The city also stops activities of festivals, religious ceremonies, sports tournaments, karaoke, bars, discos, games, the Internet; cinemas, movie centers; spa services, massage, sauna, gym; exercise activities, sports, mass gathering events in public areas, flower gardens, parks until there is a new direction from the City Steering Committee. Along with the recommendation of the Ministry of Health to implement the 5k message, including not to gather in large numbers, limit going out… the people’s anxiety about the disease makes the streets in Hanoi more and more at night, less people. As noted by PV, at places that have always attracted crowds before such as Sword Lake, the square in front of Ly Thai To monument, West Ta Hien street, etc., are empty and quiet when night falls. The main streets before were crowded with traffic such as Pho Hue, Ba Trieu, Quang Trung, Hang Bong, Dinh Tien Hoang… only a few cars passed by, although it was less than 10pm. Due to the fear of the COVID-19 epidemic, which is complicated in the community, many people stay at home instead of going out, making the streets of the Capital quiet. Instead of busy traffic, Kim Lien Tunnel is open, only a few cars are scattered. Hue street is airy before 10pm. Vehicles on the roads are comfortable to move. Hoa Lu Street “hibernates” in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic season. At intersections and intersections, there are few official vehicles. A coffee shop quickly packed up. Before 10 p.m., the area in front of the Cathedral was dotted with a few people. Hang Bong Street is quieter than Tet. A rare late-night eatery in the downtown area. The area around Shark Ham is bleak amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The shops were closed, making Hang Ngang – Hang Dao dark. The busy and crowded western area of ​​Ta Hien is now “hibernating” amid the COVID-19 epidemic season. The scene seemed like 2-3 am. Many activities and organizations halted to fight the epidemic, making the streets of the capital gloomy. Dinh Tien Hoang Street is deserted. People “comfortably” walk down the roadway.

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.

Ms. Be said that from the beginning of May until now, people in her hometown have begun to enter the days of squash harvest. “My hometown is Vu Thu, Thai Binh. The whole district cultivates this type of squash a lot. Most of them are Hai Duong solid green squash varieties with high yield. This type of squash has a lot of pulp, is fragrant, and has a beautiful fruit design. In addition to being grown in the traditional way, Vu Thu people also grow squash on top of a truss, or horizontal truss along a sturdy concrete column. This type of squash is very good this year, but due to the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, traders from other places cannot go back to their hometown to take pumpkins to sell in other provinces. As a result, the price of squash dropped dramatically. “Currently the squash is in the harvest season, but there are no traders coming to ask for it. The gardens are no longer crowded with buyers and sellers, but deserted. Last year, the average selling price of pumpkin was 10,000 VND/kg. However, this year, when people switched to planting squash with higher efficiency than rice, the price of zucchini was only 6,000 VND/kg. The price of squash has never been so cheap,” lamented Be. This small trader commented, the green squash at the beginning of the season is sweet, fragrant and guaranteed to be a clean food. To support the consumption, every two days, parents and family members will transfer to Ms. Be 1-2 kilos of squash for her to help sell in Hanoi, at the price of 6,000 VND/kg. If they can’t sell, people just cut back home and pile up to eat. The rest in the garden had to accept damage. After harvesting, the copper quality in the house, the price dropped dramatically Because her house can be transported for her family, she has such a good price. Therefore, I hope everyone will support to rescue squash for Vu Thu and Thai Binh people. “The fruit has come to harvest time, but there is no trader asking to buy it, so the squash is piled up, or people bring it to the market to sell. retail price of 2,000-5,000 VND/kg hoping to recover some of that capital, even though 1kg can’t buy a sandwich. Many families here are trying to contact, find sources of income or ask acquaintances in the city to sell online,” said Be. According to her, every 2 days she sells about 1 quintal of zucchini. “Because of the pandemic, people order online a lot. Those who buy less are 5kg, those who buy more are tens of kg to eat gradually. Compared to going to the market to buy toads, this price is too cheap.” People buy it, slice it, and dry it Can make delicious winter squash tea According to a survey of PV, at the toad markets and wholesale markets in Ha Dong and Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, the price of zucchini fluctuates at 7,000-10,000 VND/kg. In addition to zucchini, pumpkin also dropped in price to only about 5,000-6,000 VND/kg. Ms. Do Thi Thu, a housewife in Kien Hung, Ha Dong has just ordered 20kg of squash for 120,000 VND today. She revealed that she bought squash to cook bone soup to eat gradually and make stir-fried squash, stuffed squash with meat. In addition, taking advantage of when squash is cheap, she makes squash tea to lose weight and clear heat. “Making green squash tea is easy. Just use clean squash, then collect it, cut it, and dry it for use. Every year, I make squash tea to use all year round, drink it with peace of mind. It’s better than having to buy squash tea online for up to 200,000 VND/kg without knowing the origin,” noted Thu.

