Transporting anchovies from the boat to the truck at the back yard of Mui Ne, Binh Thuan province Fisherman Tran Van Dat, who specializes in anchovies, is with his boatmates moving nearly 1 ton of anchovies to shore. Inside, traders and transport vehicles are waiting. Mr. Dat said that in the past 10 days, anchovies were abundant throughout the sea of ​​Mui Ne, so not only he but also many friends’ boats had a good harvest. “This is the 3rd trip in the men’s season. The previous two trips, each trip was 7-8 quintals. In general, the fish this year caught very well, the fish was big, the traders liked it” – Mr. Dat shared his joy. Dat fisherman moves anchovies from the basket to the shore This year, the anchovy season at Phan Thiet – Binh Thuan fishing grounds and the southern sea area started to flourish from the beginning of June, with a fairly high yield. The production of anchovies so far by fishermen in Mui Ne ward and Phan Thiet city has generally increased sharply compared to previous years. Anchovies are picked up by traders as soon as they come ashore Bustling scene at the back beach of Mui Ne After the fish is purchased, the truck is transported directly to the steamer, salt and fish sauce establishment The output is high, the purchase price of anchovies this year is quite stable. In Mui Ne ward, each basket of anchovies (25 kg) is purchased by traders for around 250,000 VND. Particularly for delicious, large, fresh fish used for drying, there are places to buy nearly 300,000 VND / basket. Grade 1 anchovies are sold for 300,000 VND/basket for drying Phan Thiet waters have up to 3 popular types of anchovies, including: white striped anchovies, black striped anchovies and mouth anchovies. In which, anchovies after drying are priced at over 200,000 VND/kg. In the photo: White striped anchovy has just been caught in Mui Ne Not only being dried for export, anchovies in Binh Thuan are also the main raw materials for salting fish sauce. The profession of making fish sauce anchovies in Binh Thuan has a history of development for more than 2 centuries and the product has been present in almost all regions of the country. After being transported from the sea, anchovies are mixed in a certain ratio with grain salt and put in a jar (Khanh) to salt them. In addition to salted fish sauce, grade 1 anchovies are steamed, then dried and dried for export With the fishing season, the stable selling price helps fishermen to be excited and push to go out to sea to exploit in the next trip. Mui Ne fishermen load rocks from the shore onto a basket to transport to the boat, preparing for the next sea trip

Lemon prices fell sharply due to limited exports, mainly domestic consumption and a sharp increase in supply In the Mekong Delta, the price of vegetables and fruits also continued to maintain a slight price momentum, with bok choy 10,000 VND down 2,000 VND/kg, lettuce 11,000 VND down slightly 1000 VND/kg, scallions 20,000 VND/kg, white radish 12,000 VND/kg, spinach 10,000 VND/kg, cucumber tubers 15,000 VND/kg, a slight decrease of 1000 VND/kg, chickpeas 12,000 VND/kg, cowpeas 12,000 VND/kg… Fruit continues to keep prices low. Specifically, grade 1 green-skinned pomelo costs VND 22,000/kg, grade 2 costs VND 18,000/kg, jackfruit 8000/kg, old bananas VND 6,500/kg, bitter gourd 60,000 – 70,000 VND/kg, longan 60,000 VND/kg… Particularly, the price of lemon continued to fall sharply, in many localities in the Mekong Delta, the price of lemons decreased by more than 50% compared to about 2 months ago and is at the lowest level in many years. Currently, the price of seedless lemons and limes is sold by farmers in Can Tho city and neighboring provinces such as Hau Giang, Vinh Long, etc. to traders and collectors at only 4,000-5,000 VND/kg; and paper lemons cost about 6,000-7,000 VND/kg. Seafood prices continued to remain stable. Farmed snakehead fish is 48,000 VND/kg, white fish is 38,000 VND/kg, white fish is 34,000 VND/kg, giant freshwater prawn is 240,000 VND/kg increase, tilapia is 32,000 VND/kg, red tilapia is 43,000 VND/kg , grade 1 eels cost 240,000 dong/kg, grade 2 eels cost 180,000 dong/kg, farmed frogs cost 55,000 dong/kg… The price of live pigs remained stable at 68,000-70,000 dong/kg, but the price of meat at retail markets decreased. tends to decrease due to slow purchasing power. Specifically, pork leg 110,000 – 12,000 VND/kg reduced 10,000 VND/kg, bacon 125,000 VND/kg reduced 5000 VND/kg, lean pork 140.00 VND/kg decreased 10,000 VND/kg. Price of live duck is 54,000 VND/kg, live chicken (industrial chicken) 55,000 – 60,000 VND/kg….

There are strange plants that bear fruit once every few years, expensive prices that everyone likes. Bamboo fruit is an example of rarity and strangeness. This is the fruit of a type of bamboo tree, eaten with a mild sweet taste. This fruit has a thick and hard skin like bamboo, the inner flesh is yellow green, seedless and very succulent. And this is the fruit of the cork tree – a plant that also belongs to the bamboo family. Fruiting is also a very rare phenomenon, so it is difficult to enjoy it. This toe-shaped fruit is called “Stinking Toe” (translated into Vietnamese as “stinky toe”). Stinking Toe is considered a pretty delicious fruit. The Stinking Toe tree takes decades to bear fruit. Each fruit has only a few seeds. The skin of this fruit is very thick, hard, when broken, a pungent odor similar to foot odor is emanating from the pulp-like pulp surrounding the seed. However, when eaten, it has a sweet taste like milk. In addition to Mexico, Central and South America, Stinking Toe trees also grow in Jamaica and some islands in the Caribbean. Orangutan fruit is also little known because it grows mainly in the mountainous areas of the Central and Central Highlands. The tree only flowers and bears fruit once every few years, so the orangutan fruit is considered “lucky”. Currently, orangutans are purchased by traders at prices ranging from 150,000 to 350,000 VND/kg. Ripe orangutan fruit that falls by itself will be appreciated for its quality, more expensive than the kind that is picked and dried.

Update the latest live hog price today on 10/6/2021 Price of live pigs in the North today Live hog price today 10/6 in the Northern market recorded a slight decrease in some provinces in the region. Specifically, traders in Bac Giang province are now buying live pigs for 66,000 VND/kg, down 1,000 VND/kg compared to yesterday. After dropping 1,000 VND/kg, Thai Nguyen traded at 67,000 VND/kg, on par with Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Vinh Phuc and Tuyen Quang. Lao Cai province continues to keep the lowest level in the region at 65,000 VND/kg, while the highest threshold is 69,000 VND/kg, present in Hung Yen, Phu Tho and Hanoi. Thus, the price of live hog today 10/6/2021 in the North market fluctuates around 65,000 – 69,000 VND/kg. Price of live pigs in the Central region today Live hog price today 10/6 In the Central and Central Highlands, there were not many new changes during the day. Accordingly, a series of provinces including Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Ngai, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong are currently trading at 68,000 VND/kg. Particularly, the two provinces of Binh Dinh and Dak Lak reduced by 1,000 VND/kg to 66,000 VND/kg and 67,000 VND/kg, respectively. Thus, the price of live pigs today June 10, 2021 in the Central region is buying around the 66,000-72,000 VND/kg mark. Price of live pigs in the South today In the southern provinces, live hog prices today 10/6 decreased by no more than 2,000 VND/kg. In which, Ho Chi Minh City decreased by 2,000 VND/kg to 67,000 VND/kg. In the same direction, there was also Dong Nai when buying live pigs at the price of 66,000 VND/kg, down 1,000 VND/kg. The provinces of Binh Duong, Tien Giang, Long An and Dong Thap maintained transaction prices in the range of 69,000 – 70,000 VND/kg, not recording any new changes compared to yesterday. Thus, the price of live pigs today June 10, 2021 in the whole South fluctuates around the threshold of 66,000 – 70,000 VND/kg.

