dan Tri newspaper, crab crabs cost up to 800,000 VND / kg (400 grams or more), while brick crabs from 300 grams to less than 400 grams cost 750,000 VND / kg. Compared to normal days, this price increases from 150,000 VND to 300,000 VND / kg (depending on type). Some other types of crab meat such as crab y, square bib … currently cost about 300,000 VND / kg or more. This price also increases by around 50,000 VND / kg. The reason for the sharp increase in the price of crabs is that the demand for sea crabs to be bought as gifts, food … increases on the next 30/4 – 1/5 holidays. Specialty fish face demon to Hanoi price 2-3 million / kg According to GiadinhNet, the demon face fish is known to be a very ugly fish with very hard scales, rough, rough look, the same color as dead coral reefs. This fish is called the super-poisonous god on the ocean floor because it is one of the most unique fish species in the world. On the back of the demon face fish there are 13 dorsal fins containing strong toxins. Devil’s face fish (Photo: GiadinhNet) Although possessing an extremely ugly and scary shape, this fish brings a huge source of nutrition to humans. In Vietnam, visitors can enjoy this fish in the Nha Trang, Phu Yen, Binh Thuan tours … The price of a demon face fish, weighing 1.2-3kg in Hanoi fluctuates. from 3-9 million VND, many times more expensive than other high-end seafood. Gas prices plummeted From 7:30 a.m. on May 1, gas prices decreased from VND 1,583-1,604 / kg (VAT included), equivalent to VND 19,000 / bottle (12kg). Retail gas price ranges from 361,000 to 384,000 VND / 12kg cylinder; 1,439,000 VND / 45kg bottle and 1,599,000 VND / 50kg bottle. The reason for the decrease in gas prices is that the average world gas price in May 2021 decreased by 60 USD / ton compared to April 2021. From the beginning of the year until now, this is the second month that the gas price has cooled down with a total reduction of nearly 40,000 VND / 12 kg cylinder. Diamond vegetables expensive, out of stock Recently, diamond vegetables, also known as snowflake vegetables, suddenly appeared in Hanoi, and were actively bought by people. This vegetable has thick leaves, the leaves and stems have many sparkling seeds like white snowflakes. Notably, the price of this vegetable is not cheap, up to 150,000 VND / kg, but still makes many curious people want to enjoy it once. Diamond vegetables have a fresh, crunchy taste, mild salty taste, soft and juicy leaves and can be eaten raw, so they are popular with customers. Snowflakes (diamond vegetables) make many women curious to buy. According to Ms. Le Thi Duyen in Khuong Mai (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi), snowflake vegetables come from the desert regions of South Africa. They also have another name as diamond vegetable to see the rarity and rarity of this vegetable. However, in recent years, vegetables have been imported to Vietnam and grown by a number of gardeners in Dalat to supply to the market. Quang Ngai chili, onions dropped at a record price According to Zing, traders currently buy chili in Tu Nghia district (Quang Ngai) for only 10,000 VND for 3 kg of chili fruit, the lowest price ever. Chili prices continuously dropped, causing thousands of Quang Ngai farmers to face many difficulties. Chili sold not enough to pay for labor, many farmers in Nghia Thuong commune, Tu Nghia district neglect the ripe chili in the field. In a similar situation, onions growers in Binh Dinh also struggled because onions fell at record prices. Dan Tri newspaper said that the current price of purple onion and pilgrimage in Binh Dinh ranges from 5,000-10,000 VND / kg but still cannot be sold. Meanwhile, in some years, the dry pilgrimage was sold by people for 60,000 VND / kg. The local government plans to “rescue” onions to help farmers. House prices rose sharply due to record high prices of sand and steel According to VTV, the price of construction steel is currently about 18,700-18,800 VND / kg. This price level is 40% higher than that of the end of the third quarter of 2020. Construction contractors nationwide are facing the risk of losing all construction profits, even bankruptcy due to the sudden increase in steel prices. In the face of record high steel prices, condominiums offered to the market are facing the risk of price increases, which have a significant impact on consumers. Currently, the price of construction steel is about 18,700-18,800 VND / kg. (Photo: NLF) Meanwhile, since the Lunar New Year, the price of sand in the West has increased dramatically. Specifically, according to Dan Tri Newspaper, the price of filling sand (good grade) that businesses sell at the yard is from 180,000-200,000 VND / m3, car-building sand is 280,000 VND / m3, sand poured concrete 320,000 VND / m3. The high sand price has caused many projects and works to be delayed. Many businesses have won the bid “cried” because of the price of sand. Pork prices fall, poultry meat is likely to increase According to the General Statistics Office, pork prices in April fell 1.75% from the previous month. The price of live pigs in many localities across the country has cooled down, ranging from 70,000-73,000 VND / kg. Pork prices are low, in the range of 60,000-165,000 VND / kg. The price of pork decreased