Mulberry skin – in the local language of Ha Tinh is elm skin. This is a woody fruit tree, appearing a lot in highland areas in mountainous districts such as Huong Son, Huong Khe. With the characteristic that the results are chained on the stem from the root to the top, the mulberry tree in the fruit season is very beautiful, chosen by many families to grow as an ornamental tree. Mulberry is usually ripe around June, lasts until July, August of the solar calendar… mid-May has begun to have ripe fruit. The young skinned berries are dark red or dark green, but when ripe, the skin turns ivory white, apricot yellow and has a sweet and sour taste. The mulberry tree trunks are filled with tens of thousands of fruits, making both growers and guests feel good. Mr. Tran Van Ky’s house (residing in Ha Linh commune, Huong Khe district) can grow 17 roots of mulberry skin, in the crop every day, traders come to ask to buy. These mulberry roots have been planted since 1980, each crop gives an income of tens of millions of dong. Each root averages from 1.5-2 quintals of fruit. The current selling price is from 25 to 30 thousand VND/kg, bought by small traders in the garden. As Mr. Ky shared, when the harvest is complete, he will weed, dig the soil and dig a deep hole near the base of the mulberry tree to fertilize. The characteristic of this plant is that it loves water, so this area is flooded every year, it is alluvial, so the tree grows well. No need for sophisticated care, on this occasion Mr. Ky’s family has harvested from 3 million VND or more each. The fruiting stem starts from the root to the tip. As Mr. Ky shared, there were many guests who came to pay more than tens of millions of dollars for a mulberry tree that is over 40 years old, but he still did not sell it. The mulberry tree stumps are decades old, not only economic in fruit collection, but also sought after by many people to buy. The berries are plump, ripe, waiting to be harvested. The fruit grows from the base to the top of the tree. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa (Ha Linh commune) also has a mulberry tree that is decades old at the time of fruit harvest. Ms. Hoa said that in previous years, this root yielded more than 2 quintals of fruit, but this year the harvest is more likely. “Strawberry has many different kinds of fruit, some trees give red fruit, but there are white fruit trees. On this occasion, people come to buy a lot, they will climb up to pick, then come down at the yard to weigh and charge. Like this original, someone came to pay tens of millions and did not sell. Because I want to keep it for my children and grandchildren, I have a few million silver coins here every year,” said Mrs. Hoa. On this occasion, Ms. Tran Thi Ha (resident of Huong Khe district) often goes to houses with skins to buy and sell. She said, usually traders will choose the sweetest, most delicious root to buy, the price is offered by the grower. “The strawberry skin is harvested in about 20 days, and customers buy a lot. Some people buy a whole weight and take it to Hanoi and Saigon to give it,” said Ms. Ha. The berries are picked and put on the street for sale.

Especially, in the first quarter of this year, Vietnam’s mango exports earned 125.2 million USD, up 30.6% over the same period in 2020. However, these days, the price of mangoes at the market has dropped sharply. For example: An Giang low-seeded mangoes are reduced to 9,000-15,000 VND/kg depending on the type, many places sell for 15,000 VND/kg, Vip Taiwanese mangoes are only 7,000 VND/kg, Australian mangoes are advertised. As for export goods, the price has also decreased to 15,000 VND/kg,… Not only that, mangoes are also landing in the markets in extremely large quantities. So, on the “online market” instead of selling by weight as before, mangoes are now sold in sets of several pounds or sold