Rice prices fluctuate in opposite directions Specifically, for ordinary rice in Long An, the price is 6,900 VND/kg; Tien Giang is 7,750 VND/kg; Dong Thap is 6,550 VND/kg; An Giang is 5,900 VND/kg… For long-grain rice, the price in Long An is 7,300 VND/kg; Tien Giang is 7,950 VND/kg; Dong Thap 7,100 VND/kg; An Giang 6,000 VND/kg… With rice prices, today is mixed. Specifically, the new NL IR 504 rice increased by 100 dong, to 7,900-8,000 dong/kg; new TP IR 504 rice reduced by 200 dong, to 8,800-8,900 dong/kg. While plate 1 IR 504 is stable at 7,900-8,000 VND/kg and gold bran is stable at 7,650 VND/kg. Traders said that today, the purchasing demand of warehouses has not prospered, in general, raw rice has returned to hybrid rai. ST rice types are sold well, prices are stable. Similarly, the types of rice sold at the market in An Giang also continued to be stable. Specifically, sticky intestines 14,000 VND/kg; fragrant rice diced 18,000 – 19,000 VND/kg; Jasmine 14,000 VND/kg; common white rice 14,000 VND/kg; Miss Hoa 16,200 VND/kg; Squirrel is usually 14,000 VND/kg, white rice is usually stable at 11,000 – 12,000 VND/kg, Japanese rice is 24,000 VND/kg; Nang Nhen rice 20,000 VND/kg; Thai squirrel 17,000 VND/kg… On the world market, the export price of rice today suddenly decreased slightly by 5 USD/ton for 5% broken rice. Accordingly, 5% broken rice is 483-487 USD/ton. Other types of rice continue to stand still, including: 25% broken rice 463-467 USD/ton; 100% rice price 418-422 USD/ton; Jasmine 563-567 USD/ton. Along with the adjusted Vietnamese rice price, the Thai rice offering price was also adjusted down by 1 USD/ton for 5%, 25% and 100% broken rice varieties. Currently, this country’s rice is recorded at 25-31 USD/ton lower than Vietnam’s rice of the same type. It is the lower Thai rice price that is creating great competitive pressure for our country’s exporters because buyers are turning to other rice exporters who are offering cheaper prices.

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.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hai (living in Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau) said that his family has nearly 2 hectares of extensive shrimp farming land. “Before that, when I came to the water of the square (full moon or thirty), I set a trap to catch tens of kilograms of wild goby fish, which was normal. But, now it is no longer,” Mr. Goby fish has soft and sweet meat, so when processed into dishes such as: grilled with salt and pepper, dried, cooked with sour soup, etc., it is usually very delicious. In particular, it is impossible not to mention the dried goby dish, which is one of the favorite dishes indispensable in the family meals of many households on Tet holidays. Facing the needs of the market, many households in Ca Mau have chosen the goby fish farming model to develop their economy and bring about unexpected results. People’s lives have gradually improved and become quite rich. Witnessing the scene of people using mouse tails to catch goby fish, many people coming to Ca Mau couldn’t help but admire and enjoy. Ca Mau farmers use “rat tail” to harvest goby fish in ponds Mr. Nguyen Van Dao (41 years old, living in Cai Nuoc district) said he has been working with goby fish farming for more than 5 years. “Around July every year, I buy goby fry from Ngoc Hien (Ca Mau) for stocking. After the care period, by December of the lunar calendar, the fish reached the weight above or below 40 fish/kg, then started to be harvested. Farmed goby fish is the same as in the wild, when it comes to square water, it is normal to run several dozen kilograms, “Dao said. Goby fish after being harvested by “rat tail” is brought into the nets waiting for traders to come and buy. With two ponds of goby, the last crop has helped Mr. Dao earn a profit of over 100 million dong after deducting all costs. To catch goby fish, people often hire workers to pull or place rat tails to sell them gradually. “In the last goby case, I saved millions of dong because I didn’t have to hire someone to pull but used a mouse’s tail to catch fish. Harvested in a rolling pattern, so I can sell at a high price and even have traders come to my house to buy it,” said Nguyen Kieu Tien excitedly. Traders come to the pond to buy and use the profit shell to transport it Currently, commercial goby fish (30-40 fish/kg) is bought by traders coming to the pond with prices ranging from around 75,000 VND/kg (depending on the type).

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.

According to a seller, ginger flower buds, also known as forest ginger flowers, are picked by highland people. Therefore, many people who grow ginger downstream may never see it. About every 7 to 9 lunar month is the time to harvest ginger flowers, for mountainous people, this is a rare specialty because it only comes once a year. In recent years, this specialty flower has appeared more in Hanoi. Advertised as a strange, crispy and delicious dish with a cooling effect, in a short time, the price of this dish has increased to 60,000 – 65,000 thousand VND/kg. Many people found it strange that they bought it to try. Ginger flower buds are especially sold on online markets when in season. Housewives will also take advantage of ordering this specialty flower to eat, because there is only one season a year, and ginger flowers cannot be preserved for too long. On the cooking forum, dishes cooked from ginger flowers appear more and more. Ginger flowers are not only boiled but can also be fried with beef, seafood, roasted with chicken, and many people also stir-fry with bacon fat. However, after processing, many people were upset because they could only eat the flowers, the stem had to be discarded because it was very fibrous, not to mention the long and time consuming processing. It takes a lot of work, but when eating ginger flower buds, its taste is very difficult to eat. Not to mention, the strong smell of ginger like biting a piece of ginger into the mouth makes the eater not disappointed. Some people also have to admit, the more they eat, the more they feel like “cow chewing straw, because the body is very fibrous, the smell is black”. Feeling strange because ginger flower buds suddenly became “hot”, a person in Nghe An said that this plant is abundant in Nghe An mountains, but people rarely eat it, but often for medicine or for cattle. A wholesale dealer of ginger flower buds said that this specialty flower on the high mountain is very popular when in season, but there is only one season each year lasting about 2 months. The source of goods purchased depends entirely on the amount of flowers that people pick. Like last year, after deducting all expenses, she earns about 1.5-2 million VND/day. (According to GiadinhNet)

Strawberry season is ripe from May to the end of August. Now is the time when the strawberry season is in full swing, so gardeners are busy harvesting to sell. Mulberry – also known as mulberry tree, is a woody fruit tree, the fruit grows from the base to the top. In Ha Tinh, mulberry trees are often grown in mountainous districts Mulberry trees usually bear fruit in the spring. Strawberries grow in clusters, chit from the base to the top. By May, the mulberry fruit begins to ripen and to be harvested Strawberry skin when ripe, the skin gradually turns to ivory white, apricot yellow. The fruit has a mild sour taste, very popular with many people. In recent years, many traders have come to the garden to buy strawberries. Mr. Tran Van Ky’s household (residing in Ha Linh commune, Huong Khe district) can grow 17 mulberry roots. Many unripe roots and fruits have been deposited by traders. Most of Mr. Ky’s mulberry roots are grown over 30 years. Each year, harvest from 1.5-2 quintals of fruit. Currently, each kilogram of strawberry skin costs from 25,000 VND to 30,000 VND. In addition to white and red strawberries, there are also blue-skinned strawberries. The fruit has a sweet taste and the price is also higher For many mountainous people, strawberry skin is not only a snack from the countryside but also a significant source of seasonal income. On average, each mulberry tree can be harvested from 2.5 to 3 million VND/year. With the characteristics of fruit, beautiful canopy, for shade … in addition to planting for fruit, the mulberry tree is also chosen as an ornamental. In recent years, the mulberry tree has been hunted by many people. On average, each perennial mulberry tree costs from 5 million to 30 million VND/tree.

