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

Ms. Tran Thuy, an account specializing in selling cicada nymphs in Hanoi, said this year the price of cicada nymphs has decreased compared to last year. “In 2020, there is a time when the price of cicadas up to 450,000-500,000 VND / kg, still not enough to sell, but this year the price of this item tends to be cheaper,” she said. According to her, from the end of April to the beginning of May, the cicadas are in the infancy stage and have not yet grown wings. “At this time, the nymphs are fat, soft, and fragrant,” Thuy said. In recent years, cicadas pupae have become a special specialty for many people as well as restaurants and pubs. Photo: Ha Tran. This dealer said that cicada nymphs each time in the season are very attractive to buyers, especially drinkers. “Many people buy a kilo to try and then order another 2.3 kg,” she said, saying that at the beginning of the season, the price is quite high, in the middle and the end of the season, the price will cool down. At her shop, type 1 vacuum cicadas pupae cost 400,000 VND / kg, type 2 costs 300,000 VND / kg. Explaining the reason why cicadas nymphs are quite expensive, she said: “Because the process of hunting cicadas is very complicated and takes a lot of time during the night, sometimes it takes to go all night to hunt one kg of nymphs, so there is a price. high”. Similarly, Ms. Bui Vinh (Dong Phu, Binh Phuoc) said that cicada nymphs at the beginning of the season have just molted, the cicada’s body is still very young and newly emerging wings are difficult to catch, so they are rare and high priced. “In the past, people mainly collected nymphs to eat, but gradually the market demand was increasing so they started to pupate them for sale,” she said. Ms. Vinh said that the cicadas that came from the ground up and clung to the tree trunk after 5-7 minutes will molt, then I just need to light the lamp and catch. After getting soaked in salt water for 20-30 minutes, then remove the wings, cover with boiling water once and rinse. “Every season, my neighbors and I go together to catch nymphs and sell to earn extra income. Just a flashlight and a bucket of clean water diluted with salt can go hunting nymphs,” she said. Currently a kg of cicada nymphs she sells wholesale prices ranging from 190,000 to 250,000 VND / kg, depending on the type and time. “Customers, pubs often have to pre-order to have products. Many days, I cannot sell enough goods,” said the trader. Cicada nymphs do quite a lot of delicious dishes that are loved by many people. Photo: Chu Hanh. Roasted cicada pupa with lemon leaves is a favorite dish every summer for many people drinking. “During a drink, I was introduced to this dish by a friend, so I became addicted since then, every year to season, I find people to order”, Mr. Dung (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) shared. “One kg of young mite pupae is quite a lot, I buy 2.3 kg ready to divide into small bags for the refrigerator to eat gradually, each bag about 200-250 grams of processing up to be filled with a plate,” he said. Although it is a strange product sought by many drinkers, users should be careful when choosing, preliminarily processing and processing cicadas nymphs to avoid harm to their health. Before that, in May 2019 in Quang Ninh, a man was hospitalized with anaphylactic shock after drinking alcohol and eating cicadas. Doctors diagnose the patient with degree III anaphylaxis due to eating cicadas, emergency treatment according to anaphylactic shock regimen. Notably, a man in Binh Phuoc died from eating young cicadas in May 2014. According to some experts, cicada nymphs live in the soil environment, so there is a high risk of infection and parasitic fungus. In particular, some poisonous mushrooms are dangerous to users. Therefore, people should use caution.