in boxes. Mangoes are being sold on the “web market” for as cheap as vegetables Wholesalers said that currently Vietnamese mangoes are as cheap as vegetables, retail by weight, shipping is more expensive than mangoes. So, they switched to selling in sets of a few pounds or in boxes for convenience. Ordering a whole box of 15kg Taiwanese mangoes for only 95,000 VND, Ms. Doan Thi Thanh Hai from Nguyen Cong Hoan (Ba Dinh, Hanoi), said: “A box for only 95,000 VND, the price is only about 6,700 VND/ kg”. According to Ms. Hai, in the past, she often had to buy Taiwanese mangoes with flat seeds at the price of 35,000-45,000 VND/kg depending on the time. 4 days ago, she also ordered Australian mango with large fruit, red skin, ripe yellow inside, sweet and delicious, priced at only 15,000 VND/kg. “In previous years, Vietnamese mangoes were usually more expensive,. And now the opposite. At the market, Chinese mini mangoes cost up to 25,000-30,000 VND/kg, while Vietnamese mangoes are as cheap as vegetables,” she commented. Therefore, on this occasion, Ms. Hai did not buy foreign fruits anymore, but switched to buying Vietnamese mangoes to support farmers to consume products. The retail price of mangoes at the market mostly fell to less than 10,000 VND/kg (photo: BH) On the “online market”, Vietnamese mangoes are also crowded with customers because the price is so cheap. Most women choose to buy in boxes of 9-15 kg/barrel because the price is cheaper than buying in sets, 3-5 kg/set, depending on the type. Talk to PV. VietNamNet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy – a large online fruit seller in Cau Giay (Hanoi) admitted that on this occasion most mango prices have dropped sharply. Some are halved, some are now only 1/3 of what they used to be. Ms. Thuy said that on this occasion, she sells many kinds of mangoes such as: acacia mango, Australian mango, Taiwanese mango, flat-seeded mango, etc. However, each time she imports a different type of mango for customers to choose from. . Mangoes do not retail 1-2kg as before, but are divided into 5kg bags or sold in boxes of 9-15kg. “Because of the unprecedented low price, on this occasion, the number of customers buying mangoes has increased dramatically,” she said and revealed that it is normal for her to consume about 1-2 tons of mangoes a day. One day, she sold out more than 3 tons, because most of the customers bought by the box. Like last week, she sold out about 10 tons of mangoes of all kinds. On this occasion, the harvest season was in full swing with the Covid-19 epidemic, so the price of mangoes at the growers plummeted (photo: BH) Ms. Bui Thi Tram from Hoang Van Thai (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi), also said that in the past half month, she has consumed around 1 ton of low-seeded mangoes every day. “A lot of people will not believe it. But low-seeded mangoes are very cheap. Big and beautiful fruit is only 15,000 VND/kg I sell in sets of 5kg, customers buy less than 1 set, buy 2 sets more, so the amount of mangoes sold every day is very large,” she shared. Last April, many growers in An Giang and Long An said that mangoes were in the harvest season but faced difficulties in exporting due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, so the price plummeted. Ms. An, a mango farmer in Chau Doc (An Giang), lamented that if Hoa Loc mango was purchased for 40,000 VND/kg, now it only sells for 20,000 VND/kg, Thai mangoes are still sold. 15,000 VND/kg, Taiwanese mango varieties are sold at the garden for only 3,000 VND/kg. Traders buying mangoes in Long An also said that because mangoes in the southern provinces were in the midst of a busy harvest and encountered an epidemic, the price dropped. Accordingly, acacia mangoes reduced to 4,000-5,000 VND/kg, Cat Chu mango 9,000-10,000 VND/kg, Hoa Loc sand mango 15,000-17,000 VND/kg.