The price of melons dropped sharply and many varieties chủng Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of vegetables and fruits also decreased. Choysum is priced at 15,000 VND/kg, down 2000 VND/kg, broccoli is 13,000 VND/kg down by 2000 VND/kg, bitter melon is 18,000 VND/kg down by 2000 VND/kg, gourd is 10,000 VND/kg down by 2000 VND/kg, squash 11,000 VND/kg down 1000 VND/kg… Prices of some fruits continue their downward trend. Currently, Hoa Loc mango is priced at 15,000 VND/kg, reduced by 2,000 VND/kg, jackfruit 15,000 VND/kg, reduced by 2000 VND/kg, grade 1 green-skinned pomelos priced at 25,000 VND/kg, reduced by 3000 VND/kg, old bananas 6800 VND/kg , jackfruit 10,000 VND/kg down 2000 VND/kg, lemon 10,000 VND/kg down 2000 VND/kg… Especially, currently on the market, melons are very diverse. The price of cantaloupe melon farmers in the Mekong Delta regions sell buckets to traders at 20,000-25,000 VND/kg, a sharp decrease compared to before from 10,000-15,000 VND/kg. The price of cantaloupe fell due to abundant supply and the market’s diversity of types of melons such as long-fruited cantaloupe, round-fruited cantaloupe, orange-fleshed cantaloupe, green-fleshed cantaloupe, etc. In addition, the consumption of cantaloupe in the market The school is also slow because of the impact of the epidemic. Seafood products, fresh meat kept a sideways trend, some seafood products dropped sharply. 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…

Ms. Nguyen Thi Su – a household that grows regimental chili in Kan Ho commune (Muong Te) – said that her family grows 3 sao of regimental chili. This year, the weather was not favorable, so the peppers lost the crop, the output decreased, so at the beginning of the season, the retail price of chili was very high, up to 270,000 VND/kg. She shared, from an early age, this chili has appeared in her family’s meals. Previously, her family only planted a few trees to eat or give to relatives and friends, but did not trade anything. However, in the past few years, many people from other regions have asked to buy and see the price, since then, her family has expanded the area to grow this specialty chili variety. Regiment chili is having a towering price, everyone is competing to order it This is just the beginning of the crop, so she can only harvest about 3 kg/day. In order to have the quantity to be delivered to the wholesalers, she had to collect more chili from the villagers. Calculating, every day, her family also collects about 15kg of chili, but there are customers who order first, it takes 3-4 more days for her to collect again. “Last year, the price of chili fluctuated from 150,000 to 220,000 VND/kg depending on the quantity and time, but this year the chili crop failed so the price is higher. I buy wholesale from 5kg for 220,000 VND / kg, sometimes the retail price of fresh chili is up to 280,000-300,000 VND / kg, customers still compete to buy, “said Ms. Su. In addition to selling fresh chili, she also sells salted chili peppers for 100,000 VND/box (3-4 ounces). Calculating, in a good year, her family earns about 50-60 kg of chili/sticks/year, estimated to earn a few tens of millions of dollars per year. Ms. Hoa, a long-time regiment chili grower in Ka Lang (Muong Te), also said that growing this chili is like a seasonal job, adding a little more field to the field because the season only lasts about 5 months, from May to October, in which the most ripe time is around June to August. This is a specialty chili of Muong Te According to her, the reason for the regimental chili’s name is to refer to their spiciness, which means that the whole regiment only ate one of these chili peppers because it was too spicy. In addition, this type of chili also has a characteristic aroma that makes anyone who eats it remember forever. Therefore, not only selling to neighboring provinces, she also moved to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Currently, every day she collects about 10kg of fresh chili, customers who want to buy a lot must order in advance monthly. Also because of the spicy, delicious taste, and the quantity is not much, the retail price of chili peppers in recent years has remained at 200,000 VND/kg or more, Ms. Hoa said. Similarly, Ms. Chu Thi Nhung – a regiment chili grower in Thu Lum (Muong Te) – also admitted that, at the beginning of the crop, many customers down the river had ordered regiment chili to give as gifts or buy food to hoard food. gradually. Compared with many other chili varieties, the regimental chili has a larger fruit and is much more spicy. During the hot chili season, she collects about 10kg per day with prices ranging from 170,000 to 180,000 VND/kg. But many people still go to the place to buy it, Nhung shared. Talk to PV. VietNamNet, Chairman of Thu Lum Phung Long Ka Commune, said that Thu Lum is one of the communes with the largest area of ​​regimental chili growing in Muong Te district, with a total area of ​​about 4-5ha. Despite bringing high economic value, the regiment’s chili output is still quite modest According to him, regimental chili has been grown here for a long time. In the past, each household only planted a few plants as spices to eat in the family. But about 5 years ago, people just started selling everywhere. Seeing the price, they continued to expand the chili growing area. Households that grow a lot are about 2-3 sao, households that grow less are less than 1 sao. However, this chili variety is quite fastidious, requiring strict growing conditions. The tree only produces spicy, delicious fruit when grown on rocky soil, cool climate. If the weather is too sunny, rainy or cold, the tree will easily die. Moreover, the irrigation also requires experienced growers, new plants to grow. Therefore, this chili variety is increasingly rare and expensive. “On average, each year, the regiment’s chili production of the whole commune is about 4-5 tons/crop. With an average selling price of 150,000 VND/kg, the commune’s estimated revenue from this chili plant is about 600-700 million VND/year,” he said. Chili plants have contributed to increase income for people in the commune. However, the specialty chili regiment provides to serve the needs of consumers in the whole province and neighboring provinces mainly, the consumption is still small and fragmented. Therefore, the commune authorities and people are very eager to support and associate with businesses to consume products, from which people can rest assured to develop and invest in expanding area and output, Mr. Ka said.

