Illustration Ms. Le Thu Thao, a seafood and seafood trader at Kim Lien market (Dong Da district), said that due to the hot weather, the demand for seafood and seafood, especially crabs, of housewives increased 2-3 times compared to that of housewives. last weekend. A survey at the traditional market system in the districts of Dong Da, Ba Dinh… shows that these days, the price of wild crabs has increased by 25,000 – 30,000 VND/kg, currently fluctuating at 180,000 – 230,000 VND/kg/kg. kg, farmed crabs are sold at cheaper prices from 160,000 to 170,000 VND/kg, cleaned and minced crabs are 250,000 – 300,000 VND/kg. Aquatic and seafood products also attract many buyers, currently farmed clams are sold at 20,000-25,000 VND/kg, mussels 12,000-15,000 VND/kg, freshwater fish such as tilapia, persimmon, driftwood, carp, and carp. … ranges from 60,000 – 130,000 VND/kg… this price remains the same as in previous days, there is no increase in price.
Green vegetables such as spinach, jute vegetables, water spinach… are chosen by many families in the summer. However, the supply of green vegetables is very abundant due to the harvest season, so the price is stable, currently ranging from 5,000 – 7,000 VND / bunch. Ms. Bui Thi Ha, a small vegetable trader at Khuong Thuong market (Dong Da district) said that there is no such thing as vegetable sellers taking advantage of hot weather to squeeze prices. If “screaming” customers go elsewhere to buy until about 9 – 10 o’clock withered vegetables, they are considered dead… Along with that, the consumption of fruits is also quite strong, fruit traders at Thanh Cong market ( Ba Dinh district) information, in hot weather, the consumption of watermelons and melons is 2 times higher than in the hot days before, and fruits such as oranges and grapefruit are selling very well. Consumption increased sharply but the selling price did not increase. Currently, watermelon is 15,000 -20,000 VND/kg, earthen oranges are 22,000 – 24,000 VND/kg, pomelos are 23,000 – 25,000 VND/kg, litchi is 20,000 – 22,000 VND/kg. “The reason why fruit prices do not increase is because the harvest is in progress and the people of the capital are joining hands with farmers in Bac Giang and Hai Duong provinces to consume fruit” – a small trader explained.

Currently, the red color of ripe lychees has covered the streets of Hanoi. Although the price is still not “comfortable” but Hanoi people still love it and don’t stop asking to buy it. The price of fresh lychees on the Hanoi market is ranging from 35,000 VND to 50,000 VND/kg. The freshest lychee is tied in bunches of about 2-3kg and often the seller does not agree to tear it apart. Thus, to enjoy, customers must spend at least 100,000 VND. Hoa (Mai Dong market) carefully wraps fresh lychees with wet towels to keep them fresh. A small trader in the area of ​​So crossroads (Thanh Xuan District) said that on these days, he sells half a kilo of fresh lychees every day. The fresh Thanh Ha lychees are sold by this small merchant by weight, for 35,000/kg. Fresh litchi on this occasion is not really sweet, but it is still popular with many customers with the mentality of wanting to enjoy the early season specialties. It is easy to find fresh lychees at Vinh Ho market (Dong Da district), almost any fruit stall has them. Small traders at this market said that they can sell out 20-30kg of fresh lychees every day. The price of fresh litchi here ranges from 40,000 to 50,000 VND/kg. Ms. Mai, a fruit seller at Vinh Ho market, said she was selling fresh lychees for 50,000 VND/kg and further explained that this price had dropped a lot. Just a few days ago, around the 1st of the fourth lunar month, the price of fresh lychees she sold was about 100,000 VND/kg. While there are many litchi in the local market, in the supermarket, this fruit is not really abundant. Lotte supermarket (Dong Da district) is selling a lot of fruits, but fresh lychees are sparse. A customer said that she had been looking to buy fresh lychees in this supermarket for a long time but could not find them. After asking the help of the supermarket staff, she found the item she needed. But there are only very few fresh lychees among the range of other fruits. Fresh lychees in supermarkets are usually not as fresh as in the market. The supermarket staff explained that due to the wind, the lychee will dry out very quickly, turning a less attractive color. At BigC supermarket (Ha Dong), fresh Thanh Ha lychees are sold for 38,900 VND/kg. The lychees here also quickly turn yellow because they dry quickly when encountering cold air. The less eye-catching color seems to be the reason why fresh lychees in the first season in supermarkets are not as expensive as in the market. Mr. Nguyen Duy Canh, 35 years old, from Thanh Xuan, Hanoi said that he had just bought 3.8kg of fresh lychee at the market for 40,000 VND/kg. Currently, litchi in the market is fresh, easy to find, easy to buy and easy to bargain. Unlike in supermarkets, fresh lychees are hard to find and even if they are found, they lose their freshness. Not only in markets and supermarkets, fresh lychees also appear in many “online markets”. Currently, personal Facebook pages are actively selling and are also interested by many buyers, especially when the epidemic makes customers afraid to go to crowded places and want to buy goods online. On e-commerce platforms such as Shopee, Tiki, and Lazada, Thanh Ha litchi also appeared at the beginning of the season. But if you want to buy, customers will have to order up to 7 days in advance, because the quantity of goods is not much.

The market is full of mangoes, but there are few buyers At noon on 24/5, at many traditional markets in such as Ho Hoc Lam, An Duong Vuong (Binh Tan District), Ho Trong Quy (District 6), Hoa Binh (District 5)… all kinds of acacia mango, Thai mango, Hoa Loc sand mango… are displayed at the stalls. Offering to buy mango, Mrs. Lam (small trader in the market next to Cho Lon Bus Station, District 5) said: “Mango is in season, so the price is almost half as cheap as last year. Like Hoa Loc sand mango, only 25,000-30,000 VND/kg; Acacia mango 10,000 VND/kg… There were days when many mangoes arrived, so they were not sold in time, so the basket was full, we had to reduce the price to push the goods.” “Buying a bag of mangoes with more than 2kg but the price is only 20,000 VND, cheaper than vegetables” – Ms. Trang (living in Tan Binh District) said and added that in recent days, she has bought a lot of mangoes for dessert summer vitamin C booster. When small traders “discharge” ripe mangoes, she also buys some (buying) to make mango jam, dried mango, mango rice paper… to save for later. Ms. Thu, a trader who buys mangoes in Long An, said that because mangoes in the southern provinces were in the harvest season, they were hit by an epidemic, so they dumped the goods. Accordingly, the price of acacia mango is reduced to 4,000-5,000 VND/kg, Cat Chu mango is 9,000-10,000 VND/kg, Hoa Loc sand worm is only 15,000-17,000 VND/kg. At many supermarkets, grade 1 mangoes on the shelves are also very cheap. As at Bach Hoa Xanh, the price of acacia mango is 15,000 VND/kg, the other types are slightly better but do not exceed 25,000 VND/kg. Meanwhile, Co.op Food supermarket sells first grade Hoa Loc mangoes for 45,000 VND/kg, reducing the price to only 35,9000 VND/kg… However, in stores selling clean fruit, mango is still at a high level. At a fruit shop next to Vuon Chuoi market (District 3), mangoes cost up to 80,000 VND/kg; or a “3 clean” shop on Hai Ba Trung Street (District 1), Hoa Loc mangoes cost nearly 100,000 VND/kg. According to the shop owner, this is an organic mango grown for export, so it has a high price. A representative of the Thu Duc agricultural wholesale market said that from the beginning of May until now, the total amount of mangoes imported to the market is 4,285 tons; average 194.77 tons/night. Mangoes are displayed on the sidewalk of Hoa Binh market (District 5) for only 10,000-15,000 VND/kg On the side of Cho Lon bus station (District 5, District 6) grade 1 mangoes are sold at wholesale market prices, but there are few buyers. Hoa Loc sand mango bag, price is only from 30,000 VND/kg. The small trader said that mangoes have never been so cheap as now. The fruit stalls in all markets in Ho Chi Minh City have no shortage of mango products, and customers who buy a lot also get a discount. Due to being in the harvest tool right away during the epidemic, many localities distanced themselves; while exports also face difficulties, leading to lower mango consumption. At the supermarket, Hoa Loc sand mango grade 1 is also on promotion, the price is only 35,600 VND/kg

Peach “dressed” Sapa is red, round and very beautiful to look at From the beginning of May until now, on many roads in Saigon such as Cach Mang Thang Tam (Tan Binh District), Vo Thi Sau (District 3), Dien Bien Phu (District 3), Ta Uyen (District 11). ) … selling a variety of peaches in Sapa for only 16,000-20,000 VND/kg. At the small market on the side of Cho Lon Bus Station (District 6), street carts and sidewalk markets all invite customers to buy goods. “This is genuine Sapa peaches, the price is 16,000 VND/kg, guaranteed to be crispy, delicious and sweet” – the street vendor just splits the peaches for customers to try and advertise. Inside the market, rows of fruit stalls have peaches at the price of 30,000-35,000 VND/kg. “This peach, I put my acquaintances down from Sapa, not through traders. It takes about 2-3 days for new goods to arrive, so peaches are always fresh, crispy and sweet; Customers like it very much,” said Ms. Thuy, a small fruit seller. Buying 3 kg of peaches to eat, Ms. Lan Huong (living in Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City) said: “Every time the peach season comes, I buy it for my family to enjoy. Sometimes when I see ripe peaches that are rejected by small traders, I buy “bags” and then soak them in sugar to make peach tea. At Hoa Binh market (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City), Mrs. C. – a small fruit seller confirmed: “The peaches sold in the carts, street vendors are “fake” peaches, and mine is the genuine Sapa. Those who sell peaches for less than 20,000 VND are not from Sapa, and I do not know where the origin is. Sapa peaches must be big and round, ripe like this to be real.” Mrs. C. is selling peaches for 30,000 VND/kg. Take about 20,000 kg per day to sell to customers. Asked Mrs. C if she got it from the wholesale market, this person shook her head and said: “All the fruits here are delivered to me to sell, not from the wholesale market”. When I tried to buy Sapa peaches to eat, with the green fruit, it was quite crispy but with acrid taste, and the ripe fruit was soft and cold; Doesn’t taste as sweet as advertised. A representative of a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City said that currently this supermarket has Sapa peaches, but the quantity is not much. Sapa peaches do not look beautiful, nor are they pink and shiny like in markets. Currently, the selling price at this unit is about 39,000 VND/kg. However, this fruit product is constantly out of stock. Meanwhile, in the price list of fruits imported into the Thu Duc wholesale market for agricultural products (the largest wholesale market of agricultural products in Ho Chi Minh City), Sapa peaches are not present in this market. Characteristics of authentic Sapa peaches Sapa peaches have recognizable characteristics, the fruit is only as small as a tea cup, fragrant, crispy and slightly sour. In particular, the shell of Sapa peach has a soft downy layer. That’s why people here also call it “Sapa feather peach”. Meanwhile, peaches “labelled” Sapa often originate from China with the characteristics of smooth, smooth skin, little or no hair, and quite large size. Chinese peaches do not keep their crispiness for long, the pulp is yellow, when eaten, they are soft and less sweet. These large berry peaches are advertised by small traders originating from Sapa, priced at 25,000 VND / kg Cart for goods only 15,000 VND/kg The fruit is still green, squeezed hard, crunchy but no taste Ripe fruits are soft, cold to eat, not sweet and fragrant USA Although the wholesale market has no goods, but Sapa peaches have appeared in many markets, street carts The characteristic to recognize the true Sapa peach is that the fruit has many hairs, the head is slightly hooked like a crow’s beak. While this item sold in the market does not have those characteristics.