Not to mention, the time when snow crab legs are imported to Vietnam, the quantity of goods is scarce, so buyers often have to order a few days or a week in advance. However, these days, frozen Canadian snow crab legs are being sold in abundance at unprecedented prices. The sellers advertise, this type of crab legs is the leg plus body part from the snow crab. The weight of crab legs usually ranges from 3-4 clusters of legs/kg with prices ranging from 300,000 to 380,000 VND/kg. Frozen snow crab legs are being sold in the market (photo: NVCC) Because the price is cheaper than Vietnamese dong crabs, on this occasion, snow crab legs are favored by housewives, and some people even buy a whole 5kg box to be charged wholesale. Ms. Hoang Ngoc Anh from Kim Nguu (Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi) said that she has never been able to buy snow crab legs at such low prices as on this occasion. According to Anh, the long and big snow crab legs are the most delicious part of this crab. Remove the outer shell, the inside of the snow crab’s leg is full of white meat and has a sweet, chewy taste. Before, she had to buy it for nearly 800,000 VND/kg (4-5 foot clusters/kg), now it’s only 350,000 VND/kg (3 foot clusters/kg). “If this crab leg is roasted with tamarind, just cut it according to the leg joint or leave the roasted leg whole. And if to stir-fry pieces, make spring rolls, it’s easy to separate the meat inside because the crab legs are big,” she said. Her children quite like to eat crabs, so on this occasion, she often buys a whole 5kg carton, because buying a lot will be cheaper than buying individually by weight. Ms. Bui Le Phuong Thao in Phu Nhuan (HCMC) also said that recently, snow crab legs are not only cheap but also very easy to order. Imported snow crab legs are currently quite cheap (photo: NVCC) If before, if you want to enjoy steamed snow crab legs with salt and pepper, you usually have to order it at the marine store and then wait 2-3 days to have it. Now, eat as much as you want, order 30 minutes later, the crab legs have been delivered to your door. “Purchasing 1kg retail costs 400,000 VND, but buying 1 carton of 5 kg costs only 300,000 VND/kg, which is much cheaper than buying retail. Moreover, the store also offers free shipping,” she said. Talk to PV. VietNamNet, Mr. Dinh Cong Tuan – the focal point of selling imported snow crab legs in District 2 (HCMC) – shared, the supply is abundant, the imported goods to Vietnam are many, so the price has dropped sharply. He is retailing snow crab legs with 3 clusters of legs/kg for 420,000 VND/kg, and wholesales 1 carton of 5 kg for 300,000 VND/kg. According to him, snow crab legs are extremely popular because not only restaurants and eateries buy for processing, but retail customers also buy a lot to eat. Like today, both wholesale and retail increased dramatically, he consumed nearly 4 quintals of crab legs. If calculated by week, the amount of crab legs sold from 1-1.5 tons. Imported crab legs are being bought by housewives (photo: NVCC) Ms. Pham Thuy Lien – wholesaler of imported seafood in Phu Nhuan (HCMC) said that there are two types of snow crabs imported into Vietnam, which are from Japan and Canada. However, seafood traders like her often choose goods imported from Canada because they have good prices and the supply is also more abundant than Japanese goods. In particular, compared to the expensive imported whole, snow crab legs are much cheaper. Compared to other types of crab legs, snow crab legs are very cheap, even cheaper than Vietnamese crab legs. In Canada, fresh snow crabs after being caught on the shore will be split in half, including the crab legs and half of the body (legs) stored at -18 degrees in accordance with the standards to keep the sweetness and aroma of the crab meat. Imported goods will be packed in cartons weighing 5kg. On this occasion, affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, many restaurants and shops were closed, so in addition to wholesale, she also “tears” retail goods. Fortunately, this time the price of crab legs cooled down, people bought more to eat. Therefore, the amount of crabs consumed per day is still increasing quite strongly. Accordingly, the batch of 5 quintal crab legs imported last week, so far, only has about 15 boxes left, Ms. Lien said.