Recently, Thai jackfruit is considered a staple crop in some southern provinces. In particular, in the past 4 years, commercial jackfruit has been purchased by traders from their gardens to export to China at high prices. The high price of jackfruit means that every day, traders come to the garden to buy and collect jackfruit, and people who do “smells for hire” also appear from there. Unlike jackfruit storks, who lead into the garden to buy jackfruit, those who smell jackfruit are the people who accompany traders to the garden to determine the age of the jackfruit and take on the job of picking jackfruit for the garden owner. Thanks to these people, traders can find and buy old, delicious and quality jackfruit gardens, reducing the risk of buying young jackfruit or jackfruit with lots of black fiber. People who smell “famous” jackfruit can earn millions of dong a day. But according to Mr. Le Van Ngoc (resident in Tan Phu town, Dong Phu district, Binh Phuoc province), this profession is not for everyone, if the fruit is still young and has bad taste, no one dares to hire it anymore. . The strange profession of mixing salt into water and cooking it on a giant pan People often dry sea water to get salt. But in Ben Tre, there is a strange job that is to mix salt in water and put it on a giant pan to boil it. The fire stove cooks massive salt the size of a huge and fiery pan (Photo: Dan Tri). Ms. Nguyen Thi Ninh (owner of a salt factory in Dai Hoa Loc commune, Binh Dai, Ben Tre) told Dan Tri newspaper that from a young age she had seen her grandparents cook salt, then her mother also cooked salt, in the hamlet there were also many people. salt cook. She was taught to cook salt since she was a girl and has kept the job until now. “This job is very hard, always working with hands and feet, only taking a break when the stove is off, the only advantage is that I take the initiative, rain or shine, I have a job,” said Nhinh. Rare earth lotus species in 600-year-old pagoda in Hanoi VOV information, Boi Khe pagoda (Tam Hung commune, Thanh Oai district, Hanoi) has undergone 600 years of history and is recognized as a special national relic. Notably, in the temple grounds, there are three lotus plants with unique and rare pure white flowers. These precious lotus trees have existed for hundreds of years in the temple grounds. According to Ms. Pham Thi Quyet, a resident of Boi Khe village, lotus is grown in some places in the North of our country but rarely blooms. In Boi Khe pagoda, land lotus blooms regularly, each tree only blooms about ten flowers. For that reason, this place has attracted many visitors to visit the temple and admire this rare flower. Strange jackfruit tree in Ben Tre produces 200-300 fruits At the Ben Tre province’s delicious fruit contest in 2018, many visitors were delighted and surprised to admire a bunch of strange jackfruit 23 consecutive fruits, each weighing from 2-2.2 kg with a very special aroma. separate. The owner of the above jackfruit tree is Mr. Nguyen Van Xoi (living in Phu Phung commune, Cho Lach district). Mr. Xoi said in the Popular Science Newspaper: “This is a native jackfruit named To Tan, this jackfruit tree was given as a gift by a friend 25 years ago. Jackfruit has fruit all year round, delicious taste very strange, large, fleshy, flat seeds, very beautiful turmeric yellow color. Since planting until now, I have not applied any organic or inorganic fertilizers at all. Each year the tree gives 200 to 300 fruits”. Golden apricot tree over 100 years old with unique shape sets a record in Vietnam The yellow apricot tree over 100 years old has a very unique shape in the city. Sa Dec (Dong Thap) has just been set a record by the Vietnam Record Organization for “Single Edition in Vietnam”. The hundred-year-old golden maid (Photo: Dong Thap newspaper) According to Dong Thap newspaper, this old maid is owned by Mr. Vu Duc Dong (living in An Hoa ward, Sa Dec city). The unique feature that creates a different value in this apricot tree is that it has a single branch reaching up to 5m, a rare form in Vietnam. The apricot tree is shaped like a maiden, looking very soft with its branches reaching out as if welcoming spring, so the owner named it “Nhung Xuan Khanh Hoi”. 50-year-old pan bread shop attracts diners in Saigon Hoa Ma Bread is one of the oldest bakeries in Saigon. This brand of bread dates back to the 60s of the last century. Thanks to the unique processing method and special flavor, Hoa Ma bread makes many diners fascinated. Not only attracting the people of Saigon to eat, there are many foreign tourists who also come to enjoy this long-standing pan bread. The price of a piece of pan bread is 52,000 VND. Strangely, hot pot ‘sighs’ in the West, guests ‘sweat’ enjoy it Dan Tri newspaper said that islet hot pot (also known as breathing hot pot or coal hot pot) is a “famous” delicacy of the western provinces. The reason for this name is because people have to use a specially designed aluminum pot, specialized for cooking hot pot, is an islet pot. Attractive islet hot pot dish (Photo: @heofood). Depending on each locality and the conditions of each family, the ingredients for making hot pot are different. But regardless of the region, in the islet hot pot, there are always typical ingredients such as pork liver (or pork heart), chicken gizzard (or duck), grilled pork chop shaped like a cana, flower cake, etc. Not only is it different from other hotpot dishes in the recipe, but the islet hot pot also has some special processing secrets to create a “famous” flavor. Strange chickens like massage, drink wine, cost millions each Birdwatchers in the West have recently raised a movement to raise “athlete chickens”. This breed is quite small when an adult male weighs only about 400g, but they have a very beautiful feather color. In particular, the “athlete chicken” has an imposing posture, likes massage, and drinks garlic wine, costing tens of millions of dong/head. This breed of chicken is called Serama chicken, originating from Malaysia. About Vietnam, because of their unique standing, they are often called “athlete chickens”. Purebred Serama chickens only have yellow color, coming back to Vietnam, they are crossed with bamboo chickens, so they have many other colors. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

To buy a lot of mushrooms, traders are willing to eat and sleep every week in the villages. Indigenous people also earn millions of dong a day by picking mushrooms. Mushroom Cho is red, umbrella-shaped, growing under the canopy of Che or Chestnut trees. Just before 7 am, Mr. Vi Van Chung, residing in Bac Lang commune, Dinh Lap district (Lang Son) picked two baskets full of red mushrooms. On the surface, they are no different from poisonous mushrooms, but this is a fungus that is considered by the locals here as “red gold”. If lucky, each person can earn millions of dong a day by picking mushrooms. According to Mr. Chung, this is a type of mushroom that grows under the canopy of Che or Chestnut trees, which is red, umbrella-shaped, fragrant, delicious and has a medicinal taste, so it’s called Che mushroom. To pick the most and most delicious mushrooms, he had to carry a flashlight into the forest 5km from his house at 2-3 am to pick. Mushrooms that have not yet expanded are considered to be class 1 mushrooms, the most valuable. The red mushroom is very easy to mistake for a poisonous mushroom, so people only pick this mushroom under the canopy of the Cheo tree or the chestnut tree. “For houses with Che or Chestnut forest, each mushroom season, they have to set up a tent in the middle of the forest to look after mushrooms and avoid being stolen. When picking, you also have to hold the mushroom body, lift it slightly or rotate it slightly to avoid breaking, stamping and losing the chalk layer on the mushroom cap to sell at a high price, “said Chung. Holding each mushroom like an umbrella, Mr. Chung said that the mushrooms usually grow in the early morning, so the mushrooms are picked from 4 am to 8 am, umbrella-shaped, not yet enlarged, on the hat still intact. The chalk layer is purchased at the highest price, about 300-350,000 VND/kg. If you go late, you will only be able to pick the mushrooms that have expanded or broken, broken, not intact, sold for 150-200,000 VND/kg. A house with a forest of Che or a forest of chestnuts can harvest tens of kilograms of mushrooms every day. In order to collect the most mushrooms, people have to carry their lamps into the forest from dawn or set up tents to sleep in the forest to watch the mushrooms grow. As a trader who buys Cheo mushrooms from people around Van Quan district (Lang Son), Mr. Luu Van Truong, residing in Na Loc village, Tu Xuyen commune, said that the price of fresh mushrooms he purchased was about 200,000 VND on average /kg fresh mushrooms. “After I bought it, I dried it and sold it to a Chinese trader for about 1.5 million VND/kg. On average, every 5-6kg of fresh mushrooms, dried in 6-7 hours will get 1kg of dried mushrooms,” Truong shared. According to Mr. Truong, this fungus usually grows in the summer and only blooms within 1 week/month, their life cycle only lasts 1-2 days and then rots very quickly, so traders often take advantage of the blooming time. , go to buy and then dry, preserve and sell to Chinese traders. Dried Choi mushrooms are purchased by Chinese traders at the price of 1.5-2 million VND/kg. According to Truong, in the past, people around the area often took advantage of their time to go to the fields, go to the forest to pick mushrooms, eat, and make food for their daily meals. However, in the past few years, Choo mushrooms have been sought by traders at high prices to export to China. Therefore, every time in the mushroom season, people rush to pick mushrooms to sell to traders. “If a house has a forest of Cheo, a forest of chestnut trees, if they can keep mushrooms from being stolen, they can harvest about 3-4 times/crop. At the most, someone can pick 20kg of mushrooms/day, selling 4-5 million VND,” Truong revealed.