While Vietnamese mangoes are falling dramatically, from only 10,000 VND/kg, Chinese mangoes cost up to 30,000 VND/kg and attract many buyers. At noon on May 26, beside Cho Lon bus station (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City), many people displayed a basket of mangoes sucking on the sidewalk to greet guests. Small, flat-seeded mangoes with eye-catching yellow color, priced from only 25,000-30,000 VND/kg, are introduced by small traders as Chau Doc mangoes. “Chau Doc mango is fragrant and sweet, so it is always expensive. Each person buys 2-3 kg, even more to eat gradually. This mango only has one season a year, you should take advantage of it to enjoy,” said Ms. Binh, a fruit trader. When PV asked, is this mango sucking? The seller immediately nodded: “It’s true that Chau Doc’s suckling mango is addicted to eating!”. According to Ms. Binh, she takes an average of 50 kg per day and always sells out very quickly. As observed, this mini mango has a compact size in the palm of the hand, each fruit weighs only about 100-150 grams, the seeds are very flat, the flesh is thick and sweet. From the outside, the mini yellow mango is only slightly better than a chicken egg. However, the owner of an imported fruit shop on 3/2 Street (District 10, Ho Chi Minh City) confirmed that the mini mango sold at the market is not Chau Doc mango but originated from China. “Last month, someone offered this mango, introduced from China, but I refused to accept it. As far as I know, An Giang does not have this sucking mango variety, this mini mango “- this person said. At many roads such as Vu Tung (Binh Thanh District), Dien Bien Phu (District 3), An Duong Vuong (District 5)… Mini mangoes are also labeled by small traders as sand mango, Thanh ca mango… “Buy” Try it, sweet bag is only 20,000 VND/kg, buy 3 kg for only 50,000 VND” – the man selling the table on a trolley invites guests. My (living in Thu Duc City) said that mini mangoes of Chinese origin made her somewhat apprehensive, but because the food was quite delicious, everyone in the family liked it, so she still bought it. “This type in the room has a very fragrant smell. I have been eating for many years, so every season, I buy it and use it,” said My. According to Thu Duc Wholesale Market Management Company – the largest agricultural wholesale market in Saigon, the Chinese suckling mango has arrived at the market for a few days, earlier than usual, but the quantity is not much, so the mangoes do not go in a separate container, but together with them. some other items. The sucking mango, also known as the Chinese mini mango, has an eye-catching yellow color Compared to Vietnamese mangoes that are falling in price, leading to 10,000 VND/kg, this sucker mango, even though the goods have withered, is still over 20,000-30,000 VND/kg Mini mango has small fruit from 100-150 grams / fruit, sweet taste Mango is always expensive because many customers love it Mini sucking mangoes are labeled as sand mango or Chau Doc mango by sellers for easy selling Many people eat well, so every season, they buy and enjoy

During his 210-day tour in Asia, photographer Dima Gilitukha spent a month in Vietnam. During that time, he traveled to many places and took pictures of the beautiful country and people of Vietnam. Gilitukha shares with the public many photos taken in Vietnam. After the announcement, many people enjoyed watching the fascinating natural landscapes and the daily life of Vietnamese people appear extremely vivid. According to the share of photographer Gilitukha, he put Vietnam on the list of destinations in his Asian trip. Therefore, Mr. Gilitukha traveled to many places throughout Vietnam such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Hoi An, Ha Long… Among these, Mr. Gilitukha was extremely impressed when he visited Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Son Doong cave. Not only capturing beautiful scenes in Vietnam, photographer Gilitukha enjoys some unique dishes of the region. Photographer Gilitukha photographed a young girl picking tea at a green tea hill in Vietnam. Vietnamese upland women wear baskets filled with green vegetables. Beautiful scenery of the river in Vietnam. A small trader at a traditional market in Vietnam sells a variety of vegetables. Invite readers to watch the video: Adding a big Japanese retailer to Vietnam. Source: VTV24.

Ms. Duyen, a small trader in Ha Dong market, said that normally she sells vegetables of all kinds. About a week ago, she started importing young crocodiles: “ Young crocodiles have been around for about a dozen days now, but the number is still small because it is just the beginning of the season. Every day, I can only get 5-7kg to sell at best and usually sell out in just a moment “. Young crocodiles for sale on personal Facebook. (Screenshots) Similarly, Ms. Hoa (Co Nhue, Bac Tu Liem) also started selling young crocodiles from the beginning of this week. According to Ms. Hoa, young crocodiles at the beginning of the season are often bought by many housewives, even though they have a bitter and acrid taste. Surprisingly, this year’s early season crocodiles are not as high as last year. Ms. Hoa shared: “ Last year, at the beginning of the season, I sold young crocodiles for 60,000-70,000 VND/kg. However, this year, the price of crocodiles dropped much, only 40,000 VND/kg. If you buy 2kg, the price is 75,000 VND “. Crocodile at the beginning of this year is cheaper than last year, only 40,000 VND/kg. (Photo: Facebook) Ms. H. Lan (in Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi) has just bought 2kg of crocodile at the beginning of the season, revealing: My family likes to eat young crocodile because the seeds are very soft. In addition to cooking sour soup, boiled vegetables, young crocodiles are also very delicious with sugar or fish sauce. This year, young crocodiles at the beginning of the season are much cheaper than every year. I think it may be due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic “. Not only sold at the market, young crocodiles are also overflowing the “network market”. Trang, an online seller in Hanoi, said that for about a week now, she has sold nearly 10kg of young crocodiles every day. There were days when customers asked to buy more, but she could not get much to sell. Crocodile pickled with garlic and chili sauce is also quite attractive. (Photo: Facebook) According to Trang, in about a month, crocodiles in the North will enter the main crop. At that time, the crocodile was bigger, firmer and thick. The price of the main crop will also be much cheaper, only about 20,000 VND/kg, possibly even lower. Not only selling fresh crocodiles, Trang also made young crocodiles soaked in chili garlic sauce and sold them for 85,000 VND / 1kg jar. Crocodile is packed in clean jars, stored in the refrigerator, can be eaten for 1 month. Many small businesses also receive packaging, vacuum if customers request. (Photo: Facebook) Currently, young crocodiles at the beginning of the season are very popular, many sellers say that housewives are constantly asking to buy, but due to the lack of goods, they often have to wait.

Mr. Tran Van Hai from Lang Son said that for the past few years, his family has specialized in purchasing, preliminarily processing and refining all kinds of cake wrapping leaves. In the past, people only took bamboo to make their house, cook, make firewood, make cakes and leave the leaves behind. But in the past few years, fresh bamboo leaves have been picked up by many people, bought and sold to traders who export to Taiwan for 10,000 VND/kg fresh bamboo leaves and 40,000 VND/kg dried bamboo leaves. Eight degree bamboo leaves are purchased and exported to Taiwan Đài “Myself and my family never thought that bamboo leaves could be sold abroad. It was not until a contact to buy bamboo leaves for traditional cake packages in Taiwan made me know that bamboo leaves could be sold and exported to foreign countries. From there, my family went to get bamboo leaves to sell. When the collection is not enough, hire more workers and advertise online to buy bamboo leaves in other localities in any quantity, “said Mr. Hai. According to Mr. Hai, with fresh bamboo leaves, he buys them for 7,000-10,000 VND/kg. As for dried bamboo leaves, he buys them for 35,000-40,000 VND/kg. All must be octagonal bamboo leaves (also known as Buong). The weights of bamboo leaves are purchased to ensure the quality criteria, the leaves must be large, not torn, still green and absolutely not yellow. Each leaf is about 38-40cm long, 8cm wide or more. “Bamboo is very different from ordinary bamboo leaves. They are much larger in size. When bought, fresh bamboo leaves will be exposed to the sun for about 2 days. The leaves are then counted and clamped onto a bamboo stick. At this time, dry clean, bring bamboo leaves into the oven to dry and then sort and pack,” Hai said. The bamboo leaves that are completely cleaned by natural and chemical-free methods will be exported to Taiwan to be used as packaging materials for cakes, food packages, etc., and are loved by the people of this country due to its taste delicious and long lasting. “The type of cake that the Taiwanese side often wraps with bamboo leaves is like Vietnamese chung cake. However, because it is wrapped with bamboo leaves, the cake has a characteristic aroma. In addition, the type of cake wrapped from this leaf is very easy to peel, keeps for a long time and does not go stale as quickly as seaweed and banana leaves. From the end of April to October of the solar calendar every year is the autumn to buy eight degrees of bamboo leaves. Therefore, many personal facebook groups go to groups to sell and buy fresh and dried bamboo leaves in unlimited quantities. There, the atmosphere was jubilant because many bamboo growers in different places asked about the purchase price as well as the instructions for collecting and transporting fresh and dried bamboo leaves. For long-term business cooperation, all establishments that register to sell fresh and dried bamboo leaves Mr. Hai come to the place to collect and check. “I have to go down to the place to instruct the individual establishments that collect bamboo leaves to ensure that the leaves are not torn, beautiful green color and especially large. Come to the place to see the specific item once. Next time, they just do that, then I decide to buy, avoid wasting both parties’ time, “he said. Currently in Yen Bai, Bac Giang, Thanh Hoa, Soc Son – Hanoi… there are a lot of people growing bamboo and poplar trees. They only use the tree and leave the leaves empty. Therefore, he went to teach how to collect leaves and now they become agents, helping his establishment to buy fresh and dried bamboo leaves up to a few kilos/day in the locality.

Prices of green vegetables go sideways, prices of many fruit and vegetable products decrease The amount of agricultural products, vegetables and fruits arriving at the Thu Duc agricultural wholesale market in recent days has increased by about 100 tons per day from 3186 tons per day to 3287 tons per day. According to the assessment of small traders, because the demand for consumption at retail markets increases when people have a need to buy more to limit going to crowded places due to the complicated epidemic situation in recent days. . Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of vegetables and fruits also kept the same. Cauliflower costs 15,000 VND/kg, broccoli 13,000 VND/kg, bitter melon 18,000 VND/kg, gourd 8,000 VND/kg down 1000 VND/kg, squash 11,000 VND/kg down 1000 VND/kg, eggplant 12,000 VND VND/kg discount 1000 VND/kg, green beans 12,000 VND, 1000 VND reduction, corn 18,000 VND, 1000 VND/kg reduction…. Prices of some fruits continue their downward trend. Currently, Hoa Loc sand mango is priced at 14,000 VND/kg, down 1000 VND/kg, jackfruit 13,000 VND/kg, 4,000 VND/kg, grade 1 green-skinned pomelo is priced at 25,000 VND/kg, down 3000 VND/kg, old bananas are 6800 VND/kg , lemon 10,000 VND/kg down 2000 VND/kg… Seafood products, fresh meat kept a sideways trend, some seafood products kept their prices down in recent days. White meat pangasius price is 35,000 VND/kg, down 2,000 VND/kg, giant freshwater shrimp 230,000 VND/kg, 5000 VND/kg, farmed snakehead fish 50,000 VND/kg, 5000 VND/kg, tilapia 30,000 VND/kg, down 2000 VND/kg… The price of pork is stable, the average price of live pork is from 68,000 to 72,000 VND/kg, thigh meat 130,000 VND/kg, three pieces 140,000 VND/kg, lean pork 145,000 VND/kg…

According to Ms. Thu, Australian mangoes are grown a lot by households in Khanh Hoa. If last year, this time the price of Australian mango was always at 40,000-50,000 VND/kg, this year, the price of this mango dropped sharply to only 10,000 VND/kg. “Last year, affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the price of Australian mangoes was still 20,000 VND/kg, the smaller ones were 15,000 VND/kg. But this year, the usual large size for export to China can only sell at 10,000 VND / kg, “said Ms. Thu. Australian mango fruit is large, round, red when ripe This small trader shared that the reason why the price of Australian mangoes fell so sharply was due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Because it cannot be exported, it must be consumed in the domestic market. Due to competition with many other mangoes, there are many delicious fruits in the right season such as plums, pineapples, melons, and watermelons, so consumption is slow. Therefore, Australian mango growers are forced to reduce prices sharply to sell quickly. “My uncle’s family grows mangoes in Cam Lam, Khanh Hoa and is very worried because Australian mangoes have never dropped in price as dramatically as they do now. In previous years, this large, beautiful and fragrant mango was very popular with consumers in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong… But since the epidemic, it could not be exported. The consumption of mango juice is slow in the domestic market, so the price has dropped unprecedentedly. However, mango growers still have to sell and get any money or that,” Thu said. Currently, the Covid-19 epidemic is still complicated in many localities, so even though Australian mangoes this year have both been in good season and depreciated. When sold in Hanoi market, Australian mangoes are only 10,000-11,000 VND/kg but still empty. “Australian mango is usually harvested from the end of April to June every year. The large size is good for export, the average weight is about 7-8 ounces / fruit, before selling 50,000 VND / kg, now it is only 129,000 VND / set of 10 kg and 199,000 VND / set of 20 kg. The Australian mangoes we sell are all new, so customers who buy them can let them ripen gradually,” said Thu. This small trader also tips how to choose delicious Australian mangoes. “When choosing Australian mangoes, you should choose large and round mangoes like peaches, with red streaks on the skin. This red streak only appears when the Australian mango begins to age. When they are young, the skin is still green like other common mango varieties. The older the mango is, the more red it is.” Just ordered 10kg of Australian mango, Ms. Tran Thanh Nga in Thanh Xuan, Hanoi constantly praised: “I just ordered yesterday on facebook, today it was delivered to my house. 10 Australian mangoes, each one is like 10, very even and big. A fruit must be from 8 ounces to more than 1 kilogram. Mangoes have beautiful colors, small seeds and fragrant. When eating, it is very sweet, ripe and supple, and the mango flesh is firm. My two kids love to eat. Therefore, I just let the mango ripen normally. When squeezing the mango, it feels a bit soft and has an even yellow color, so I put it in the refrigerator to eat it for half a month. According to Ms. Nga, Australian mangoes can be eaten directly or made into mango smoothies which are also very mouth-watering, both delicious and nutritious. Sharing about the unprecedented low price of Australian mangoes during the main season, Ms. Nga commented: “Previously, this type of mango that was exported to foreign countries was twice or triple the price of other mangoes. The selling price at fruit shops is usually stable at 50,000 VND/kg. But this year, I bought this mango for only 10,000 VND/kg. From now until the end of the season, I will order a few more times to support Australian mango growers.”