due to the control of African swine fever, and the guaranteed supply of pork. Accordingly, the price of roast meat, sausages, rolls in April also decreased by 0.46% over the previous month. In April, prices of chicken and eggs of all kinds decreased by 0.22% and 1.2%, respectively, compared to the previous month due to plentiful supplies. However, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, from May onwards, the supply of poultry meat will be in short supply if the farmer continues to leave the barn and not re-herd. If farmers do not maintain the current scale, the risk of lack of chicken products in the second quarter and third quarter of this year. Plum rice cheap as for, equal to 1/3 cup of iced tea Currently, plums growing points in Chieng Co commune, Chieng Ngan, … (Son La city) are in the harvest season and very wrong. But compared to every year at this time, the price of plum rice this year is surprisingly cheap when it does not exceed 5,000 VND / kg, even plum growers have to sell for 1,000 VND / kg to avoid waste. The price of plums falling on the carpet is partly due to the lack of time to harvest the ripe fruit. Another reason is that the plum this year is very wrong, so the yield has also increased significantly. Plum growing households are spontaneous, no traders or businesses stand out to buy. Moreover, the price of plums plummeted down due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, the consumption was also slow, and the purchasing power was weaker. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Professional solar battery cleaning worker for a project in the city. Ho Chi Minh Meanwhile, according to engineer Thanh, the current method of cleaning the panels is mostly done by investors, most of them are using water, available facilities and using a hose to wash them, this method is not technically correct. in terms of maintenance, because many areas have water contaminated with alum, hard water, there is a lot of organic matter, more dissolved metals… leading to further damage to the panels. “The effectiveness of the project apart from equipment, materials, installation techniques, the operation and maintaining the efficiency of the system is related to the cleaning of the panels. Keeping the panels clean is the key to maximizing output, increasing economic efficiency for investors, ”Thanh said. Solar power is booming in Vietnam, especially household investment packages, concentrated in remote and island areas in the South. According to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), by the end of 2020, the total capacity of renewable energy sources will be 17,430 MW (up 11,780 MW compared to 2019) and accounting for 25.3%. . In which, there are about 8,000 MW of rooftop solar power and more than 8,400 MW of large farm solar power. Thus, according to investors’ calculations, the whole country currently has no less than 30 million solar panels operating in the whole system and will increase when many projects are under construction and about to be operational. Seeing this potential, a number of businesses in the South have added new services, which are professional cleaning of solar panels and package maintenance for solar power systems. the investors. Mr. Le Tran Khanh Vy – General Director of Nhat Hung Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Thu Duc City) – said that in the face of more and more investors installing solar equipment, the company opened more professional solar battery cleaning service, currently hundreds of customers across the country have signed contracts to participate in cleaning and maintaining solar power systems with this package. To meet the needs of customers, especially solar power investment packages in industrial form, the company is forced to professionalize by producing standard cleaning solutions, investing in specialized cleaning equipment. and has a team of professional staff in charge. “The solution that the company offers is to keep batteries clean by cleaning them regularly and properly; Check the water source, if the water source is contaminated with alum, hard water, contains a lot of organic matter, lots of dissolved metals, it must be handled; choosing a cleaning solution specialized for cleaning panels, because now there are domestically produced products with appropriate and safe prices, ”said Mr. Vy. On the market, there are specialized solutions for cleaning solar cells According to electricity experts, at present, many solar power projects are invested billions of dong, even more money, but the stage of battery cleaning and system maintenance is less concerned by investors properly. This leads to a reduced lifespan of the building, especially the heat collection efficiency of the panels is low, while if cleaned and maintained properly, the economic efficiency is not small. Mr. Huynh Duc Tien, living in Hoc Mon district, city. Ho Chi Minh has just signed a package contract with a company specializing in solar battery cleaning and maintenance of the solar power system with an investment of more than 1.2 billion VND nearly 2 years ago. Mr. Tien said that the cleaning company has specialized solutions, tools and techniques, so it is handed over to them for management because the cost is not much and it saves time.