Prices of many vegetables and fruits keep prices flat Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of vegetables has also remained unchanged, with the price of collard greens at 20,000 VND/kg, broccoli at 21,000 VND, a slight increase of 1,000 VND/kg, water spinach at 14,000 VND/kg, and vegetables at 12,000 VND/kg, an increase of 2,000 VND. /kg, white cabbage 15,000 VND/kg, eggplant 13,000 VND/kg, up 1000 VND/kg, chickpeas price 22,000 VND/kg up 2000 VND/kg, green onion 22,000 VND/kg, bitter melon 25,000 VND/kg, gourd 15,000 VND/kg, okra 20,000 VND/kg… Prices of some fruits keep a slight downward trend. All kinds of fragrant mangoes, four-quarter mangoes, and Taiwanese mangoes are sold in buckets to traders and fruit collectors from 5,000-6,000 VND/kg, Cat Chu mango costs 10,000 VND/kg, acacia mango costs 5,000 VND/kg. /kg. The price of jackfruit continued to decrease to 10,000 VND/kg, down 5000 VND/kg. Price of green skin pomelo grade 1 is 30,000 VND/kg, type 2 is 25,000 VND/kg… Seafood products, fresh meat prices are stable. Giant freshwater prawn is 250,000 VND/kg, white meat catfish is 35,000 VND/kg, farmed snakehead fish is 50,000 VND/kg, red tilapia is 45,000-48,000 VND/kg, tilapia is 28,000 VND/kg Tilapia is priced at 32,000 VND/kg, a discount of 2,000 VND/kg. The price of meat also remained stable at 120,000 VND/kg for pork leg, 140,000 VND/kg for bacon, 240,000 VND/kg for beef. Ready-made whole chicken costs 125,000-135,000 VND/kg, ready-made whole duck costs 77,000-82,000 VND/kg…

Fruit and vegetable prices fell sharply Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, vegetable prices also tend to decline sharply. Choysum is priced at 18,000 VND/kg, down 3,000 VND/kg, 18,000 broccoli is down 3,000 VND/kg, water spinach is priced at 12,000 VND/kg, down 2000 VND/kg, white cabbage is 13,000 VND/kg, down 2000 VND/kg. eggplant 11,000 VND/kg, reduced 1000 VND/kg, chickpeas 20,000 VND/kg reduced 2,000 VND/kg, green onions 20,000 VND/kg, bitter melon 25,000 VND/kg, gourd 15,000 VND/kg, okra 20,000 VND/ kg… Prices of some fruits continued to decline, fragrant mangoes, four-quarter mangoes, and Taiwanese mangoes were sold by farmers in buckets to traders and fruit collectors from 5,000-6,000 VND/kg, Cat Chu mangoes. The price is 10,000 VND / kg, acacia mango costs 5000 VND / kg. Hoa Loc mango price also dropped sharply to 20,000 VND/kg, down 4000 VND/kg. Price of green skin pomelo grade 1 is 30,000 VND/kg, type 2 is 25,000 VND/kg… Seafood products, fresh meat prices are stable. Giant freshwater prawn is 250,000 VND/kg, white meat catfish is 35,000 VND/kg, farmed snakehead fish is 50,000 VND/kg, red tilapia is 45,000-48,000 VND/kg, tilapia is 28,000 VND/kg Tilapia is priced at 32,000 VND/kg, a discount of 2,000 VND/kg. The price of meat also remained stable at 120,000 VND/kg for pork leg, 140,000 VND/kg for bacon, 240,000 VND/kg for beef. Ready-made whole chicken is priced at 125,000-135,000 VND/kg, ready-made whole duck is priced at 77,000-82,000 VND/kg… Particularly, the price of piglets also decreases according to the price of live pigs. In Can Tho City and Hau Giang Province, Vinh Long, An Giang, Dong Thap, Ben Tre… Breeding pigs of 12-15 kg/head are sold by many households and breeders for 2-2.3 million. VND/head, while in the same period last year, the price was up to 2.8-3 million VND/head, even higher. The price of piglets fell sharply due to the increased supply of piglets in many localities and affected by the decrease in live hog prices.

Durian prices fall due to the harvest season Similarly, in the Mekong Delta the price of green vegetables also decreased slightly. The price of collard greens is 10,000 VND/kg, a decrease of 2,000 VND/kg compared to yesterday, broccoli is 12,000 VND, 1,000 VND/kg, water spinach is priced at 12,000 VND/kg, vegetables are 10,000 VND/kg, a slight decrease of 1,000 VND/kg/kg. kg, white cabbage 15,000 VND/kg, a slight decrease of 1,000 VND/kg, eggplant 12,000 VND/kg, a slight decrease of 1000 VND/kg, eggplant price 12,000 VND/kg… Prices of some fruits keep trending sideways. Three-color mangoes cost 6,000 VND/kg, down 3000 VND/kg, Hoa Loc sand mangoes cost 18,000 VND/kg, old bananas 6800 VND/kg, grade 1 green-skinned pomelos cost 30,000 VND/kg, grade 2 cost 25,000 VND/kg , lemon 10,000 VND/kg, jackfruit 12,000 VND/kg. In addition, the price of durian is currently decreasing due to the high harvest season but is still high compared to the same period. Recently, durian in many provinces in the Mekong Delta in the harvest season, the supply has increased, so the price has decreased by 5,000- 10,000 VND/kg compared to more than 1 month ago, but it is still at about 10,000-20,000 VND/kg higher than that of the previous year. The same period of 2020. Currently, durian varieties (Ri 6, Mon Thon…) are being sold by farmers in Can Tho city and the provinces of Hau Giang, Vinh Long, Tien Giang, Ben Tre… to traders and barns. purchasing fruit at the price of 48,000-55,000 VND/kg, while in the same period last year the price was only 30,000-40,000 VND/kg. The retail price of durians with flat seeds on the market is popular from 75,000 to 90,000 VND/kg. Seafood prices are stable. White meat catfish costs 35,000 VND/kg, farmed snakehead fish costs 48,000 VND/kg, red tilapia costs 54,000-48,000 VND/kg, tilapia costs 28,000 VND/kg, tilapia costs 32,000 VND /kg, discount 2000 VND/kg. The price of meat also kept stable at 120,000 VND/kg for pork leg, 140,000 VND/kg for bacon, 240,000 VND/kg for beef, 80,000 VND/kg for ready-made whole duck…

With hundreds of hectares of plums covering the valley, Na Kaa is likened to the “kingdom” of plum trees that are about 20-30 years old. When the plums on the 20-30-year-old tree trunks turn from green to dark purple in the first weeks of May, Na Ka people begin the plum harvest season. In order for plums not to be affected by hailstorms, many gardeners in Na Ka have used a net house system. When the plums at the top of the branches are fully ripe, it is also the time when gardeners in Na Ka like the family of Mr. Hau A Su (Ban Pa Khen 1) enter the peak harvest days, selling to traders right in the garden. In the fruit-picking season, if it weren’t for the epidemic, every day hundreds of traders would come to collect the best plums at orchards like Mr. Hau A Su. The family of Mr. Hau A Su in Pa Khen 1 village mobilized the whole family to collect ripe plums in the garden. Mr. Wait’s family grows about 100 20-30 year old plum trees and with these perennial plums, the collectors sometimes have to move on the trunk like this to get all the plums. Playing with ripe red plums, the Mong people in Pa Khen 1 village collect… … the fresh, juicy plums, specialties of the plateau, are brought out by the Mong girls out of the Na Ka plum valley and sold to traders. In households, the season of ripe plums is also a busy time to harvest, pack and send to other places for consumption. To ensure a closed organic production chain, many plum growers have used insect traps, instead of pesticides… Although affected by the disease, the price of plums after Na Ka is higher than in previous seasons, so the famous agricultural product of Moc Chau plateau is still the main livelihood for the Mong people in the region. This specialty with crispy, fragrant and juicy fruit is mostly purchased, sorted and sold by traders in Hanoi and the southern provinces. … and experimentally planted many new plum strains such as rice plum varieties, which are used to process flexible dried plum products. The plums have just been picked right in the garden, fresh and whole, canned and stamped to certify that the agricultural product has a protected trademark, and sold at major supermarkets in Hanoi for 150,000 VND/kg.