Following the above decrease, the price of thin pork (wholesale pig/jaw) of grades 1 and 2 also dropped sharply by about 12,000-15,000 VND/kg, to 85,000 VND/kg grade 1 and 78,000 VND/kg grade 2, respectively. However, the price of mixed pork belly has not decreased much, only about 5,000 VND/kg. Specifically, the previous sausage from 90,000 VND/kg to 85,000 VND/kg; drumstick drumsticks 85,000 VND/kg to 80,000 VND/kg, lean chips 110,000 VND/kg to 105,000 VND/kg. Particularly, young ribs still keep the price of 150,000 VND/kg, while before it was at 145,000 VND/kg. Explaining the above disproportionate price reduction, Mr. Tien said that normally, when the price of pigs goes down, the price of thin pigs will also drop directly, even if the reduction is more than the price of live pigs. Particularly, mixed pork usually does not decrease immediately, but gradually, on the contrary, the increase will also be gradual because traders and traders have signed contracts with each other in advance for a fixed period of time. Retail pork prices are still high, making consumers wonder. That is also the reason why small traders in some retail markets said that the price of pork of all kinds they sold has not decreased much, some places only decreased by about 5,000 – 10,000 VND/kg. Co Nhi, a small pork trader at Go Vap market (HCMC), said that for more than a week now, she has been importing wholesale pork at a high, unchanged price, about 117,000 – 125,000 VND/kg. Therefore, the retail price of pork remains high: young ribs 180,000-190,000 VND/kg, bacon 155,000 – 160,000 VND/kg, thighs 110,000 – 120,000 VND/kg… “The wholesale price of pork has not decreased, so I still keep the selling price. Prices of ham, ribs, and bacon are still high, so customers buy less and consumption is slow. Accordingly, the amount of imported goods also decreased from 100 kg/day to only 40 kg/day. Only when the wholesale price of imported pork and snakehead meat decreases, the retail price will decrease accordingly, which can stimulate buyers to increase pork consumption again,” Ms. Nhi said. Mr. Nguyen Dang Phu – Deputy General Director of Vietnam Vissan Animal Industry Joint Stock Company, also assessed that the sales force for pork products is currently very slow, the company has to reduce the price of all kinds of young ribs and cutlets by 15%. , pork belly pulled ribs… to stimulate purchasing power. Meanwhile, in the same market, the price of pork varies from place to place. At Base Market 26A (Go Vap District, some stalls quote the price of young ribs VND 165,000/kg, bacon 120,000 VND/kg, thighs 100,000 VND/kg… But another stall is not far away, the seller quoted the price. higher than 20,000 – 25,000 VND/kg, specifically: 180,000 VND/kg baby ribs, 140,000 VND/kg bacon, 120,000 VND/kg thighs… As explained by the small traders, the retail price of pork depends on each market, both wholesale and retail markets. At the beginning of the session (3 – 4 am) pork prices will be high and prices will decrease at the end of the session (6 – 7 am). Some retail sellers will watch out for wholesale markets to import “dropped goods” at cheap prices and sell cheaply to push goods; and those who import goods early, the meat is delicious, the price is higher, so they are forced to retail at a high price. “This whole week, I imported thin pigs with a constant price of 105,000 VND/kg, not 78,000 – 85,000 VND/kg. Not to mention, the purchasing power is slow, there is still a lot of meat left in the afternoon so I have to sell it all cheaply to the shops; The price at the beginning of the session, at the end of the session, is not much profit,” explained Ms. Thuyen – selling pork at Cho Base 26A. As noted by us, meat prices at some slaughterhouses also remained high. For example, in Vissan, even after the reduction of pork, it is still quite high. Pork ribs 275,000 VND/kg reduced to 210,000 VND/kg, pork belly 205,000 VND/kg reduced to 175,000 VND/kg, thigh meat 166,000 VND/kg reduced to 145,000 VND/kg… Branded packaged pork… Meat Deli is even higher: thigh 152,000 VND/kg, pork belly 192,000 VND/kg, cutlet 124,000 VND/kg, pork leg boneless 160,000 VND/kg… (According to Women in HCMC)

Ms. Trinh Thi Mai from Yen Xa, Hanoi, two weeks ago started selling Dak Lak pink lychee. She said, this is the first fabric of the season that she imported from the Central Highlands to sell to gourmets. “Dak Lak persimmon usually ripens early and yields earlier than other lychees in the country. Usually, this type of fabric will start to ripen from April, until May is the end of the season. Years ago, many people ordered this pink fabric. Every day, I sell weights even though the price is up to 100,000 VND/kg when I go to Hanoi. But this year, the purchasing power dropped sharply even though the price of lychee fell to only 50,000 VND/kg. While at this price last year, customers can only buy loose fruit, without branches, without leaves, “Ms. Mai said. The first fabric of this year’s season is half as cheap as last year This small trader shared, because it is just the beginning of the season, the lychee is not 100% sweet but only about 70% sweet, still a little sour. However, these lychees are still very fresh and delicious. This fabric is therefore still ordered by gourmets to enjoy and housewives to buy offerings on weekdays and full moon days. “The early season lychee is very fresh and sweet, with thick pulp, thin skin, and large, uniform fruits. Because it is beautiful and has a much cheaper price than usual, many customers still order 1-2kg to burn incense. But in general, purchasing power this year is slower than last year because of the Covid-19 epidemic, consumers spend more sparingly. Every day I can only sell about 10-20 kg of lychee,” said Mai. Also a small trader is selling litchi at the beginning of the season, but Ms. Tran Thi Huyen sells hybrid fabrics. Although at the beginning of the season, Huyen sells for only 25,000 VND / kg, 100,000 VND / 4 kg. Huyen said that these are hybrid lychee branches, sweet and sour taste. They are picked at the lychee garden in her hometown, Hung Yen, so they are very fresh. Because it is the fabric of the house, she sells it at a cheaper price than at the market. “Every year, fabric is usually exported to China. But this year, the export market is very quiet, the gardeners are absent from traders who come to deposit to buy. Therefore, the lychee is ripe until it is cut.” Because it is the first type of Northern litchi at the beginning of the season, it has the same cheap price as other popular fruits, so when she sold it online, it attracted the attention of many housewives. Customers often order from 2kg or more to burn incense or taste. “Last year, my family sold lychee at wholesale markets for about 30,000 VND/kg. Selling online, I offer 40,000 VND/kg. Meanwhile, many online shops also sell 50,000-60,000 VND/kg. However, this year the pandemic ended, so I sold it at that price and received a lot of support from many sisters,” Huyen said. According to PV’s observations, on the online market at this time, many small traders sell hybrid fabrics, pink lychee, and egg yolk litchi grown in Quang Ninh and Hung Yen. Because the small traders said, this time there is no lychee. This fabric is about a month away from the main crop. This small trader commented: “Although hybrid lychees and lychees are not as delicious as Bac Giang lychees, their fruits are quite large, round, succulent, and do not have head decay. In particular, the cloth is clean without preservatives, safer than many other fruits.” Before the complicated development of the new Covid-19 epidemic, many lychee sellers also expressed concern that the purchasing power of lychee was low and could not be exported. Despite the large number of customers ordering, the number of customers decreased significantly compared to last year, and in the main season, the price of cloth will surely decrease even more. “Therefore, our family is considering a plan to promote retailing at markets, especially wholesale markets, toad markets and online markets. In addition, try to connect with supermarkets to see if they can push fabrics to sell. Besides, there will also be a plan to dry and store cold to sell gradually”, Ms. Huyen shared.

In the past 2 years, across forums and groups of online markets, many small traders are selling butterfly pea flowers at prices ranging from 450 to nearly 700 thousand VND/kg. It is worth mentioning that despite being sold at a price as high as that of precious medicinal herbs, many people are still willing to pay for it. On the internet market, butterfly pea flower tea is sold a lot. Screenshots. In the early days of May of the solar calendar, Ms. Tran Thu Minh, 29 years old in Kim Ma, Hanoi started selling butterfly pea flower tea. According to Ms. Minh, this is the second year she sells this flower tea and is interested by many people. This type of climbing flower has purple-blue, dark blue-white flowers, but the most common is purple-blue. Illustration. This 29-year-old woman said: “ Butterfly pea flower is no stranger to many people. Because this type of climbing plant is grown as a fence in many countryside. Or many families plant them as a flower bed in front of the porch or in the corner of the garden to keep cool. This type of climbing flower has purple-blue, dark blue-white flowers, but the most common is purple-blue. When I was a child, my house in Nam Dinh also had a fence of butterfly pea flowers and their flowers fell all over the path, but no one picked them up because they didn’t know its use was so great. That day, only occasionally at home with her mother’s five-color sticky rice, she sent her children out to get butterfly pea flowers to create a beautiful purple-blue sticky rice. Or sometimes mom cooks jelly on summer days with butterfly pea flowers to feed “. It was not until 2 years ago, when many people discovered the wonderful health benefits of butterfly pea flowers, that Ms. Minh’s family began to collect wild purple-blue flowers that were not mixed with branches and stalks and were recruited. These are carefully selected to dry in the sun and then dry. Many people use fresh flowers to dry in the sun and then dry them to make butterfly pea flower tea. Illustration. Because of selling natural, safe and reasonable flowers, this woman gradually gained the trust of women: “ Usually my house has a lot of regular guests. They also know that this flower does not keep fresh for long, so they often have to dry it and then dry it. In fact, every 7-8kg of fresh flowers is 1kg of dried flowers. Due to being so sophisticated, the price of this flower tea is quite expensive “. It is known that 100g of butterfly pea flower tea is being sold by Ms. Minh for 106,000 VND. Customers who buy 200gr cost 177 thousand VND. Buying 500gr costs 360 thousand VND. And customers who buy 1 kg will get a discount of 680 thousand VND: “ Last year, there was a time when I also sold dried butterfly pea flower tea for 800-900 thousand VND/kg. But this year the epidemic is like this, so the price of butterfly pea flowers is also very affordable so that any customer who needs it can buy it. “, said Ms. Minh. Customers buying butterfly pea flower tea are mainly office women. Illustration. This small trader also shared, the buyers are mainly office ladies. They usually buy 1-3 ounces to dye sticky rice, jelly, cakes, jams or brew tea to drink. A few customers often order a kilogram to brew tea to drink daily to nourish and support health. As an office woman with 2 children, Ms. Nga, 40 years old (Thuong Dinh, Hanoi) loves to make cakes and drinks. Therefore, every year she buys half a kilo of dried butterfly pea flowers to color the cakes and drinks. “ I buy half a kilo and it’s enough for a whole year to make cakes and drinks because there are quite a few. The rest, I also bought 1 kg separately for my grandmother to drink every day. 1kg is a lot, use it for a whole year. Because mixing water, just 1 flower is enough for 1 cup of water to drink. As for making cakes or sticky rice, I just bring 3-5 flowers to create color.” , Ms. Nga shared. This person also shared, the market currently sells 2 types of fresh flowers and dried butterfly pea flowers. But buyers should buy dried flowers because they are easy to store and use. The price per kilogram of dried butterfly pea flowers is quite expensive. Illustration. In addition, these topics for sale of flowers that used to be fences attract a lot of attention from online users and online markets. Many people think that, with 1 kg of dried flowers that cost from half a million to nearly a million, it is also reasonable because to earn 1 kg of dry is not easy, must go to many places to collect and be dried according to the standards. However, many people do not believe their eyes when the flower that grows in full fence is sold at such a high price.