One sunny afternoon, surfing through Facebook, I accidentally saw an article selling digging seeds. Childhood memories with peach picking summer noonas appeared right in front of my eyes. That day, in Pho Cuong (Duc Pho), my hometown, each house had at least a few trees. Peaches are easy to grow, with little maintenance, so it is especially suitable for the arid land of my hometown. The Lunar New Year has passed. In the February of lunar year every year, when the weather is warm, it is also the time for the trees to bear fruit. Although not sweet and easy to eat like other fruits, peaches are very attractive. Then when summer comes, our children are again eagerly facing the plump peach bunches, dangling from the branches. When ripe, peaches emit a very attractive aroma. So instead of getting tired of looking for peaches, we often walk around the garden, stand under the peaches to inhale to, where there is a fragrant peach smell, we know there are delicious fruits waiting for us to enjoy. The nut is divided into two parts: the seed and the fruit. Fruit eaten will have a sour taste, sweet sweet, slightly acrid. If you eat a lot, you still feel your tongue hurt. Especially eating peaches is easy to choke. Every time I saw me picking peach trees, my grandmother always told me to cut peaches into small pieces and squeeze out the water to remove choking and not to eat too much, lest my tongue get sick. However, my joy is to hold a large peach, dab in a bowl of salt and chilli and bite a piece of the teeth, then choke many times because of the peach juice. Although not sweet and easy to eat like other fruits, peaches are very attractive. Nuts are initially green, but when ripe, they can be yellow, pink, or red, depending on the variety. Whatever the color, the peach flavor is the same. The tree is planted with nuts mainly. Many ripe fruit trees fall in the orchard and whoever wants to eat the fruit, they just need to leave the seeds. So our children back then often gathered around the neighborhood to look for a basket of peaches of all kinds of beautiful colors to bring back. After eating, many new children discovered that they did not carefully fill the clothes with water, and then they were full because the clothes with peach pus did not come out much wash. Besides the fruit, peach seeds are also a very high-class dish. Every time she goes around the garden, she picks up peach seeds and waits for the day to sell, I often spend a small handful of fresh peach seeds. Put the peach seeds in the stove to burn back ashes. After little by little of the peach oil was burned and sizzled, the aroma gradually emitted that the seeds were ripe. Use a pearberry tree to hold peach seeds from the fire and then smash the outer shell to have a crisp, fragrant, delicious cashew nut that people often process canned and sold at a high price. A special feature of the peach tree that I like very much is the melted sap tree. In the summer noon, besides picking fruit and picking peaches, I often go to the big old peach stumps, a hug can’t help. Then notice if any ticks are disguising themselves on the peach stump or if there is a tree stump that is melting sap. The beautiful, frozen, orange-yellow peach resin droplets as well as the cicadas are a precious gift that any child would love at that time. Now, the children who used to walk around looking for peaches in the past have all grown up. The child is still in the countryside, who has moved to other cities for a living. The old peach gardens have also gradually thinned, giving way to other fruit trees or trees. But those years of peaches will forever be engraved in our memories with each sweet, sour, acrid and faint aroma of acerola.