The price of leafy vegetables skyrocketed Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of green vegetables also increased sharply. The price of collard greens was 18,000 VND/kg, an increase of 4,000 VND/kg compared to yesterday, broccoli was priced at 18,000 VND, increased by 4,000 VND/kg, water spinach was priced at 14,000 VND/kg, increased by 3000 VND/kg, and dried vegetables were 12,000 VND/kg. an increase of 2,000 VND/kg, white cabbage 15,000 VND/kg, eggplant 13,000 VND/kg up 1000 VND/kg, chickpeas 22,000 VND/kg up 2000 VND/kg, green onions 22,000 VND/kg… Prices of some fruits kept a slight downward trend. In Can Tho City and many provinces in the Mekong Delta such as Hau Giang, An Giang, Dong Thap… fragrant mangoes, four-quarter mangoes, and Taiwanese mangoes are sold in buckets by farmers to traders and fruit collectors only from 5,000-6,000 VND/kg, while mango selection of grade 1 costs 7,000-8,000 VND/kg. Mangoes are being sold in buckets by farmers to traders at around 10,000 VND/kg; Hoa Loc sand mango sells in buckets for 15,000-22,000 VND/kg. Grade 1 green-skinned pomelo costs 30,000 VND/kg, type 2 costs 25,000 VND/kg, lemon 10,000 VND/kg, jackfruit 12,000 VND/kg. Seafood prices are stable. White meat catfish costs 35,000 VND/kg, farmed snakehead fish costs 48,000 VND/kg, red tilapia costs 54,000-48,000 VND/kg, tilapia costs 28,000 VND/kg, tilapia costs 32,000 VND /kg, discount 2000 VND/kg. The price of meat also kept stable at 120,000 VND/kg for pork leg, 140,000 VND/kg for bacon, 240,000 VND/kg for beef, 2300 VND for industrial chicken eggs/egg, 2200 VND for duck eggs/egg…

Prices of many types of leafy vegetables soar Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of green vegetables also increased sharply. The price of broccoli is 20,000 VND/kg, an increase of 2,000 VND/kg, broccoli is 20,000 VND, an increase of 2,000 VND/kg, water spinach is 14,000 VND/kg, 3000 VND/kg, and spinach is 12,000 VND/kg, 2,000 VND/kg. , white cabbage 15,000 dong/kg, eggplant 13,000 dong/kg, up 1000 dong/kg, chickpeas 22,000 dong/kg up 2,000 dong/kg, green onions 22,000 dong/kg… Prices of some fruits keep trending sideways. Fragrant mangoes, four-quarter mangoes, and Taiwanese mangoes are sold in buckets to traders and fruit collectors from 5,000-6,000 VND/kg, while mangoes of grade 1 are priced at 7,000-8,000 VND/kg. . Cat Chu mango costs 10,000 VND / kg, acacia mango costs 5000 VND / kg. The price of jackfruit continued to decrease to 10,000 VND/kg, down 5000 VND/kg. Seafood products prices are stable. Pangasius white meat costs 35,000 VND/kg, farmed snakehead fish costs 50,000 VND/kg, red tilapia costs 45,000-48,000 VND/kg, tilapia costs 28,000 VND/kg, tilapia costs 32,000 VND /kg, discount 2000 VND/kg. Currently, the price of live pigs has decreased by nearly 20,000 VND/kg compared to the same period last year. Live hog price in many localities in the Mekong Delta is only 70,000-71,000 VND/kg, this is also the lowest price in more than 12 months. The price of meat also remained stable at 120,000 VND/kg for pork leg, 140,000 VND/kg for bacon, 240,000 VND/kg for beef. Ready-made whole chicken costs 125,000-135,000 VND/kg, ready-made whole duck costs 77,000-82,000 VND/kg…

This time is the peak of harvest of melon, melon fields in Dien Chau are always bustling with people. If in previous years, watermelon yield and quality decreased due to pests, diseases, weather … this year, melon will grow better; People are happy to have a good season, although they are still on holiday, they are still eager to harvest. Photo: Nguyen Chau It is known that this year melon yield about 9 quintals / sao, higher than the previous years; Therefore, each household has an income of 10-12 million VND in this crop. This is not a small amount for the farmer at this time. Photo: Nguyen Chau According to observations, this year’s melon fruit is big, round, less pests and sweet, so it is favored by the market. The selling price in the field is 18,000 VND / kg, much higher than the previous crop. If people bring to retail, the price is even higher. Photo: Nguyen Chau Melon pears, after picking, are washed right in the field by people to clean the sandy soil layer, then packed in bags to enter for traders. Photo: Nguyen Chau Ms. Nguyen Thi Van, a trader who buys melon in Dien Ky commune (Dien Chau), said: “The timing of this year’s melon harvest coincides with a long holiday, so many restaurants and hotels contacted to place an order. Many families return to their hometown for the holiday season also come to the fields to buy large quantities of melons as gifts, so wherever they are picked, they can all be bought. ” Photo: Nguyen Chau This year the whole district of Dien Chau planted nearly 20 hectares of melon, concentrated in the communes of Dien Ky, Dien Hong … in which Dien Ky commune had the largest area. According to medicine, melon has relatively high levels of vitamins A, B, C and minerals that are good for health. Especially eating melon to beautify the skin, lose weight while enhancing memory, good for the heart, blood pressure … Photo: Nguyen Chau

This time is the peak of harvest of melon, melon fields in Dien Chau are always bustling with people. If in previous years, watermelon yield and quality decreased due to pests, diseases, weather … this year, melon will grow better; People are happy to have a good season, although they are still on holiday, they are still eager to harvest. Photo: Nguyen Chau It is known that this year melon yield about 9 quintals / sao, higher than the previous years; Therefore, each household has an income of 10-12 million VND in this crop. This is not a small amount for farmers at this time. Photo: Nguyen Chau According to observations, this year’s melon fruit is big, round, less pests and sweet, so it is favored by the market. The selling price in the field is 18,000 VND / kg, much higher than the previous crop. If people bring to retail, the price is even higher. Photo: Nguyen Chau Melon pears, after picking, are washed right in the field by people to clean the sandy soil layer, then packed in bags to enter for traders. Photo: Nguyen Chau Ms. Nguyen Thi Van, a trader who buys melon in Dien Ky commune (Dien Chau), said: “The timing of this year’s melon harvest coincides with a long holiday, so many restaurants and hotels contacted to place an order. Many families return to their hometown for the holiday season also come to the fields to buy large quantities of melons as gifts, so wherever they are picked, they can all be bought. ” Photo: Nguyen Chau This year the whole district of Dien Chau planted nearly 20 hectares of melon, concentrated in the communes of Dien Ky, Dien Hong … in which Dien Ky commune had the largest area. According to medicine, melon has relatively high levels of vitamins A, B, C and minerals that are good for health. Especially eating melon to beautify the skin, lose weight while enhancing memory, good for the heart, blood pressure … Photo: Nguyen Chau