In many supermarkets, convenience stores, wholesale and retail markets, pork, beef and chicken of all kinds are defrosted for retail, in which, there are products that are discolored and metamorphosed right on the counters and stalls. See defrosted meat as cool, fresh meat In previous years, imported frozen meat was often preferred by collective kitchens (schools, factories, restaurants) because the price is much cheaper than fresh meat (hot meat) in the country and the price advantage when buying the whole box (per barrel) cartons are usually from 18-25kg). But now, imported meat is defrosted and retailed by stall owners in markets, shops and supermarkets. Bach Hoa Xanh convenience store on Vo Thanh Trang street, Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City sells a lot of lean pork chips, pork ribs, and imported beef thighs. All meats here have been defrosted, chopped, and sold as cool or fresh meats. According to some customers, they buy this type of product because it is cheap and easy to process. Some customers don’t even know it’s defrosted meat. “All meat imported here is frozen meat that has been defrosted and has the same quality as chilled meats,” the store employee said. Many types of defrosted meat sold on the side of the wholesale market for agricultural products and food in Hoc Mon began to change color, but consumers still flocked to buy it due to the low price. At the Tops Market supermarket on Au Co Street, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, the amount of beef imported from the US and Australia is quite large, overwhelming domestic beef. Meat is divided into many types such as ribs, pork belly, shoulder loin, corn, neck core meat, lean thigh, lean shoulder, flower corn… All are cut into all sizes (1-2cm thick slices, thin slices, slices). square, wrap enoki mushrooms…) and then put in a plastic tray with a weight of 300-400g, which is very suitable for the retail needs of most customers. It is not easy to recognize that this is defrosted meat because the small stamps on the surface of the tray only show the words “American beef shoulder”, “Australian beef shoulder”… With thick cuts of meat, still fine. Ice crystals between the fibers are easier to see, but with thin slices, the ice crystals disappear, they look like cool meat. Meanwhile, at the counter, there is no information that this is defrosted meat. Some meats have a promotional label, which has a three-day shelf life. According to staff, this supermarket often has promotions and discounts directly on products; all promotional meat is fresh meat, not old meat like in other supermarkets (?). At Big C supermarket on Truong Chinh Street, Tan Phu District, in addition to imported beef and pork, there are also whole chickens, garlic thighs, and imported chicken thighs. All kinds of pork and beef are also chopped, blistered, and sold in the freezer. Particularly, the types of chicken are defrosted and sold as fresh chicken in the country. At this area, there is a sign warning consumers: “Product has been defrosted, please do not re-freeze”. At Lotte Mart supermarket, imported beef has been sliced, packed, and defrosted, but the packaging says “fresh beef”. Not selling all, re-freezing again If supermarkets and shops bring thawed meat to sell as cool meat, in markets, thawed meat is sold as fresh meat. Even at the end of the day, if not sold out, the stall owner will re-freeze the meat to sell the next day. At a beef stall in Ba Hoa market, Tan Binh district, at 6am, all beef tendons in the tray were still a bit cold, some pieces of meat were still mixed with ice crystals. According to our observations, during the lunch break, this unsold meat continued to be re-frozen and then displayed on a tray for further sale at 15:00. “In the morning, this beef tendon costs 150,000 VND / kg, but in the afternoon, the price is about 120,000-130,000 VND / kg. Meat that is not sold out must be re-frozen for preservation. It’s the same everywhere, not just here,” said the stall owner. In markets, it is not difficult to recognize frozen beef and buffalo meat that is thawed and sold as fresh meat. Imported goods are mainly packed in boxes according to categories such as thigh, loin, and neck meat, while most stalls also sell these types. These defrosted meats often darken very quickly when sold at room temperature, especially on hot days. Previously, the Veterinary Department of Ho Chi Minh City had exposed cases of defrosting meat and then dipping it into fresh beef blood to deceive consumers. Route 4 on the side of Hoc Mon wholesale market for agricultural products and food is the gathering place for dozens of frozen pork trucks. This is also a place to sell defrosted and re-frozen pork on a fairly large scale. Here, there are more than a dozen stainless steel tables set up next to refrigerated trucks for small traders to display meat for sale. Meat is exposed, uncovered, under the table only temporarily lined with cardboard or plastic bags. Meat juice from the table dripped to the ground, pooled in puddles, and smelled foul. These “stalls” sell all kinds of pork such as tenderloin, cutlet, young ribs, bacon, lean shoulder, thigh, ham, hoof, and offal. Because everything is frozen, when it’s on the table, it’s a bit cold. The prices of these meats are half as cheap as hot meat in the wholesale market of agricultural products and food in Hoc Mon: pork leg and pork belly at 55,000 VND/kg; Young ribs, pork heart cost 65,000 VND/kg. According to our observations, most customers come here to buy wholesale, at least 5kg or more, in and out continuously. Vendors also use their bare hands to pick up meat for customers, with only a few wearing gloves. A seller here said that the customers who come to buy are mainly people from restaurants and collective kitchens, they take a lot of money due to the cheap price, but the delicious meat is not inferior to fresh meat because it is preserved by refrigerated trucks. specialized. However, it was only around 7am, the sun was still not shining, the meat in some stalls had stopped freezing, started to turn a little pale, not pink, and lost its elasticity when pressed. This amount of meat is put in plastic bags by the owners of the stalls and brought to the refrigerated truck to be re-frozen, wait a few hours or the next day for sale. This happens from early morning to late evening. According to regulations, to sell frozen meat, small traders in the wholesale market of agricultural products and food in Hoc Mon must register; If you do not register, you will be severely fined. Meanwhile, the “field stalls” on the side of this market sell defrosted meat without knowing if it has an expiration date or is marinated with any preservatives. (According to Women in HCMC)

Hien said that these were completely fresh rock crabs that her family members moved from her hometown in Nam Dinh to Hanoi for weekly sales. These crabs are carefully selected by her family members from her hometown, filtered and cleaned and then canned. Each box is usually packed 2.5 ounces. This small trader also advertised: “Although this is a cultured stone crab, the house was cleaned, separated from shells, split bibs, star fruit bags, especially no additives, no preservatives, no mixing with rice bran and self. canned grinds should eat well and lots of meat and bricks are delicious. Each 1 kg of rock crabs my family sells for 75,000 VND, divided into 4 boxes. Each box includes 1 bag of crab bricks. If you eat 2 kg of crab or more, you will ship for free ”. The field crabs are torn, washed and ground right at the market Ms. Hien also affirmed that the crabs are very delicious and can be kept in the freezer for 12 months. When eaten, the quality is no different from raw ground crab. “Frozen ground crab is easy to process, convenient and has a stable price. This type of crab can help housewives process many delicious dishes such as crab soup cooked in a hot pot or cooked with a variety of vegetables depending on the season and preferences of each family ”. According to her, customers who buy frozen crabs are mainly housewives in the city. They usually order at least 1kg to cook a crab dish on rice or eat with vermicelli, with thinly molded cakes. Along with rock crabs she sells frozen field crabs, up to tens of kilograms per day. On hot hot days, the number of sales she sells is 3 times higher than normal days and she does not sell crabs. Explaining why the price of crab is at least half cheaper than the market, Ms. Hien explained: “Crab is collected from farmers in the countryside, and my family does not have live crabs available. Besides the crab season, there is an outbreak of Covid-19, so it is cheap. Like last year, we have to sell ready-made crabs of 100,000 VND / kg ”. However, many small traders on the internet market sell frozen rock crabs, pre-ground frozen field crabs at low prices, startling However, according to a reporter survey, the price of pre-ground copper crabs is for sale online at a price that is 1/2 to 2/3 cheaper than the actual selling price in toad markets. For example, at Ha Dong toad markets, Tan Da market, Vo market, Van Phuc market (Ha Dong, Hanoi) on May 9, the price of 1kg of live crab is sold at 170,000-190,000 VND. At wholesale market 365, live crab with the lowest price is 150,000 VND / kg. Bringing this question to Ms. Tran Thi Phuong, 46 years old, a small trader specializing in selling crabs in Ha Dong market, she affirmed: “There has never been a story of live crabs selling for less than 150,000 VND / kg. Because, to have 1kg of pre-ground crab clean, you need to buy 1.3-1.4kg of raw crab. Thus, the crab price must also be calculated from 200,000-230,000 VND / kg “. “On the internet market, small traders keep advertising frozen crabs, frozen ready-made copper crabs but only cost 75,000-80,000 VND / kg, making sure that they are not genuine crabs, much less crabs. live fresh, “she stressed. Meanwhile, the price of live crab at the market is twice as expensive Many people suspect that it could be a western crab or crab imported from Cambodia, Thailand (illustration). Ms. Phuong also revealed that the frozen copper crabs, frozen pre-ground crabs are being sold at cheap prices on the internet market, most likely that the crabs with broken legs, broken legs, sick, peeled, leave bibs only to keep. The meat is then grinded. Or that is the western type crab or the ground crab imported from Cambodia. Because only these two types of crabs can be sold for a very “soft” price, only 60,000-70,000 VND / kg. The trader also warned that he has just entered the heat wave in the early summer, but there are many types of crabs sold in the market. However, not all sellers guarantee good quality at affordable prices. In fact, many small traders for profit try to import Western copper crabs or imported copper crabs with genuine copper crabs. Therefore, consumers should not be too greedy for cheap but be trapped. “In general, it’s money. Cheap crab will not be a standard crab and ensure quality. Not to mention wanting to eat delicious crab soup, housewives never buy packaged or canned frozen crabs. Because it is convenient, but the quality is not guaranteed and there are many potential risks of poisoning because it is not known how long these crab boxes are kept in the refrigerator. The seller himself may not know if the crab has been thoroughly washed and removed the dead crab before grinding ”, noted Ms. Phuong.

Many items of vegetables, fruits, fruits, fish meat … on the occasion of the holiday, do not increase prices On the morning of May 1, recorded at many traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City such as Binh Tien (District 6), Ba Chieu (Binh Thanh District), Hoa Binh (District 5) … the number of visitors to the market did not increase much. compared to normal days. Most people still buy essential items for their families, not much to organize parties to celebrate. Mrs. Tam (small trader at Binh Tien market, District 6) said: “When we see that the COVID-19 epidemic has been alright, we very much expect that the strength will quickly increase in a few holidays, so there are quite a lot of stock. When it was discovered that there was a shift in the community before April 30, the number of visitors to the market decreased significantly. Some restaurants and cafes also returned orders that were placed earlier, making me unable to keep up “. Mr. Nguyen Binh Phuong, Deputy Director of the wholesale market for agricultural products and foods Thu Duc (Ho Chi Minh City), said that the total volume of goods coming to the market on holidays usually increases from 3,500 tons to 4,000 tons / night, this increase is not very high. Due to the long holiday, many families travel. “The price of goods depends on the purchasing power situation on holidays, if consumed strongly, the price will inch up; Conversely, when the goods are sold slowly, the price will not increase or even decrease “- Mr. Phuong acknowledged. Many kinds of summer fruits are in season, so prices are down, such as Hoa Loc mango costs 35,000 VND / kg, giant nautical 40,000 VND / kg … Dalat lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes … price from 25,000 VND / kg; leafy vegetables such as spinach, spinach, choysum … about 20,000 VND / kg. “Normally, on the occasion of the holidays, all kinds of food have high prices, but now they decrease or as usual. Disease affects income, so many families” tighten their belts “- Ms. Tra (small traders Tan Dinh market, District 1) said. Pork during the holidays is also low, ranging from 60,000 to 165,000 VND / kg. Bacon and tender ribs are currently selling for 135,000 VND / kg and 165,000 VND / kg. Even a lot of fresh pork products in Aeon (Binh Tan District) discount more than 30%. Fruits are full of markets, but there are buyers Meanwhile, many kinds of fruits sold on mobile at the price of 10,000 VND / kg such as watermelon, mango, guava … attracted many customers. “There have never been so many fruits as cheap as this year. I buy for the whole family to enjoy to cool down in the hot season” – Ms. Thuy (living in District 6) happily said. Sweet red watermelon with the price can not be cheaper This season, durian also begins to come in many markets, priced at only 80,000 VND / kg Meanwhile, in supermarkets such as VinMart, Go !, Emart … visitors to shop are not crowded. Supermarkets have many discounts, stimulating consumer demand, giving promotional gifts … There was also no price change for different types of aquatic products, namely: blood cockles, clams, snails from 50,000-70,000 VND / kg; Small crabs priced from 3350,000 VND / kg … The number of customers coming to shop is not crowded. “Maybe because of a long holiday, many families go away, so they rarely go to the supermarket to shop. For customers, we all measure body temperature, wash hands and disinfect them and ask to wear masks to prevent COVID- epidemic diseases.” 19 “- an employee of the Lotte supermarket said.