Plums at the beginning of the season Moc Chau (Son La) are sold at markets in Hanoi at the price of 100,000 – 150,000 VND / kg. Early season plums from Moc Chau (Son La) in recent days are being displayed for sale at many local markets in Hanoi or on online markets, groups specializing in selling fruit. Surveys at some markets such as Dai Tu (Hoang Mai), Nam Trung Yen market (Cau Giay) or some toad markets, kiosks around densely populated areas in Linh Dam, Trung Hoa … show that plum cherries are is sold at a price of 100,000 – 150,000 VND / kg, depending on the size. Ms. Thu Huong – owner of a kiosk specializing in selling fruits in Linh Dam area, said that she is currently selling plum plums for 120,000 VND / kg, this price of Ms. Huong is “softer” than the shops. another because she has a row in the garden. According to Ms. Huong, unlike the off-season plums, the plum at the beginning of the season only has a sour taste, not acrid; even the old, about to ripen fruit has a slightly sweet taste. “Early season plum is the early plum of the first batch of flowers. Each time I set up a garden house on Moc Chau, it takes a few days for the gardener to deliver the goods, each trip about a few quintals. Plums come on the right time, so they are quite expensive, in less than 2 days I have sold all 50kg of plums ”, Ms. Huong said. Having just sold out 20kg of plums in the morning, Ms. Nguyen Duong who sells online in Thanh Tri district continues to gather customer orders to sell new trips. Accordingly, the first plum bought by Ms. Duong sold for 100,000 VND / kg of plum and the price of 50,000 VND / kg of rice plum. Ms. Duong said that fruit at the beginning of the season is usually more expensive than the main season. However, this year the price of plum is cheaper than the beginning of last year, from 20,000 to 30,000 VND / kg. Normally, Ms. Duong will gather the application first and then put it on the garden and hand it over to her customers.

Orange juice is the cooling drink of many people in Ho Chi Minh City “Orange juice in the shop sells for about 50,000 VND / glass, I sell it on the sidewalk only 10,000 / glass, but it is pure oranges. I sell here for 8 years, people are very supportive, hot weather is also more expensive to sell ”, shared Ms. Minh Huong. Waiting in line to buy juices and smoothies on Song Hanh Street (Thu Duc City, HCMC) In addition to juice, there are vitamins, coffee … sold along the road with the price of 10,000-15,000 VND / cup are also chosen by many workers and students. Particularly, the smoothie shops along the sidewalk are much more popular because of the cheap price and variety such as: coconut smoothie 10,000 VND / glass; mango, custard apple, avocado smoothie costs 12,000 VND / glass … A juice shop, a smoothie crowded with customers Ms. Phan Thi Thanh Dieu, selling smoothies on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street (District 1), said that every day she sells hundreds of glasses for 10,000-17,000 VND / cup, earning 2 million VND without subtracting expenses. Affordable fruit smoothies for sale on the sidewalks of District 1 Ms. Dieu is very excited when she has a quite high income even though she has to sell wholesale all day in hot weather: “At the beginning of March, it was hot and hot, so the number of customers drinking smoothies also increased. Every day I sell about 200 glasses, the average profit is from 500,000-700,000 VND / day. This income has helped me a lot in paying for my life ”./.

Robotic dogs are trained to fight with French military trainees. According to the Daily Mail, Spot robot, priced at $ 75,000 (equivalent to 1.7 billion) was developed by Boston Dynamics (formerly a US robotics company but now owned by the umbrella corporation. Korea Hyundai as of December 2020). Close-up of robot dog worth 75,000 USD (1.7 billion VND). The robot dog is suitable for both indoor or outdoor use, can map the environment, feel and avoid obstacles, climb stairs and open doors. In particular, it can perform dangerous missions in a variety of harsh environments such as nuclear plants, offshore oil fields and construction sites or even on battlefields. Robotic dogs are trained in 3 combat missions with French military trainees. Despite being researched and developed by Boston Dynamics for many years, the robot dog was released to the market last June. One of the first customers to buy it was billionaire Elon Musk – founder of SpaceX Technology Corporation (SpaceX). The robot dog is currently one of the robots on the payroll of the French army. Robotic dogs proved to be especially useful in urban combat. “This is an expensive robot, especially for civil or police applications. New York Police (USA) are also testing it under the name Digidog. It has also been tested for anti-Covid antiseptic missions. -19 “, Clément Levilly, a robot distributor in Europe told Ouest France. The list of customers to buy this expensive robot dog includes billionaire Elon Musk. The military school Saint-Cyr has applied to robot dogs for 3 training scenarios – one is an attack mission: capture intersections; two are defensive missions during the day and at night; Finally, the combat missions in urban areas.