According to the gardeners, although the price is as cheap as vegetables, plum rice is still unprecedented. Traders come to buy a little, ripe red plums on the tree, people do not bother to harvest. Mr. Nguyen Van Trong – a rice plum growing household in Chieng Co commune (Son La) – shared, his family has been growing plums for decades, but never fell in such a tragic situation. With the amount of up to 2,000 rice plums, his family is estimated to have around 25 tons of plums every year. The rice plum in Son La is in a flourishing harvest, but the price has dropped sharply. Photo: Nhat Thanh In previous years, since the beginning of the March crop, the traders’ car ran loudly to the buying garden. At one point, the price of plum rice at the beginning of the season was up to 70,000-80,000 VND / kg, but the quantity was not much. This year, the atmosphere is quiet, plum rice is cheap, partly due to the good season, and the output pumpkins, so the selling price at the garden is record low. Mr. Trong said that last year, he sold beautiful big fruits for 18,000 VND / kg. This year, the price of plum drops to 10,000 VND / kg, the cheapest bucket is only 1,500-2,000 VND / kg. Currently, he wholesales each bag from 50-52kg, the average price is 5,000 VND / kg. Although the price is so cheap, Mr. Trong reflects that the number of plums sold this year has decreased significantly. As every year, on average, he dumped to the provinces about 5 tons / day, now he only sells about 3 tons / day. In addition to the amount of fruits collected from his home garden, he also collects from local people. Gardeners said that this type of plums eat green better than ripe. Photo: Nhat Thanh In the year when traders were slow to purchase, plums in the garden began to ripen red. Photo: Nhat Thanh In the same situation, Ms. Nguyen Quynh – another rice plum growing household in Son La – lamented, with the price as low as giving, has not been able to buy a cup of iced tea in a year. Last year, the cheapest goods she also sold was 8,000-9,000 VND / kg, beautiful goods cost 15,000-20,000 VND / kg. Now, the plum is small, mixed green, she sells for 120,000 VND / bag (50-52kg), only about 2,300 VND / kg; selected products with large fruit prices are only 3,500-6,000 VND / kg. Even plums fell at 1,000 VND / kg, there was no buyer. “The selling price is a few thousand dong, which is enough to compensate for the rent of the pickers, the money for canning, packing is all, not to mention the fertilizer fee, the effort is considered to give away. Now if you can’t sell it, you will lose a lot, ”she said, boredly. Ms. Quynh said, the plum rice season starts from March and lasts until May is over, then comes the plum season. However, this year, due to the fact that the goods cannot be sold for sale, there is no clue to buy, the sales volume is quite slow, many trees in her garden have become red and red. Plum prices are currently down to a few thousand VND / kg still meager. Photo: Nhat Thanh “This plum type, when the fruit is still green, can be sold when it is crispy and sour, only to be thrown away if it is ripe,” she said. On average, each tree gives about 30kg of fruit / crop. Her family’s crop this year is about 12 tons, but the amount of ripe fruit removed is 4-5 tons, the rest has not been sold much. Ms. Tran Hai Yen – the focal point selling plum rice in Trieu Khuc (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi), also commented that she has been selling Son La plums for 3-4 years now, seeing this is also a rare year for plum prices to drop so low. . Currently, retail plums are 20,000-25,000 VND / kg, wholesale from 5kg is priced at 15,000 VND / kg. In previous years, the price of plums ranged from 30,000 to 60,000 VND / kg, sometimes up to 90,000 VND / kg. Cheap, one day she can sell 50-60kg because customers buy more food. On the internet market, many clues are selling this plum with a retail price of only 10,000-13,000 VND / kg, even some places sell 5kg combo for 35,000 VND, not retail, attracting a lot of women. buy.

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

Dragon fruit prices are currently at a high level Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of choysum has a price of 13,000 VND / kg, an increase of 3,000 VND / kg, a broccoli has a price of 12,000 VND / kg, an increase of 2,000 VND / kg, a cowpea 12,000 VND / kg, an increase of 2,000 VND / kg … The prices of some fruits also continued to have a strong downward trend today, April 25, the price of sandy rice was 8,000 VND / kg, down 2,000 VND / kg, 3-color mango of grade 1 was 8,000 VND / kg, down 4,000 VND. VND / kg, 3-color mango (bucket type) is priced at 6,000 VND / kg. The price of green skin grapefruit has a slight decrease in grade 1, with a price of 20,000 VND / kg, a decrease of 2,000 VND / kg, a price of green skin pomelo with a price of 15,000 VND / kg … Particularly, the price of dragon fruit is tending to increase again. At garden houses in Tien Giang and Long An, the price of red flesh dragon fruit traders are buying for about 20,000 VND / kg, depending on the type and location near and far, is 3 to 4 times higher than the previous time. month. Due to the high price of dragon fruits, farmers have a stable income source, contributing to sustainable economic and social development. Seafood products have stable prices. Howling fish prices are from 50,000 to 55,000 VND / kg; white plaice costs 35,000 VND / kg, farmed snakehead fish costs 48,000 VND / kg, Red tilapia costs 54,000 – 48,000 VND / kg, tilapia costs 28,000 VND / kg, eel prices 160,000 – 170,000 VND / kg an increase of 5000 VND / kg compared to the previous day, giant freshwater shrimp is priced at 235,000- 245,000 VND / kg …

In addition to the rise in raw materials, the pressure brought by the appreciation of the renminbi and the high international shipping costs has not yet come to an end, Xinhua News Agency figured.

“Now it’s really troublesome!”

Cai Shaohua, general manager of Zhejiang Huajia Holding Group, did not achieve his wish. Originally, he expected that the exaggerated increase in raw materials could come down after March after the “good start.” rise”.

From the beginning of the construction in February, I was afraid to accept orders, and now I can’t resist the pressure and have to negotiate price increases with customers. Cai Shaohua uses “half stagnation” to describe the state of the recent months, “Although the customers understand the current situation. , But when it comes to price increases, communication will definitely take time.”

Bite the scalp to sign orders and ship products under pressure from a loss, what Cai Shaohua can do is to continuously increase inventory-on the one hand, the production capacity is minimized as much as possible, and on the other is the goods that are still negotiating price increases and are afraid to ship.

In the first quarter, foreign trade exports increased by nearly 40% year-on-year, and due to pressures such as the soaring of rare raw materials in recent years, such “half stagnation” has been forced to become the “new normal” for foreign trade manufacturing companies.

Inventory increased by 30% and the delivery cycle is 70 days longer

Since the beginning of this year, the prices of major products in the iron and steel, copper mining, petrochemical and other industries have continued the upward trend that started last year, and after setting a historic “good start”, they have not fallen as quickly as in previous years, but have continued to rise.

As an important raw material for industrial products, in less than a year, the price of London copper has risen from US$6,000/ton to more than US$9,000/ton, and Shanghai copper has also risen from more than 40,000 yuan/ton to nearly 70,000 yuan/ton. Nearly doubled.

As a Chinese wall-hung boiler manufacturer, Cai Shaohua’s main raw material is copper rods. The increase in copper prices has directly caused the company’s raw material costs to increase by nearly 50% this year.

The Mandarin Commodity Index rose to 182.49 on April 16, up 8.1% from January 29, of which the Industrial Product Index rose 10.2%. The increase of black varieties is particularly noticeable. The average settlement price of rebar futures in the first quarter reached 4,532 yuan/ton, an increase of 24.7% from the average price of the whole year in 2020, which was the highest level since the listing of rebar futures in 2009. The average settlement price of Shanghai iron ore futures reached 1062 yuan/ton, an increase of 39.7% from the average price of 2020.

“Raw materials have risen too much.” As an export manufacturer of electric bicycles, Zeng Xiansheng, general manager of Suzhou Mengshi Intelligent Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Mengshi Intelligent”), told China Business News that the main material for electric bicycles is aluminum alloy. There are also motors, chips and rare earths. The prices of these materials have not only been high, but also often not available.

At present, the company’s orders have been scheduled until after June. Zeng Xiansheng, who “do not have to worry about orders”, has a headache because of the continuously delayed delivery cycle and the subsequent rising pressure on the capital chain.

“Now that raw materials are required to be paid in cash, the original billing period is gone. Many lithium batteries are prepaid and still not available.” Zeng Xiansheng said that in the past when raw materials were purchased, upstream companies would still give about 60 days of billing. , Now it’s the other way around, and if you give money, you have to wait in line for the goods. “There is a transmission that is even scheduled to 2023.”

The delivery cycle on the other end is also extending. Zeng Xiansheng’s delivery cycle is about 70 days longer than before. As far as Cai Shaohua is concerned, on the basis of increasing inventory by 30%, it is still unknown how much the delivery cycle will be extended.

While being forced to negotiate price increases and indefinitely extended delivery, companies also face the risk of loss of orders or decline in sales.

The direct consequence of being squeezed by both ends is that the pressure on the corporate capital chain has increased significantly, which in turn triggers a wave of corporate failures in a vicious circle.

CCTV’s previous survey of the manufacturing industry in Guangdong showed that some small household appliances companies that were unable to mold and process electrical accessories on their own went bankrupt when they were unable to withstand the price increase of general parts factories and were unable to receive orders in the short term.

Cai Shaohua is looking forward to the time node of May 1st, “March to May of each year is the off-season. We are still holding on to the wait and see. Let’s raise prices after May 1st.”

In fact, it is not only domestic small and medium-sized enterprises that are under pressure, but even international industry giants can’t help but raise prices one after another.