Bat degree bamboo, also known as the tree, is a wild tree, grown in abundance in the highlands and deltas. In the past, the people who planted bamboo were only used trees and the leaves were discarded. But in the past few years, fresh and dried bamboo leaves have become an export commodity, providing a positive income for the people. On the internet market and online sales groups, many small businesses openly buy bamboo leaves with unlimited quantity and the price is not cheap. They buy and sell to traders exporting to Taiwan for 10,000 VND / kg of fresh bamboo leaves and 40,000 VND / kg of dried bamboo leaves. Bamboo leaves are bought and exported to Taiwan Bamboo leaves are larger in size than normal bamboo leaves. They are cleaned by natural methods, do not use chemicals, so they are exported abroad to make cake wrapping materials, food packages … Banana leave In Vietnam, bananas are a popular plant, grown in rural areas. People often grow bananas for fruit or sell, while banana leaves and banana stalks are often discarded, if sold, it is also very cheap. The purchase price of a beautiful banana leaf is only 8,000-10,000 VND / kg (the price of a leaf that has left the leaf bones). Banana leaves are used to wrap traditional cakes such as banh chung, banh Tet, or spring rolls, sticky rice packages, … However, the number of banana leaves used for these things is quite modest. Recently, some units also buy beautiful banana leaves in the garden for 4,000 VND / kg for export to the US market. Banana leaves used for export must be those with 30cm wide width, unbroken leaves. And only banana leaves can be used and exported. Banana leaves are quite crunchy, so you must know how to choose the right age, pick them to dry in the sun just enough to wither so that the leaves are soft without losing the green color. Banana leaves have become an expensive commodity in Japan. In the rest, in most of the big banana growing areas in our country, when the branches are pruned, the banana leaves are harvested, farmers often have to cut the leaves to feed the cows and fish. Even if there is too much, they have to dry and burn the fields and gardens. Recently, the picture of a fresh banana leaf being sold on Amazon Japan for 2,280 yen, equivalent to nearly 500,000 VND, surprised many Vietnamese. If you buy more, the cheaper the price. Buy 3 leaves, the price is only about 760,000 VND and if you buy 5 banana leaves, the price is only 1,168,000 VND. However, this price is also extremely expensive. Lotus leaf In our country, lotus is a popular plant, grown in all regions from the North to the South. This plant not only gives beautiful flowers to tea and decorate, but lotus seeds and lotus roots are also exploited to make ingredients for attractive dishes. Dried lotus leaves can sell up to 400,000 VND / kg Notably, lotus leaf is also used to do many different things. In addition to wrapping sticky rice, wrapping rice … fresh lotus leaves, dried lotus are also used to make tea every day. In the market, 1kg of chopped fresh lotus leaves costs up to 70,000 VND, dried lotus leaves cost 110,000-200,000 VND / kg. There are even organic food stores that sell dried lotus leaves for up to 400,000 VND / kg. According to the shop owners, the reason why lotus leaves are quite expensive and are popular with women is because they have many effects in beauty, especially weight loss and treatment. Seeing the value of tea made from lotus leaves, Ngo Khanh Huy (39 years old, living TT.My An, H.Thap Muoi, Dong Thap) came up with a startup idea from his native lotus tree. According to Thanh Nien newspaper, the lotus leaf tea products of Mr. Huy have affirmed the brand, not only for domestic consumption but also to Thailand, Cambodia, China … “In the past, lotus leaves were almost empty. brings economic value, because farmers often just take flowers, mirrors and look. But for me, lotus leaf is a special ingredient to make tea with its own flavor, ”Huy said in this newspaper. In Phu Tho commune, Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province, seeing that selling lotus mirrors has low profits, many farmers have turned to growing lotus and selling fresh leaves to process lotus leaf tea, giving good income. Perilla leaves Perilla is a spice vegetable that is easy to grow, easy to buy in Vietnam, and even given away for free. If sold, perilla leaves are also very cheap, only from 1,000-2,000 VND a bunch. In addition to making seasoning leaves, perilla is also considered by many Vietnamese as a remedy for colds and flu. Perilla leaves exported to Japan cost 700 VND / leaf. However, a company in Bac Ninh grows perilla and exports to Japan for 700 VND / leaf, earning billions of VND per year. For the Japanese, perilla is an essential spice vegetable and is very important. This vegetable is used by the Japanese to reduce the fishy smell of seafood, is the most important ingredient of the umeboshi plum melon (a pickle dish very popular in Japanese cuisine) or is wrapped around sushi. In Japan, perilla leaves are not sold in bundles like in Vietnam, but sold by leaves. In addition to selling fresh leaves in supermarkets and markets, perilla leaves are dried and packed for domestic sale or abroad. Japanese online sites sell perilla vegetables with prices ranging from VND 107,000 to VND200,000 / pack. Lemon leaves Lemon leaves are very familiar to Vietnamese people, often used to sprinkle on boiled chicken as a condiment. Vietnamese people usually pay more attention to lemons than lemon leaves. Vietnamese farmers rarely consider lemon leaves as a source of income. In many places, lemon leaves are not sold or are sold at “as cheap as giving”. In the city market, lemon leaves are very cheap, only 1,000-2,000 VND / bundle. Lemon leaves sell for almost 7 USD / 1 oz on Amazon. In foreign countries, the price of lemon leaves is quite high. At the Amazon online store, lemon leaves are again for sale for about $ 7/1 oz, equivalent to 25g. Thus, 100g of lemon leaves cost about 28 USD (635,000 VND), 1kg will cost about 6.35 million VND. Lemon leaves are widely used in many Western dishes. Realizing huge profits from this ordinary leaf, from a few years ago, lemon leaves were collected by a number of companies with the quantity of tens of tons for export to the European market, earning millions of USD. Lemon leaves exported to the European market come in 2 forms, spices are packaged with galangal products, chili peppers and lemongrass. In the normal form, it only encapsulates the lime leaves into small bags and is completely frozen. Vietnamese lemon leaves are favored by the European market because they are more fragrant and richer than lemon leaves from other countries. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

The market for people is not good because there are few buyers. At 10 am May 1, customers parked in front of the stalls selling beef of Ms. Dung (small trader at Dai Tu market, Hoang Mai, Hanoi) was surprised that there is still a lot of meat not sold out today, while every day only 8 In the morning, my betrayed meat had nothing to buy. Ms. Dung said that although she actively imported less meat than usual, she did not expect that the market was so empty today, so it was not sold out. “Yesterday, there were many customers, but today is boring, the amount of meat sold today is not equal to weekends, Saturdays and Sundays. Everyone’s home, people come back to the hometown, all have been traveling ”, said Ms. Dung. Not only beef stalls, many stalls selling pork and chicken are also in the same scene, the meat table is still full of goods, but very few people ask to buy. According to the survey, the prices of goods at the local market are still sold by small traders at the same price as usual, even because of stock prices, many people reduce prices quickly. For example, bacon only costs 150,000-170,000 / kg, depending on type; ribs from 140,000 to 180,000 VND / kg; Beef tenderloin costs 250,000 VND / kg, beef corn 270,000 – 300,000 VND / kg … The lack of customers is not only at popular markets, but also in regular supermarkets that are crowded today. Supermarket with less customers than normal day For example, at the T-Mart Dai Tu supermarket (Hoang Mai), there were staggering customers to buy. According to the salesman, yesterday the supermarket was crowded because they came to buy fruit and food to return home for the holidays. However, from this morning until noon, the supermarket is quite thin, even quieter than usual. At Vinmart Linh Dam supermarket, right at the entrance there is always a sign that requires customers to wear a mask when entering the supermarket to prevent epidemics. If anyone forgets to wear a mask, they will be reminded and asked to buy a mask immediately before they can purchase. Here, the goods are quite plentiful, many discounted fruits such as Australian green grapes and black grapes are priced at just under 100,000 VND / kg; Imported apples are only priced from 49,900 VND to 87,900 VND / kg … However, customers coming to buy goods are also absent, the shelves of vegetables, meat, and fruits … even though it is noon, are still full of goods. Below are some pictures at supermarkets and local markets this morning of May 1 recorded by PV Infonet: Although it was late afternoon, the stalls of beef, pork, and chicken were still full. Small traders in the area selling shrimp and fish at Dai Tu market do not wear a mask when selling. At T-Mart Dai Tu supermarket, customers come to buy goods sparsely. At the entrance to the supermarket Vinmart Linh Dam (Hoang Mai – Hanoi), there is always a sign that requires a mask to be worn in order to enter the supermarket to buy goods to prevent epidemics. All visitors to the supermarket wear masks. Meat stalls at supermarkets are also in the scene “meat waiting for customers to buy”. Until noon, the shelves of vegetables and fruits … are still full even though the supermarket has many discount programs. The cashier is leisurely because few customers pay.

In recent days, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Long in Thach That, Hanoi often sells on facebook some batches of ca cuong at an expensive price: 35,000 VND / head. On the surface, Ca cuong is no different from cockroaches, but they are sold at such a high price that startles many people. However, Mr. Long commented, the selling price of Ca cuong this year has decreased significantly compared to last year due to the Covid-19 translation. In previous years, the retail price of Ca cuong never fell below 5 million VND / kg and below 50,000 VND / unit. Ca cuong looks like a cockroach He shared that he imported Ca cuong from Laos or some areas in the South; After that, bring them to Hanoi to sell to retail customers or restaurants selling snacks. In the North, there are very few Ca cuong because people abuse plant protection drugs in the field, so Ca cuong almost rarely appears. Explaining why this thin-bodied insect resembling cockroaches and stink bugs is bought by many people, Mr. Long said: “Ca cuong lives both on the banks and ponds, under water rice fields, but carries essential oils. rare. Therefore, many customers who buy Ca cuong will wash them and then put them on the grill. Then, they cut into small pieces and put directly into the sauce or use gradually “. Or for more convenience, many customers buy Ca cuong to extract the essential oil and store it in a sealed jar. Each time they eat, they just need to bring 1-2 drops into the bowl of sauce. Due to the expensive price of Ca cuong, most retail customers only buy a few to a dozen. Particularly for the rich, the house with conditions or the restaurant or restaurant has just ordered 0.5kg to 1kg. This man added, 1kg Ca cuong usually consists of 80-100 children, depending on the big or small. Calculated, 1kg Ca cuong costs about 3.5 million. One day, Mr. Long sells at least a few dozen to 200 ca cuong. But inside the body they contain special essential oils Many customers like Ca cuong, imported goods go anywhere “On Tet holidays, Ca cuong is asked by many customers to soak fish sauce, use essential oils to spice up festival dishes such as rolls, bun cha, vermicelli … Roasting coffee stalks as bait. However, due to the scarcity of goods, our house is not much for sale. Customers who want to pick up must book at least a week to return the goods ”. In addition to selling whole fresh Ca cuong, Mr. Long also imported a few other products extracted from Ca cuong at a price that is not cheap, such as: Whole Ca cuong fish sauce (soaked 10 males) 500,000 VND / bottle Ca cuong essential oil 300,000 VND / bottle, Ca cuong wine 1.2 million / 2 liter bottle. As a construction engineer, Mr. Tran Van Kien in Cau Dien, Hanoi has just ordered 0.5 kg of male Ca cuong to soak in wine and soak fish sauce. Although their prices are expensive, he is very fond of this insect. “Male Ca cuong has an essential oil smell like cinnamon. When taking the essential oils out, my wife often let her husband soak fish sauce or wine. Eating at the dipping country house always has a familiar tomato cuong taste. Because the tomato sauce has the slight scent of cinnamon and banana oil, now without the tomato cuong, the sauce is very bland, “Kien said. Mr. Kien said that his family has Ca cuong essential oil to eat almost all year round. Therefore, when friends come to his house to eat and drink, the bowl of tomato sauce and tomato wine has an unusual smell, complimenting him because this is a unique and strange dish that few people know.