While Vietnamese beef is sold at traditional markets for between 250,000 and 350,000 VND / kg, Australian beef sold in supermarkets or import shops has a price of between 350,000-800,000 VND / kg, on the internet market, Australian beef core is being sold at startlingly cheap prices, only 120,000 VND / kg. Saying the reason why the price of Australian beef is cheaper than the price of pork on the market, the traders of this commodity said that because they import large quantities in containers, the price is cheaper, especially this occasion is discharging the warehouse to import new batches. so the price is also much lower than before Tet. But Mr. Tran Minh Phu, owner of a chain of 10 food stores, said on Dan Viet Newspaper, this is Indian buffalo meat or sow pork that is enchanted into beef for profit. This type imported to Vietnam only costs 30,000-50,000 VND / kg, has a color and taste not much different from beef. The truth is cheap Norwegian super brick crab Cheap Norwegian brown crab super cheap frozen goods Recently, the Norwegian brick crab (Norwegian brown crab), which is considered a high-end seafood line in the world, has recently been sold for only 290-350,000 VND / kg, half the price of Ca Mau crab. Because of the cheap price, Norwegian brown crabs were massively bought by housewives. However, according to the knowledge and life, the cheap super-brick Norwegian brown crabs are frozen, no longer chewy, fragrant, and sweet like fresh crabs. Cicadas cost half a million VND 1kg, crab prices increased Cicada is a popular dish in many rural areas. Recently, this dish has suddenly become popular, becoming an expensive specialty that many people seek to buy. According to a survey by PV Dan Tri, 1kg of cicadas is for sale at prices ranging from 300,000-500,000 VND / kg, if customers want to buy a lot, they must order a few days in advance. Meanwhile, in Nghe An, the price of copper crab is currently increasing. Traders buy crabs from VND 50,000-70,000 / kg. Seeing high prices, many people in Yen Thanh district rushed to catch crabs to sell. Watermelon price increases in Binh Dinh Dan Tri newspaper said, traders buy watermelon in Binh Dinh for 6,000-7,000 VND / kg. This is a price that farmers are quite profitable so melon growers are very excited, no longer worry about “rescue”. In Binh Dinh, watermelon is an unplanned crop and is not encouraged to grow because the output is not stable. The area of ​​watermelon planted in this province is up to thousands of hectares every year. The concern is that watermelons in Binh Dinh are rarely sold in the domestic market because they cannot compete with watermelons grown in the South. Therefore, the output is mainly based on the Chinese market, so the price is unstable. Air conditioning, fan, luxury TV sharply discount In order to attract the attention of pedestrians, many supermarkets and electronics centers in Ho Chi Minh City have brought air-conditioning products, air-conditioning fans to the pavement, and hung promotional banners, up to a discount. 50%. Customers who buy air conditioning at this time do not have to pay fees for materials and installation. Some electric supermarkets display air-conditioning fans at the entrance to attract customers Meanwhile, in the North, just in the early summer, many electronics stores and supermarkets have launched promotions, great discounts, especially with air-conditioners, air conditioners, refrigerators, … Air-conditioning fan models of familiar brands such as Kangaroo, Saiko, Sunhouse, Sowun, … are discounted by half, only 1.8-2.5 million VND / product. Electronic supermarkets are also launching many promotions for television products, in which, luxury TV models are reduced up to 50% of the selling price to push inventory, outdated. Foreign goods poured in, cashew nuts dropped in record prices In the first three months of the year, Vietnam imported 539,000 tons of cashew nuts with a value of up to 839 million USD, up 174.2% in volume and 171.5% in value over the same period last year. Particularly in March 2021, cashew imports increased sharply, up to 300,000 tons, worth $ 490 million. Meanwhile, domestic cashew prices are falling sharply, gardeners face the risk of loss of income. At present, the price of cashew nuts in Binh Phuoc is reduced to only 21,000-23,500 VND / kg. In Dong Nai, the price of fresh cashew also dropped deeply. South Australia lobster costs nearly tens of million / unit still expensive South Australia lobster has a beautiful red color, large weight, from 2-5 kg ​​/ head. Recently, this is one of the items that many customers are looking to buy. South Australia Red Lobster. At some seafood stores, South Australian lobster has a selling price of 2-2.5 million VND / kg. Due to the nature of farming and fishing in the wild, Australian lobster is of high quality. This type of shrimp has firm, sweet meat and is rich in nutrients. ‘Stork’ presses rice prices, farmers like ‘sitting on a fire’ According to Dan Tri Newspaper, these days, farmers in many localities of Soc Trang province are very anxious because the rice has been ripe but cannot be sold because the price “plunges” suddenly due to the situation of “storks” of forced manipulation. rice prices. Mr. Nguyen Van Khuyen (a farmer living in Thanh Tri district, Soc Trang province) said that many local farmers do not sell ST24 rice to “storks” and traders because the price of paddy is only 6,000 VND / kg, a decrease of 1,000. VND / kg compared to half a month ago. At this price, people will not earn much interest. Ca cuong costs 3.5 million / kg still expensive Ca cuong looks like a cockroach In the past, such insects as crickets and stink bugs were once popular with many people, but now families have the opportunity to hunt for ca cuong. Looking at the appearance, Ca cuong looks like cockroaches. But because the body carries rare essential oils, so many people prefer to buy Ca cuong. Despite the expensive price, up to nearly 4-5 million VND / kg, many people are willing to spend money to buy more flavor for the dish. In addition to whole fresh Ca cuong, the products extracted from Ca cuong are also quite expensive, although the price is not cheap, such as: whole tomato fish sauce (soaking 10 males) 500,000 VND / bottle, tomato essential oil. stalk 300,000 VND / bottle, Ca cuong wine 1.2 million / 2 liter bottle. Rushing to travel April 30 to May 1: Aviation “burned” tickets, tour companies closed On April 30 to May 1, people all over the country rushed to travel, the demand for air tickets skyrocketed. Although the airlines continuously increase the load on the travel routes, many newly opened flights have sold out. For the railway, the holidays April 30 and May 1, train passengers also increased strongly. To serve the people, in addition to the 3 pairs of Thong Nhat passenger trains that run daily, including SE3 / SE4, SE5 / SE6, SE7 / SE8, the railway industry organizes more trains to Da Nang. According to travel companies, up to this point, a number of famous tourist destinations such as Ha Long, Sa Pa, Ly Son, … customers have fully booked the service. Some units also close the book, lock the tour from April 30 to May 1, not receive more guests from last week. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