So, at this time in 2019, the world of lotus lovers stirred when the image appeared on social networks of a type of 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. At that time, the lotus variety caused fever and was planted by many people. A lotus seed of a thousand petals has a price ranging from 400,000 to 500,000 VND, and a lotus pot of this type costs up to a million VND. A few years ago, the lotus flower with thousand petals was introduced to Vietnam, planted by flower lovers as ornamental flowers (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) At this time, instead of selling plants or bulbs, on the “internet market”, many people sell flower cut flowers like other traditional lotus. However, 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. Not to mention, people who love this type of lotus still have to “lay bricks” for 4-7 days to have them. Even in bad weather, you have to order about 2 weeks in advance. Ms. Doan Thi Thanh Huong from Vuong Thua Vu (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) admitted, in order to buy 5 thousand-petaled lotus, she had to search all over the sale of fresh flowers on the “online market”. If you can find a sale, you have to go to a 3rd seller to order because the number of customers is too much, while the flower is limited. Therefore, she had to wait exactly a week to receive the lotus flowers. Flowers are quite expensive, she has to spend 200,000 VND to buy 5 flowers. But when you receive the goods, you are very satisfied. The lotus is in beautiful color, plugged into the vase. Up to now, the flower is still fresh and blooming on the 4th day. In particular, they have a very pleasant aroma. On this occasion, a thousand petals lotus is planted to cut flowers like ordinary lotus (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) This lotus type has large outer layers, inside there are many small layers (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) On the forums of the love of fresh flowers, netizens are searching for the address to sell thousands of petals to buy and plug. Because, this type of lotus appeared in our country for a few years now, but rarely has new flowers sold like this occasion. Talk to PV. VietNamNet, Ms. Truong Dieu Anh – the focal point selling fresh flowers in Ha Dong (Hanoi) – said that this year is the second year she sells thousand petals, but the supply of this kind of lotus is still quite rare in the market. According to Anh, in the past, flower lovers often had to buy tubers for planting. However, in recent years, gardeners have started to import Thailand’s thousand-petaled lotus seeds to plant to cut cotton for sale. She is importing a thousand petals from a lagoon in Nghe An. “Actually selling fresh flowers is just a part-time job. However, I always choose to sell exotic and beautiful flowers. The same is true of the thousand petals. To find a supply source, it took me quite a long time to find out that the lagoon growing this kind of lotus cut flowers to sell, ”she said. She also said, the dresser reporter flower output this year will be more. However, it will take two more weeks to start flowering. At that time, the amount of cut cotton will be available for retail and wholesale. At this time, the volume of goods is still quite modest, there are only 2 flights a week, customers who want to buy must book 3-5 days in advance. As the first phase, the quantity is only 30-60 flowers, and when it is blooming, it can cut about 100-150 cotton / day. In fact, how much or less cotton can cut depends on the weather. Because, if there is heavy rain, the lotus leaves wings, spoils all flowers and has to wait for the next batch. On the “online market”, the lotus is sold at a fairly expensive price (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) This flower is causing fever, many people buy and buy to play (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) Last year, the output was low, there was a period of heavy rain that affected lotus, customers who ordered flowers had to wait 1-2 weeks before she could return the goods, she shared. Ms. Luong Thi Thuy, owner of a fresh flower shop in Truong Dinh (Hoang Mai, Hanoi), added that this occasion just started the blooming lotus season so customers had to wait quite a long time. Like yesterday, she sold the first thousand petals. The number of cut-houses is estimated at only a few dozen flowers, but the number of lotus guests is set up to 250. Therefore, she has to arrange in order, the customer pre-order is delivered first. The rest of the guests are paid flowers in the next installments. However, with as much order as yesterday, she estimates that it takes about 2 weeks to pay all her orders. Mr. Dang Hoang Hiep in Quang Nam – one of the first people to successfully plant the thousand-petaled lotus in Vietnam – previously said that the thousand-petaled lotus has the feature of branches about 1.6m high, the diameter of the leaves equal to one arm span people. The flower is as big as an adult hand when it blooms. The outer layers are as large as ordinary lotus, the rest are countless layers of small oval petals arranged in dense inside, if you sit and count, each flower usually has 800-1,000 petals. It took 3 weeks from the time the bud started to bloom until it died.