Ha Long Fish Market is famous until now because it usually meets at midnight to morning. But not so that the market is empty. In contrast, the market is extremely crowded and bustling. In the middle of the night, when fishing boats and seafood dock at the port, the wholesale price is set. Each basket, each barrel of fresh seafood such as crab, squid, shrimp, crab, … are loaded ashore. At this time, many traders and people were waiting to choose goods. These early market goers are considered “connoisseurs” because here, fresh seafood from fishermen’s hands is affordable. The brighter the sky, the more crowded people flock to the market. Some people go to the gymnasium also to pop in to buy fresh seafood for their families. Strabismus has tourists walking around, taking photos of Ha Long fish market in the early morning. In addition, traders from neighboring provinces also beat a convoy of vehicles here to collect seafood to sell everywhere. Because, Quang Ninh seafood is famous all over the country for its freshness, deliciousness and sweetness. Some pictures of the bustling fish market soon in the city. Ha Long: At midnight, fishing ships docked with fresh seafood Boat owners begin work to load seafood ashore Fresh fish is available for sale at the fish market A quick sleep of a fish merchant at the market The busiest ‘not sleeping’ fish market in Ha Long The people of Ha Long go to the fish market early to buy fresh fish from the boat Fresh seafood is carried on the market, every barrel As the morning comes, the market is busier with buyers and sellers Anyone who has a need to preliminarily process fish small businesses is also happy to serve them People who go to the market early are said to be ‘connoisseurs’ because it is fresh and affordable Cars from neighboring provinces also come here to buy seafood Small traders also take advantage of buying enough goods to go to other markets to sell “Shipper squadron” waiting to deliver goods to those in need

From early morning, Cua Hoi fishing port, Nghi Hai ward, town. Cua Lo has become crowded and bustling. Every time a boat returns to the port, hundreds of small traders gather to buy fresh seafood. Photo: Nguyen Chau Inside the port area, the aisles are packed with people, laughs, and bustles in the whole area every morning. Photo: Nguyen Chau It is currently the peak of seafood collection because the holidays are approaching April 30 to May 1, so each seafood stall attracts a lot of buyers, everyone wants to come early to buy seafood. freshest. Photo: Nguyen Chau Mackerel is one of the most famous items in TX. Cua Lo, therefore, as many mackerel fish arrive at the port as they are bought by small traders. Photo: Nguyen Chau Currently, the price of fresh mackerel at the port ranges from 130,000 to 140,000 VND / kg and is always in a state of “out of stock”. Photo: Nguyen Chau Ms. Phuong, a trader in TX. Cua Lo said excitedly: “I went to the port from 4:30 a.m. to wait for the boat to return. Fortunately, I could buy fresh fish at a reasonable price, many people late at night find it difficult to buy first-class seafood …” . In the photo: Fresh and delicious fish caught offshore is currently priced at 70,000 VND / kg. Photo: Nguyen Chau Anh Minh, owner of a seafood restaurant in TX. Cua Lo said: “On the occasion of the ceremony, every day we import from 3 to 5 quintals of seafood, we all go to the port to buy seafood because it is always fresh and the price is much cheaper than buying through the points. Other …. “Photo: Nguyen Chau Currently, seafood prices have increased by 20-30% compared to 1 week ago, however, most seafood is consumed quickly. In the photo: the fresh squid sale points attract small traders to see and pay the price. Photo: Nguyen Chau Boiled fresh simmered squid is also one of the most sold seafood at Cua Hoi port, priced at only 100,000 VND / kg. Photo: Nguyen Chau After collecting enough goods, traders quickly transport them to markets for consumption or to warehouses for storage for the upcoming holidays. Photo: Nguyen Chau Cua Lo seafood has long been famous for its freshness, reasonable price, promising to bring great culinary experiences to visitors when coming to the beach this year. Photo: Nguyen Chau

Mr. Tran Van Hai from Lang Son said that for the past few years, his family specializes in purchasing, preliminarily processing and refining all kinds of cake wrapping. In the past, people only used bamboo to build their house, cook, firewood, make cakes, and discarded leaves. But in recent years, fresh bamboo leaves have been collected and purchased by many people and then sold to traders exported to Taiwan for 10,000 VND / kg of fresh bamboo leaves and 40,000 VND / kg of dried bamboo leaves. Bamboo leaves are bought and exported to Taiwan “I myself and my family never thought that bamboo leaves could be sold abroad. It is not until a contact to buy bamboo leaves to return to a traditional Taiwanese cake package that we know that bamboo leaves can be sold and exported abroad. From there, my family went to get bamboo leaves to sell. When the collection is not enough, hire more workers and advertise on the internet to buy bamboo leaves in other localities with any quantity ”, shared Mr. Hai. According to Mr. Hai, with fresh bamboo leaves, he buys for 7,000-10,000 VND / kg. As for dried bamboo leaves, he buys 35,000-40,000 VND / kg. All must be bamboo leaves (also known as bong). The purchased scales of bamboo leaves meet the quality criteria, the leaves must be big, not torn, still green in color and absolutely not yellowed. Each leaf is about 38-40cm long and 8cm wide. “Bamboo is very different from ordinary bamboo leaves. They are much larger in size. When purchased, fresh bamboo leaves will be sun dried for about 2 sun. Then, the leaves are counted and then clamped to the cork. At that time, we will dry it cleanly, bring the bamboo leaves to the oven to dry them and then sort them into bags, ”Mr. Hai said. The bamboo leaves are completely cleaned by natural methods, without chemicals, will be exported to Taiwan for cake wrapping materials, food packages … and are loved by the people of this country due to the taste. delicious and for a long time. “The kind of cake that Taiwan or is wrapped in bamboo leaves is like Vietnamese banh chung. However, due to being wrapped in bamboo leaves, the cake has a characteristic aroma. In addition, the wrapped cake from this leaf is easy to peel, leaves for a long time and not as fast as seaweed and banana leaves ”. From the end of April to October of the solar calendar every year is the autumn season to buy bamboo leaves. Therefore, many personal Facebook pages go to groups to sell and purchase fresh and dried bamboo leaves with unlimited quantity. There, the atmosphere was ruffled by many bamboo growers in places asking for the purchase price as well as the specifications for the collection and transportation of the fresh and dried bamboo leaves. For long-term business cooperation, all establishments that register to sell fresh and dried bamboo leaves, Mr. Hai, come to collect and check them. “I have to go down to the site to instruct the facilities that the individual collects bamboo leaves to ensure the leaves are not torn, beautiful green and especially big. On-site to view specific items once. Next time, they just do that, then I decide to buy, to avoid wasting time on both sides, ”he said. At present, in Yen Bai, Bac Giang, Thanh Hoa, Soc Son – Hanoi … there are many people growing bamboo and rattan. They just use the tree and the leaves leave it. Therefore, he came to guide the collection of leaves and now they become agents, helping his establishment to buy fresh, dried bamboo leaves up to a few quintals / day in the locality.

There are year round in our country, but bananas are also one of the regular chemical soaked fruits. According to the experience of small businesses, if a banana is ripe, but its stalk is still green or plastic, it is more likely that a banana is ripe. Photo: Vietnamnet Ripe banana peel has eye-catching yellow color, smooth. Meanwhile, naturally ripe bananas have a dark yellow skin with small black or brown spots. Photo: Hai Phong security newspaper. Around April and May are avocado in season. Avocado is sold on sidewalks, supermarkets, local markets … The avocado shell is soft and long-haul, if the fruit is ripe, it will be crushed and crushed. Therefore, small traders can chemically soak the fresh avocado with chemicals. Photo: Internet To distinguish impregnated avocado, a gardener said, green avocado, the stalk is green, the avocado stalks will turn dark. If the stalk is still green and the avocado body is soft, the avocado has been chemically aged. Photo: Internet To choose safe and delicious durian, consumers need to pay close attention to the stalk and the prickly part. The hard, green stalks will just drop, and the old stalks that are stained or withered may have been soaked with medicine to promote ripe fruit. Photo: Internet Ripe durian spines will bloom green, yellow and gray. Meanwhile, pickled durian prickles early, soaked for a long time, they will not bloom, bruise in many places. Photo: Labor capital. Mangoes are also frequently contaminated with chemicals. Ripe mangoes due to stimulant drugs often ripen unevenly, the fruit has no fragrance, and has black stalks. Photo: Internet Delicious ripe mangoes have stalks still firm, not soft. If the stem of the mango has a strong sweet aroma, the aroma of essential oils means the mango is fresh, no chemicals. Photo: Internet To distinguish ripe jackfruit and ripe jackfruit, can be based on observing the jackfruit fruit. Ripe jackfruit plants rarely have pus, while ripe jackfruit is pressed with white pus flowing in each stream. Photo: Cooky. In addition, ripe jackfruit plants often have a characteristic aroma, ripe jackfruit must smell carefully to have a faint scent. Photo: Internet Video: HCMC: 1.3 tons of snails soaked in industrial chemicals before selling. Source: PLO

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.