I still remember the first time I saw him was during a shower in the beginning of Ha at a small bus stop on the way to town. That day he wore white glasses and a brown backpack on one shoulder. He was very beautiful that day, like a lacquer painting with harmonious overall lines, a blue shirt and mature black jeans, and his ears with headphones muttering to a song of unknown name.

The 15-year-old’s heart has been stolen since then.

There is a guy who stole my heart. (Artwork: Movie “Love Alarm”)

That summer was different from other summers. I quietly woke up early in the morning, waiting for the bus to go to school with him in town. He followed from the bus stop to the school he attended, and then faltered until his shadow was lost from the crimson phoenixes.

Fortunately, your school is next to mine, and since then I went to school very early so I took advantage of studying before going to class. Romance so grows up by day, according to the cicadas on the tall branches of the trees carry sad songs to the heart.

This summer is special when not only the showers bring nostalgia but also the golden sunny days at the bus stop. The lovely bus trips carry the silhouette of a young man, although he has never been known by his name. I still hold that figure in the deepest corner of my heart, to feel more peaceful than ever. The times when he was tired of eating a loaf to make it in time for the car to run, the mornings when his face was cold and pale from sleep, was the textbook he held in his hand to take advantage of to review the lesson before the important exam. school …

No one falls in love because of being loved, or falling in love just because of rejection. (Artwork: Movie “Love Alarm”)

My best friend once said, “Are you going to love unrequitedly forever?”. I just smile because I don’t understand myself. Love is sometimes the inexplicable arguments of the heart. No one falls in love because of being loved or falling in love just because of rejection. My love is simply seeing you every day, no noise, no flashiness. My love is quiet but sincere like long sand on the sea but by no means not strong or deep. I like you and I wish you happiness. When I see him happy, I feel happy, when he is sad, I can feel the sadness present on myself. You are the gift that God has given me and whether I am lucky or not I still accept it with all my sincerity.

Then, Ha gave way to the Autumn winds that enveloped the town, and I took a new level of education.

Fate set us up with a new story. (Artwork: Movie “Love Alarm”)

The high school was so close to home that I no longer needed to go to the bus stop to pick up the bus every day. I don’t see you on the bus anymore. But fate arranged for us in an unexpectedly random way.

You are right beside me right now, your hand is in mine. Maybe I couldn’t believe the guy I had been looking forward to all summer was my tablemate when I was in 10th grade.

Destiny not only unites us at the bus stop, but also our future lives. He was also surprised when the girl sitting at the table was the same old girl waiting for the same bus. You said you noticed when I followed you to school. At first, I felt annoyed, but later I got used to it. And now we will continue to write our life story for the coming summers. Those were summers without loneliness, because we were together.

And the coming summers will no longer be lonely. (Artwork: Movie “Love Alarm”)

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