Lilies are at their most beautiful, with branches up to a meter long, and are preferred by buyers to choose to place jars and jars. Shorter branches, from 50 – 80 cm, single cotton, the price difference is about 50,000 VND / bundle of 100 cotton. Cut flowers at the garden are available in bundles of 100 flowers, 10 boxes / bundle to be transported to the provinces. Lilies garden in Tay Tuu (Hanoi) in the very harvest Each year, lilies (also called lily West, cypress) bloom only once and are considered the symbolic flower for April. This season, people call it short, to distinguish it from Chinese trumpet. National planting year round, off season. Lilies are commented by the growers to be easy to care for and develop evenly, so they do not take the effort to prune. Each branch can give 2-5 flowers. In the flower village of Tay Tuu (Hanoi), lilies have been harvested since the beginning of March, and have now entered the main season. Each 100m2 garden here is expected to harvest about 2,000-3,000 flowers / day. The grower said that the flower season is estimated to last about 2 weeks. Flowers can stay up to 2 weeks, longer than most other fresh flowers. Flowers are priced according to cotton, 3-4 flowers are beautiful, the highest price is 10,000 VND / branch In addition to wholesaling for wholesalers, the lilies are also personally transported by growers to retail at the market, and to sell more on social networks. The average price at the markets is 2,000 VND / cotton, branches 3-4 cotton can be up to 10,000 VND / branch. On the online market, flowers are mainly displayed in bundles of 30-50-100 flowers, delivered to the place. The florists said that this year’s flower price is equivalent or even cheaper than last year’s flower season. Main season, flowers cheap to half compared to early season. Households who ring the tubers early, harvested from February, have better profits, because the early flowers in the season are good. Currently, some households also rent land in neighboring areas such as Ha Mo (Dan Phuong) to plant more lilies. The 3,500 garden of lilies “fever” on social networks On this occasion, flower lovers do not miss the opportunity, constantly sharing flower arrangements, displaying beautiful white blooming vases. In flower-loving associations, white trumpet color dominates many posts, from small and beautiful flower pots to hundred and thousand lilies and gardens all “cut the hearts” of netizens. Famous on social networks with the 200 square meter garden in the middle of the capital, each season, Ms. Tran Dieu Thuy (Ha Dong, Hanoi) wears a new coat for her flower garden. This April, Thuy herself planted 3,500 lilies. In order for the flowers to bloom beautifully, Ms. Thuy said, experience is that after 5 days of arranging, flowers need more nourishment, enough water to bloom. The master garden owner arranges flowers himself, happily welcoming his friends to take pictures every flower season In April flower season, Thuy’s garden is crowded with rafts to take pictures. 2,000 lilies in the garden, are the birthday gifts she received from friends. Thuy’s social media posts made netizens in awe. Not only funding, but the owner of the garden is also dedicated to taking care of the trees, creating a valuable green environment in the noisy city.

Illustration Recognition of the Economic & Urban correspondent in many streets of Hanoi such as Giang Vo, Phan Dinh Phung, Hoang Dao Thuy, Mai Xuan Thuong … lilies have begun to come down the street to serve the needs. of people. In 2020, due to the translation of Covid-19 trumpet is sold at the price of 100,000 – 120,000 VND / bundle of 50 flowers, but there are no customers to buy it, but this year it is only the harvest season, so the selling price is quite high. Currently, the wholesale price of short cotton lilies ranges from 200,000 to 250,000 VND / bundle of 100 flowers, for long cotton, the selling price is up to 300,000 VND / bundle of 100 cotton, retail buyers are priced from 20,000 – 40,000 VND / dozen (depending on on short cotton or long cotton). In addition to selling cotton, small traders also sell by branches, 50,000 VND / 10 branches, customers buy 20 branches at the price of 90,000 VND. Reality shows that playing trumpet is popular, but in order to have a beautiful vase of lilies, the buyer has to plug in 10 to 15 flowers or more, spending about 40,000 – 90,000 VND for our lilies and 60,000 – 100,000 VND for each. with western lilies.
Although the selling price is quite high, the purchasing power still increases strongly. Small traders at Quang Ba flower wholesale market information: Small traders can sell 500-700 cotton, and large traders sell 3,000 – 4,000 cotton / day. The consumption was large, so on this occasion, many small businesses gathered their capital to trade in lilies, while other flowers were halted for sale.
The price is high, the purchasing power increases, so the growers are happy to make a big profit. Mr. Vinh, a household that looks after lilies, shares: Currently, his family is renting 4 acres of land in Ha Mo (Dan Phuong) to grow lilies, on average, her family will bring about 100 bouquets of flowers per day to the flower market. Quang Ba has a trade of 150,000 – 170,000 VND / bunch, is expected to harvest flowers this year after subtracting costs, expected profit of 15 – 20 million VND / rod, calculating the total revenue is estimated at 100 million VND per trumpet season. .
After the Covid-19 epidemic, flower prices are stable and the weather is favorable, this year’s lilies season may last longer than every year, making flower growers believe in a rich harvest regardless of the main flower selling price. service will be mitigated.