On the afternoon of May 9, Bai Chay tourist area in Ha Long city (Quang Ninh) was empty of tourists after this locality appeared a case of Covid-19 related to the outbreak of K Hospital Tan Trieu campus. Currently, the case in Ha Long is also the only Covid-19 case in Quang Ninh province, numbered 3260 by the Ministry of Health. The empty streets were completely different from the bustling atmosphere last weekend. To prevent the epidemic, Ha Long City applied a series of strong measures, including the blockade of markets such as Ha Long 1; Ha Long 2; Toad market Old ferry terminal; Vuon Dao market, Bai Chay ward… Ha Long Bay also stopped tourist activities. Visitors to Quang Ninh must make a medical declaration from 0:00 on May 8. Mr. Nguyen Van Thang (who works as a motorbike taxi driver) last week used to stay here to take guests from resorts to the beach. “For two days, I just brought my car here to sit for the rest of the day and then come back. There were no customers, but I didn’t dare to rest because I was the main laborer in the family,” said Mr. Thang. The parking lot is near sparsely populated, located between the pedestrian street and the amusement park. A representative of Sun World Halong Complex said that the entire amusement park was closed to visitors from May 6. This cafe is located in a beautiful location between the two main streets of the pedestrian street. Before the outbreak, this place was usually busy on weekends, but now it has to be closed. Another cafe on the corner of the pedestrian street is in a similar condition. The staff here said that only a few guests sometimes come in for a drink. “Each business kiosk here has a rental price of 15-20 million/month. Now that there are no customers, we are forced to close down to return the premises,” said Mr. Tran Huu Viet, owner of a restaurant on the pedestrian street. With no guests, many employees put things out to repair to wait for tourists to return. This cafe located in the middle of the beach, which opened last summer, is now closed. Tables and chairs covered with canvas lay bare in the middle of the sand. Previously, Ha Long announced that people were not allowed to swim in the sea. Some pontoon and beach seat rentals have been shut down. Ha Long international passenger ship port area is in a similar situation. Ships lined up long after the Quang Ninh provincial authorities asked to stop welcoming tourists to Ha Long Bay.

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.

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./.

In Hanoi, floating cakes and vegetarian cakes are available from the early morning

There are many vegetarian cakes floating in the streets of Hanoi

There are also some people who are not people who specialize in selling floating cakes, vegetarian cakes every day, but take advantage of the large frontage and available cooking space to take advantage of making vegetarian cakes to sell for profit.

At the kindergartens, the children are also organized by the school to make floating cakes and vegetarian cakes

The children enjoyed floating cakes, vegetarian cakes very enthusiastically

Drifting cakes, vegetarian cakes in the traditional form

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes today are enriched in color

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes on the Vietnamese New Year’s Eve

On this day, Vietnamese families often make vegetarian rice cakes to worship their ancestors, show their respect and wish for good and peaceful things in life.

Floating cake, vegetarian cake with eye-catching shapes and colors

Vietnamese vegetarian rice cakes are made from delicious glutinous rice flour with brown sugar. Glutinous rice flour is added to a mill with water to make it smooth, filtered out the flour and then molded into round, smooth white balls. The filling is chopped sugar balls. If there is no mill, the flour can be ground by machine, but the flour is still ground for the most delicious, softest flavor.

After being made, the floating cake will be dropped into a pot of boiling water on the stove. When the cake is cooked, quickly pick it up and put it in the cold water so that the cake is cool and does not stick to each other. The cake is arranged on a plate and placed on the altar to worship.

Vegetarian cakes are also made from glutinous rice flour but without filling. The cake is molded flat, then boiled like a floating cake. People will cook more sugar, add a little flour or tapioca to compare the water. That water was poured into bowls that had already been prepared with boiled vegetarian pancakes. You can also sprinkle a little more roasted peanuts for fragrant.