Hamster is a “favorite” dish of many people, especially people in the West. In pubs, mice are processed into dishes such as grilled, fried, fried in leaves, … with prices from 80,000 to 120,000 VND / plate. Fried rats in a pub in Can Tho. (Photo: Tien Phong) Currently, many localities in the Mekong Delta are harvesting the Winter-Spring crop, causing the price of ham here to decrease compared to before the Lunar New Year. However, according to Tien Phong Newspaper, the price of hamster in the Mekong Delta is still high, equivalent to or higher than pork. Currently, type 1 hamster (6-7 animals / kg) has a price of 80,000 VND / kg, a hamster of type 2 is lower with 70,000 VND / kg, and the smallest type is 60,000 VND / kg. This price has decreased by about 20,000 VND compared to the time before Tet. At that time, the supply of mice was scarce, sometimes the price increased to 120,000 VND / kg. Vegetables fall back to Hanoi, 200 thousand / kg are still ‘sold out’ Vegetables in the forest or flowers in the forest are not too new to the people of the capital. However, this specialty forest vegetable is still very attractive every season, despite its extremely expensive price, which can be said to be the most expensive of all forest vegetables. Currently, the price of wild vegetables in Hanoi is up to 180,000 VND / kg, while the flower and vegetable price is 200,000 VND / kg, which is more expensive than American beef bacon. Compared to the price of industrial chicken, the price of this vegetable is 10 times more expensive. Compared to last year, this year vegetables are about 30,000-40,000 VND / kg more expensive. Lilies in the season, growers collect hundreds of millions Lilies are also known as lilies or lilies. This flower is known as “Queen of April” and every season, the trumpet shines on Hanoi’s street. Everyone takes advantage of buying packages like the plug. The trumpet is dubbed “the Queen of April” In the flower capital of Tay Tuu (Hanoi), farmers are rushing to harvest lilies. Every day, a household cuts thousands of flowers. Flowers can be cut wherever they are sold. Some households earn hundreds of million dong thanks to lilies. Compared with the price of flowers at the beginning of the season of 300,000-350,000 VND / 100 flowers, the price of lilies has decreased, in some places it is only 150,000-170,000 VND / 100 cluster flowers. White pear flowers damp, small traders pity to throw away Family & Social News newspaper, more than 1 month ago, hundreds of small businesses from Cao Bang, Lang Son frantically brought thousands of white pear flower branches (pears and tigers) to the capital for sale. However, this year, due to the epidemic effect of Covid-19, the number of flowers sold has decreased significantly compared to every year. Although the small traders have reduced the price of floor theater for each white pear branch, customers do not care. Therefore, a large amount of white pear flowers are damp, the small trader has to pityly throw it away with sugar. According to many small traders, the white pear flower brought from the northern mountainous provinces to the capital has not been so humid this year. The fact that the pear blossoms are damp has caused many small businesses to lose hundreds of millions of dong. Super giant plums imported from Australia cause fever Dinosaur plums imported from Australia (also known as dinosaur plums) are now being bought by many hunters. Compared with plums, this plum has 2-3 times the size and weight, every 6-7 fruits will reach 1 kg. When the fruit is ripe, it will give a beautiful red color, thick, hard flesh, sweet taste. Super giant plum (Photo: Dan Tri) Australian plum is currently priced from 180,000-220,000 VND / kg. Last year, at the end of the season, 1 kg of Australian plums cost 300,000 VND. The world’s most delicious rice ST25 is rampant counterfeiting As noted by Reporter Tien Phong, the rice market in Hanoi currently has dozens of types of ST25 rice offered by traders for prices from 28,000-40,000 VND / kg. Although the same brand ST 25, but all kinds of different models and packages. In addition to rice agents, social networks also appeared full of shops, shops, individuals who actively promote and sell “genuine” ST25 rice. After being named the world’s best rice, the ST25 rice was impersonated, counterfeiting rampant in the domestic market. According to Mr. Ho Quang Cua, the father of the ST25 rice brand, there are dozens of fake rice on the market, imitation of his brand. Hot season cooling products have strong discounts Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper reported that electronics centers in Ho Chi Minh City are implementing discount programs, giving gifts … to attract consumers to buy hot season cooling products. In which, air conditioner is the most preferential item with a discount from a few hundred to several million dong. Air-conditioner products attract customers (Photo: Lao Dong) In addition, electric fans, air-conditioning fans, and steam fans are also discounted by many electronics supermarkets up to 51% to stimulate demand. With the same season, the price is low, the pineapple is priced Recorded by PV Doanh and Tiep Thi in the largest growing place in Hanoi (Hiep Thuan commune, Phuc Tho district), this year, the season is good, but the revenue is not high. The price for ripening is reduced compared to every year, the wholesale price ranges from 7,000 to 28,000 VND / kg. Meanwhile, despite being heavily affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the export via quota to the Chinese market is in trouble, but this year, farmers in Lao Cai have a good harvest but do not worry about devaluation. According to Dan Tri Newspaper, the commercial pineapple market of Lao Cai province is being consumed strongly with prices from 5,500-6,000 VND / kg. At this price, pineapple growers will have a relatively high profit compared to previous years. Durian off season, Tra Vinh dried coconut high price News / TTXVN newspaper said that in Tien Giang, durian is in reverse with the consumption price standing at a very high level, about 90,000 VND / kg. According to the agricultural sector of Tien Giang province, with an average yield of 20 tons / ha, each hectare of durian produces up to 1.8 billion VND production value. After subtracting production costs, farmers profit not less than 1 billion. Durian has high prices (Photo: News / TTXVN) Also in Tra Vinh, the price of desiccated coconuts for more than a week has risen “fever” from VND 75,000 / dozen being collected by agents at the garden for VND 85,000 / dozen. The price of desiccated coconuts increases, but the supply in the province is still insufficient. Besides, from the beginning of March until now, due to the harsh hot weather, the demand for fresh coconut has increased, pushing up the price of fresh coconut to 120,000 VND / dozen. The price of Da Lat artichoke fell sharply According to News / TTXVN, gardeners in Da Lat (Lam Dong) are starting to harvest the main artichoke crop with an average price of only about 50,000-60,000 VND / kg, much lower than previous months. . Recently, the prices of processed artichoke products fell sharply. Currently, the price of dried artichokes is only 180,000-200,000 VND / kg, fresh artichoke flowers are 50,000-60,000 VND / kg, previously from 300,000-400,000 VND / kg. The reason why Da Lat artichoke dropped sharply was mostly due to the poor consumption, the decrease of fresh artichoke products for export. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Sanh oranges are chosen by many people to buy in hot weather According to some small traders selling fruit at the markets of Tan Dinh – District 1; Ms. Chieu, Thi Nghe – Binh Thanh district, due to the hot weather, the supply is low, while the demand increases, so the price of these fruits increases. “In the rainy season, cheap fruit, through the dry season, many people want to drink fruit juice, but the fruit is less so the price increases. Currently oranges increase the most, watermelon prices have nearly doubled, more expensive than the whole Tet holiday. These fruits are less in season this season, the demand increases, so the price is high ”, said Ms. Ha, selling fruit at Tan Dinh market, District 1. The prices of fruits used for juicing are on the rise, but consumption is still increasing. Mr. Tuan, selling pineapple at Thi Nghe market, Binh Thanh District, said that the amount of pineapple consumed per day increased by about 50% compared to the previous one. In hot weather, pineapple fruit is very sweet, so people buy a lot of pineapple to squeeze the juice because it is easy to drink. Normally, Mr. Tuan only sells about 200 fruits / day, but in recent days, he has sold 300 fruits / day.

According to the experience of ethnic minorities in Tuyen Quang, not all species of ants can take fresh eggs for processing. The kind of ants that take fresh eggs must be nursery ants or brown ants for the eggs to be fragrant and ripe. Particularly, the black ant nests have a bad smell and do not eat. Fresh ant eggs were once marketed as a health remedy. After taking ant eggs from the forest, the eggs will be brought to the sieve and cleaned, removing impurities, leaves and ants mixed in it. After this stage, the new plump egg seeds are packed, sold or processed into many unique and delicious dishes. Ms. Tran Thu Hang, 37 years old in Thuy Khue, Tay Ho (Hanoi), said that she is currently in the ant eggs season, so she actively collects fresh ant eggs from Na Hang (Tuyen Quang) people to Hanoi to sell to customers. gourmet. “These fresh batches of ants were shipped directly to Hanoi. Every day we only get a limited amount, about 15-20 kg of ant eggs. Because the quantity is too small, we have to immediately pay the bill to the customer who arrives there. Customers ordered a lot but did not have enough fresh ant eggs to pay ”. According to Ms. Hang, fresh ant eggs can be processed into many delicious and nutritious dishes such as ant egg rolls, fried ant eggs, ant egg cakes and especially ant egg sticky rice. “Customers who buy fresh ant eggs can be used to make sticky rice, make cakes, wrap leaves to eat like salad, cook porridge, eat with rice cakes, mix eggs or minced meat to fry, … In general, in many Ant eggs sticky rice dish and ant egg cake are the most popular. Or someone soaked in wine with ant eggs ”, Ms. Hang asserted. There are many dishes made from ant eggs Some localities like Tuyen Quang, Bac Kan, and Cao Bang people make ants egg cakes Or fried egg rolls with ants Ant eggs are packed into bags Fresh forest ant eggs are quite expensive, many people buy frozen food gradually. She added, buying fresh ant eggs, customers can freeze and use gradually over a few months. Currently, the price of a kilogram of fresh ant eggs is 220,000 VND. Meanwhile, 2-3 years ago, this price was twice as expensive, about 450.00 VND / kg. This is because this year, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the demand for fresh ant eggs has decreased significantly, and ant eggs are in good condition ”. Herbalist Vu Quoc Trung (Member of the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine Association) said that fresh ant eggs are collected from ant nests in the forest, so they are rich in protein, nutritious and help improve health. However, because they are rich in protein, they can easily cause allergies to people who eat. Not to mention, ants often live in humid places in the forest, so they can contain many parasites and bacteria that pose a high risk of poisoning when eaten. This physician recommended, people should not eat out of curiosity and curiosity. Especially those with a history of allergies to insects. In particular, ants should not be eaten when they are not cleaned carefully.

Ms. Thuy in Hoang Mai, Hanoi – a small trader selling ant eggs on her personal facebook-said: “Every day in addition to all kinds of worm cake, cassava cakes in the highlands, I also sell about 300 more interesting egg tarts. called as muffin cake. These are the cakes made by their parents and children in Cao Bang. Therefore, the cake is very delicious and typical of the Cao Bang people ”. This trader said that the ants egg cake is not available for sale all year round, although it is very expensive. Ant eggs are usually available in the 2-3 months of lunar month every year This special cake is considered the specialty of the Tay people in Cao Bang, Bac Kan. The main ingredient of the cake is the ant eggs. Because of this dependence on this special ingredient, it is only possible to make cakes from the beginning of April to the end of May of the solar calendar year, equivalent to from the end of February to the end of the third lunar month. This is the period of strongest growth of the forest black ants. Ms. Thuy revealed, as the name of the cake, the main ingredient to make the ant’s egg cake is the young egg of the ant. The cake is made of glutinous rice flour, filled with ant eggs, wrapped with young leaves of the fig tree. In addition to simple ingredients, the process of making ant eggs is not too fussy. Young ant eggs are the size of rice grains, milky white from the forest and will be washed, non-fragrant with dried onions. “Many families add some minced pork, crushed roasted peanuts and a few small palanquin leaves mixed with ant eggs and onions. But our family only filled ant eggs with palanquin leaves, did not mix with pork or other ingredients, ensuring delicious cake, traditional Cao Bang ant egg cake “, Ms. Thuy said. So the ant egg cake is only available for 1-2 months The cake crust is wrapped from glutinous rice flour that has been kneaded and thinned. Then, put that piece of glutinous rice powder into a fig leaf, sprinkle the filling on the cake dough, finally put the next piece of fig leaf on the surface of the cake. The cake is steamed for about 45 to 50 minutes in a water bath. When eating ant eggs, people peel the fig leaves (honey-leaf leaves) wrapped outside if the cake has 2 layers of leaves. If the cake has a layer of leaves, you can always eat this leaf. Buying cakes just need to preserve the refrigerator, when eating and steaming, there are instant cakes. “This type of cake can be eaten hot or cold depending on the taste because you can feel its own delicious taste every way. In addition to the soft taste of sticky rice, the soft taste of fig leaves, diners also feel the fatty taste of the cake made from ant eggs “, Thuy shared. The typical ethnic cake in Bac Kan and Cao Bang is being sold by Ms. Thuy for 60,000 VND / 5 cakes, 120,000 VND / 10 cakes. Packed with young fig leaves, when eaten can eat the whole leaf wrapped cake “Customers who order egg ants are mainly from the city because of their exotic and delicious cakes. If they eat less, they deposit 10 to try them. Eat more, they buy a few stakes to eat gradually. Sales but I still recommend, women who are allergic to pupae, bees should consider before eating this kind of cake ”, Ms. Thuy noted. As a person who has been to Bac Kan many times in May of solar calendar, Mrs. Thu Hoa in La Khe, Ha Dong, Hanoi many times has enjoyed this interesting ant egg cake. This year, because she could not go to Bac Kan, Hoa saw a small trader selling this kind of cake online immediately ordered 3 piles of cakes (10 each) to the whole restaurant. “I eat this kind of cake a lot so I know well, not all ant eggs are selected for baking. Bac Kan people only find big black ants to nest on branches and high cliffs because eggs are usually delicious and clean. Our whole family is addicted to eating this kind of cake, “said Hoa.

With the number of tourists booking a booming tour not only on the occasion of April 30, May 1 and summer tours, Da Nang tourism and travel businesses are actively building new products, unique tours, adding more service … to prepare to welcome guests. Facing the positive signal of the revival of the tourism industry, Son Tra – the largest night market in Da Nang – bustles again after a long period of unsteady activities, small traders “struggling” to stick to the COVID-19 . As noted by PV VTC News, at the end of March and early April 2021, the atmosphere at Son Tra night market was bustling again, especially on weekends. If only 1 month ago, each night, there were only a few dozen booths of small merchants with lights hanging on to “relieve sadness”, now it would be crowded. Mr. Do Ngoc Thi Ca – Director of Da Nang DHTC Company, the unit that manages and operates the Son Tra night market – said that the impact of COVID-19 epidemic caused the number of visitors to the night market to decline seriously. In 2020, the market will only operate for about 4 months. However, the first half of March 2021 has been very prosperous up to now. Usually about 60% of the number of stores are active on weekdays, about 90% on weekends. According to Mr. Cao Tri Dung, Chairman of Da Nang Tourism Association, this local tourism business community is ready to reopen all services. “We are committed to making tourists see an always new Da Nang,” said Dung. Son Tra night market food stall is bustling again when domestic tourists from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces in the country are choosing Da Nang as the destination. Check-in point at Son Tra night market attracts many people to have fun, take souvenir photos every night, especially on weekend nights. The revived night market, not only does small business Da Nang light up to serve the people and tourists, but also attracts foreigners to register to participate in business. “In the coming time, Son Tra night market will rearrange the products, supplementing many industries that are not available, with the spearhead of typical products from Quang Nam, Da Nang, Gia Lai. The Market Management Board will pilot the “Standard Specialty” booth with many combo full of specialties, reasonably designed to be gifts, packed in novel ways, fully packed at the production place, with brand logos. brand to create trust for customers. goods “, Mr. Ca said.

Ms. Huong, a small trader selling floating cake flour, longtime vegetarian cakes in Ha Dong market, shared that she often sells spring rolls and chicken cereal every day. But on occasions such as the full moon of January, the Han Thuc New Year, her family took advantage of selling floating dough and fresh vegetarian cakes. “My house has been sold here for many years, so it has a certain number of patrons. Moreover, Ha Dong market is a central market, with a lot of people around here, so every afternoon comes a crowded market. Not to mention, on the 3rd March of the lunar calendar, most families still keep the custom of making floating cakes and vegetarian cakes to make offerings to their ancestors. Because of that, my house is always full of customers these days, ”Ms. Huong said. In the evening before the real Korean New Year, people still take advantage of buying flour to make floating cakes, vegetarian cakes. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) Many people remain loyal to the traditional white sticky rice powder. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) Thanks to that, many small businesses can sell even weights on this Tet holiday. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) This small trader said that the vegetarian cake dough is made entirely from fresh glutinous rice flour. In addition, Ms. Huong also sells other ingredients such as sugar filling, green bean paste, sesame seeds, grated coconut … Customers who buy just shape as they like, then bring the boiled dough to have a plate of cake. drifting, delicious vegetarian cake. Ms. Huong confided that a day earlier, and on the Han Thuc New Year, every day, her family sold about 2 quintals of flour to make floating cakes and vegetarian cakes. “On the 1st, my family sold 1 quintal of flour, on the second day, we sold 2 quintals. On the 3rd, my family plans to sell 2 more quintals of flour. This year, the 3rd March of the lunar calendar falls on a weekday, everyone still has to go to work. But because baking is very fast, the ingredients are simple and complete, so most families still buy flour to make incense in the early morning or evening, ”she said. In addition to selling floating cake flour and perennial vegetarian cakes at Ha Dong market, Ms. Huong’s family also sells ready-made sticky rice and chicken offerings to serve the needs of customers. So on this occasion, to serve customers quickly, she had to mobilize the whole family to sell goods so that customers did not have to wait long. Although there are no stalls to sell like Ms. Huong, but Ms. Le Thi Nghi, another small merchant, always sells floating cakes and vegetarian cakes at a corner of Ha Dong market. In addition to glutinous rice flour, housewives often buy more sugar, coconut, sesame seeds, … (Photo: Thao Nguyen) These are indispensable ingredients when making floating cakes, vegetarian cakes. (Photo: Thao Nguyen) Ms. Nghi shared that, although she does not sell regular goods at the market, every year she also sells floating cake flour and vegetarian cakes. Although nowadays, there are many eye-catching types of floating five-color floating cakes, floating cakes with funny shapes, but the floating dough and traditional white vegetarian cakes are still popular with many people. She explained, many customers are still afraid that the five-color powder available at online stores contains color products, which do not ensure food safety and hygiene and are difficult to control the origin. Therefore, customers in local markets still like to buy the traditional white vegetarian pastry pastry flour. A kilogram of white floating cake flour in Ha Dong market is currently priced at 35,000 VND. If customers want to buy more sugar cane, sesame, fresh coconut, green bean paste, vegetarian cake cooking water, depending on their needs, they will have to pay about 15,000-30,000 VND more to have enough ingredients to make floating cakes. Ms. Hoang Thi Van from Le Hong Phong (Ha Dong, Hanoi) this afternoon, coming home from work, went to Ha Dong market to buy 2kg of flour for making floating cakes, and vegetarian cakes to worship the Han Thuc Tet holiday. “I bought 2 kg of fresh white sticky rice powder for 70,000 VND and another 30,000 VND to buy some sugar cane, sesame, fresh coconut, green bean paste. I put the glutinous dough in the fridge and soon tomorrow, all I have to do is get up and squeeze it and boil it. Due to the early morning of the 3rd March of the lunar calendar, the market was very crowded, so she took the opportunity to buy it right from the evening before. This year, although the vegetarian cake flour market has many designs and colors, Ms. Van is still loyal to the traditional white dough of a longtime cake stall to ensure food safety.

According to small traders, this year, the price of plums at the beginning of the season is lower than that of the same period last year. At a fruit stall of Ms. Lan at Nga Tu So market (Dong Da, Hanoi) the cheapest plum price ranges from 110,000 to 140,000 VND / kg. Plums are selected carefully, with larger red and more beautiful fruit, the price is 150,000 VND / kg. Some fruit shops, street vendors are selling plums at the beginning of the season with a price ranging from 120,000 to 150,000 VND / kg. Photo: TT “This price is 3-4 times more expensive in the main season, but still cheaper than this time last year. Last year I imported every day to sell out every day, but this year the purchasing power of the people is worse”, She shared and said that the customers who buy plums at the beginning of the season are mainly office sisters. This trader said that it takes about a month to wait for plums to come into the main season. At that time, the price will drop much, the fruit will be red, and eat better. Similarly, Ms. Ha, small trader at Nghia Tan market (Cau Giay, Hanoi), said that the main season of plum season must be from mid-May to early June. This time is the type of plum at the beginning of the season, so the quantity is scarce, the fruit is not yet really delicious and the price is many times higher. Selling plums along Pham Van Bach street (Cau Giay, Hanoi), Ms. Hoa also shared: “Plums are cheaper this year than last year because of the Covid-19 epidemic, people have limited spending. However, despite being cheap but still low, I can only sell about 5 kg a day. Plums are not only sold at local markets, but also at the beginning of the season, many people advertise cheaply on forums on the online market with an average selling price of 70,000-120,000 VND / kg. “This plum I got from an acquaintance in Moc Chau, Son La. Plums at the beginning of the season have a very sour taste, so they are picky ”, Ms. Uyen (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi), who sells this item online, shares. In addition, she also made pickled plum salted and chili to meet the needs of customers. “The plum this season is very sour and acrid, so I make it into different snacks. Women who have any need, just notice, I will do exactly like that “, she said. According to many people, 150,000 VND for a kilogram of plum is still an expensive price, they just “press the belly” to buy a few ounces to eat to reduce cravings. Just bought 3 ounces of plums, Ms. Linh (Dong Da, Hanoi) shared: “Plum prices at the beginning of the season are often very expensive. Although this plum is a bit sour and acrid, even the young fruit is still bitter, but it is suitable for my taste of sour food ”.

As noted by PV, on streets and markets in Hanoi, small merchants sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients very early to serve the people.

This year, the real Korean New Year falls on Wednesday, so the housewives also get up early to buy floating cakes, and offer them to the family altar.

From the big street to the small street, from the big market to the toad market, people are always busy with buyers and sellers.

There are also a number of people who are not in the profession, but take advantage of the large facade and available cooking space to make vegetarian cakes for profit.

Ms. Hoa, who sells floating cakes at Nghia Tan market, shared: “The Korean New Year is really a special holiday of the year. Knowing I make cakes for sale, the sisters in the two paternal and maternal families also joined in to help. I love this traditional cultural beauty, so I just like the white cake to serve visitors and the people around “.

To prepare for the main holiday, Ms. Hang (Hanoi) and everyone in her family decided to make cakes overnight. “My sisters and I stayed up all night making cakes. Because this year Korean New Year really does not fall on a weekend, we have to take advantage of making it so that customers order cakes early, then they even take advantage of work to make it in time. “, Ms. Hang shared.

As noted, the shopping atmosphere at the local markets is much more bustling than this day.

Every row of floating cakes must have up to 2-3 people to serve.

Everyone hurriedly took advantage of buying ceremonies early in the morning so that they could work on time.

Carrying armpit bags carrying large and small bags of floating cakes, vegetarian food.

The set of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes have been cooked, customers just need to buy and arrange them to the altar.

According to research, the price of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes today are still the same price compared to normal days. A plate of floating cake costs 10,000-15,000 VND depending on the size of the plate. Vegetarian cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate.

With five colors drift cake will cost 20,000 VND / plate.

In addition to buying floating cakes and boiled vegetarian cakes, many housewives also buy ready-made cake dough to go home to cook for themselves.

The batches of cakes are continuously made evenly by the small trader to provide for customers.

Every Korean New Year is the same, despite the hard work, everyone, everyone in the family is always trying to make this holiday special, gather with family, join in the direction of the roots and express their sincerity. respect to the deceased./.

Floating cake stall, vegetarian cake at Phung Khoang market.

This year, the market for floating cakes and vegetarian cakes has also been created with many eye-catching colors by the sellers. A bakery trader at Ha Dong market said: This year, she mixed the flour with the colors of vegetables, roots, fruits such as Gac, sticky leaves, and mint leaves, for making cakes float, vegetarian cakes more lively. color, usually 5 colors corresponding to 5 colors of the five elements of feng shui. The prices of colored bakery products are also more expensive than those of white cakes.
The price for each plate, cup of white cake is from 7,000 – 10,000 VND / plate, cup, depending on the market and the plate is big or small. If the cake is colored, it will be more expensive from 3,000 – 5,000 VND / plate and cup.
In addition to selling cakes, small businesses also sell flour and the accompanying ingredients such as broken sugar, green beans, grated coconut, and roasted sesame seeds. Each kg of flour with accompanying ingredients is priced from 65,000 – 70,000 VND.

In this day, people in addition to buy or make floating cakes, vegetarian cakes also cook bee tea, or the grandmother’s tea to offer to their ancestors. To meet this demand of customers, some products also sell sweetened tea …

Some pictures of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes on the real Korean New Year:

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes at Ha Dong market. Traders put goods in glass cases to ensure food safety.

Making colorful cakes to serve the consumer needs of customers.

The natural color cake is more expensive than the white one.

A businessman selling vegetarian cakes and vegetarian cakes in Thanh Cong.

White cake flour, colored cakes are enough to meet the buying needs of customers.

Each cup / plate of cake costs from 7,000 – 10,000 VND, depending on the market, and according to the cup / plate big or small.

In addition to making cakes for sale, many small businesses also make sweet soup to meet the consumption needs of customers.

People casually choose, buy and sell on the sidelines of Highway 15B.

This spontaneous sale area usually takes place in the afternoon, especially after the end.

Highway 15B passing through this area has a large traffic density, so the fair not only endangers traffic participants, but also endangers the buyers and sellers here.

Corridors and margins of national highway 15B were encroached upon.

A small trader said: “It has been sold here for a long time, so some customers know it, now it is difficult to go to other places to sell. People buy and buy, stop by and buy a little bit is done ”.

Ms. Hoang Nhu Nguyet – a resident living near the market area said: “When there is a competent force to remind and handle, small businesses move deep inside, but, when the competent forces leave, the people Again encroaching on sidewalks, roadbeds for sale. This situation has been repeated for many years, causing loss of aesthetics and a high potential risk of loss of traffic safety ”.

The stopped cars were parked on both sides, encroaching in the middle of the roadway.

Through understanding, local authorities and functional forces have repeatedly organized to restore order in this area, but up to now, the situation of gathering and encroaching on Highway 15B has not been resolved. finish.