Recently, American body care and cleaning products giants Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola have announced price increases, which has aroused the attention of the consumer market.

“This is the largest increase in commodity raw materials in my 33 years at P&G. This momentum may still exist for a long time.” P&G Chief Operating Officer Jon Moller said that this made him have to Announced an increase in the prices of daily necessities, from diapers to toilet paper, starting in September of this year.

The Coca-Cola Company also said that it cannot withstand the pressure of rising raw material prices, and the company has made a decision to increase product prices.

RMB enters the 6.4 era

In addition to the rise in raw materials, the pressure brought by the appreciation of the renminbi and high international shipping costs has not yet come to an end.

“If this continues, foreign trade people don’t want to do it anymore.” Li Qi, the person in charge of a garment foreign trade manufacturing company in the Yangtze River Delta, told China Business News that the pressure on foreign trade companies from the appreciation of the renminbi is not less than the impact of rising raw materials.

Since the beginning of the appreciation trend in the second half of last year, the renminbi has risen by nearly 10%. This is also the biggest and strongest rise in the impression of Li Qi, who has been in foreign trade for more than 20 years.

On April 22, the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center announced data that the central parity of the RMB against the US dollar was reported at 6.4902, an increase of 144 basis points.

Wang Tao, chief China economist at UBS, believes that the US dollar-renminbi exchange rate is expected to be around 6.4 at the end of this year, and may fluctuate widely driven by the exchange rate trend of the US dollar against major currencies. This also means that the renminbi is already in the 6.4 era.

Li Qi, who pays close attention to exchange rate fluctuations, believes that the renminbi will continue to appreciate. “One day in February, the offshore renminbi broke through 6.4 at some point and reached 6.39. Although it is not a long time, it may rise to 6.3 this year. Provided support”.

Compared with the end of last year, the tight situation of container transportation has eased slightly, but the freight rate is still at a high level, and the capacity arrangement is nearly a month and a half earlier than before.

Zhou Shihao, CEO of China’s one-stop international logistics service platform “Where to ship”, told CBN that in the past, orders for late May would not be arranged until May 15, but now the transportation plan for May has been arranged, “90 % Of the capacity has been arranged, and we will start to arrange the capacity for June next week.”

According to his observation, at present, whether it is shipping or air transport, or the China-Europe express train, it is already at the limit level. Due to tight shipping capacity and high freight rates, companies are beginning to need more digital information to combat anxiety and uncertainty.

Catalyzed by the epidemic, digitalization and e-commerce have also become high-frequency words in the field of foreign trade.

In the first quarter of this year, China’s foreign trade maintained a recovery growth. According to data from the General Administration of Customs, my country’s exports in the first quarter were 4.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.7%. As an emerging trade format, cross-border e-commerce continued its good development trend last year, with exports increasing by 69.3% year-on-year, becoming one of the main forces for stable growth in foreign trade.

On April 22, Alibaba International Station announced the trend of foreign trade in 2021 and its digital overseas strategy. Zhang Kuo, vice president of Alibaba Group and general manager of Alibaba International Station, said that during the epidemic, the penetration rate of global e-commerce has increased significantly, and the trend of online procurement is irreversible. As the structural position of China’s supply in the world continues to increase, the dividends of cross-border e-commerce overseas are still there. It is a new opportunity for Chinese manufacturing to go overseas with high quality through branding.

Zhang Kuo told China Business News that in the global trade chain, raw material price increases and RMB appreciation and other costs transfer mainly depend on which party is stronger and which party has the right to speak. China’s manufacturing has the largest supporting role in the world, and it is especially irreplaceable during the epidemic. Therefore, from the data on the platform, we have not yet seen a significant price increase trend and market resistance to price increases, but it should be emphasized that Chinese manufacturing companies must seize the window period of the epidemic and gradually move from scale growth to quality increase.

The general manager of Huasheng Shuanglang (Beijing) Textile Co., Ltd., which develops antibacterial and deodorant textile fabrics, has made a wish and has been operating cross-border e-commerce business for more than 10 years. She told China Business News that the price increase of raw materials and the appreciation of the renminbi are likely to become the norm for a long time. Their response to rising raw material prices is to provide customers with more alternative fabric solutions out of a full understanding of raw materials.

Xu Xinxian said that they will now lock in the RMB price with their customers in the contract to avoid losses caused by the appreciation of the RMB as much as possible. With the help of platforms such as Alibaba International Station, they will also increase added value and efficiency by strengthening brand building, using a series of programs such as overseas warehouses, rapid foreign exchange settlement, and business loans.

Video of the people harvesting Normally, the tree planted for 3 years is to give fruit, the fruit quality is large and small, sweet and sour depends much on the weather, the ripening time lasts about 30-45 days, when in the season, the fruit will ripen very quickly. people have to harvest every day. Previously, very few trees were planted concentratedly by households, but only intercropped in gardens, fences … but in recent years, this type of fruit has been favored by many people. The selling price is quite high, so many households grow more tending. However, due to the benefit of the Covid-19 this year, the ripe price is lower than every year. The wholesale price (wholesale price) at the garden ranges from 7,000-28,000 VND / kg, depending on the type. The people here said that the tree has high economic efficiency and is easy to take care of. If there is a good season, the farmer can reap hundreds of million VND from this fruit. Growers are sorting to deliver to customers It is the time for the garden to ripen, the garden owners must rush to harvest in time to deliver the goods to the traders, to avoid falling. Mr. Do Nhu Phong, a grower in Hoai Duc, said: “This year is better than every year, the first purchase price is still very high, about 48,000-55,000 VND / kg, but is now at the end. The price of the first type has been much reduced. The most beautiful type 1 has a price of about 28,000 VND / kg, while type 2 ranges from 18,000-22,000 VND / kg ” As for Ms. Ngo Thi Le, her family used to grow around the fence, interweaving the crops in the garden, but in recent years, this fruit has been popular with many people. The selling price is quite high, so not only her family but many people in the commune also invest in planting. “At present, my family has planted more than 1 acre” – Mrs. Le boasted. Some pictures recorded at some growers in Hiep Thuan commune (Phuc Tho district, Hanoi city): Hiep Thuan commune is the second largest growing area in Hanoi The gardens are mixed with many crops to increase farming productivity These few years, according to some people, are better season than every year … … due to the Covid-19 translation, the price has come down but not significantly People are busy harvesting and bringing to the market. Picking must pick evenly hand, choose ripe red fruit The ripe berries are carefully selected by the people. People pick it up with bare hands. The small and soft fruit must be picked lightly with the right hand so as not to peel or break, if hard hand the fruit will be broken and cannot be sold “ The whole bunch of flowers weighed heavily on the fruit Sorting and stuffing into foam boxes to deliver to traders

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.

Old South American bananas are selling cheap lottery There are both yellow and green bananas sold here. The common point is that the goods sold here are large in size compared to normal, many people call “giant” bananas. On Nguyen Oanh street (Go Vap district), just on a short road, there are 2 places selling “cheap” old bananas at the price of 6,000 VND / kg, attracting quite a lot of buyers. Young men selling here said that because they cannot be exported this year, bananas are so cheap. Dong Nai banana retail in HCMC is only 6,000 VND / kg Ms. Tran Thi Mai, a nearby house, said she bought a large bunch, weighing up to 6 kg, to try it. “I bought it when the fruit was still green, but the next day it was ripe, soft and sweet, and they would sell it for a long time. Normally, this banana has to cost 10,000-15,000 VND / kg.” – Ms. Mai said. Bananas are cheap, consumers can choose freely, can buy less than 1 bunch Mr. Do Ngoc Chat, Director of Viet A Agrifood Co., Ltd. (Ho Chi Minh City) – specializing in the official export of fruit to China, said that due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the main market for bananas was China, the purchasing power decreased. Old bananas at supermarkets are also on a discount, from the original price of 20,900 VND / kg to 12,000 VND / kg “But the banana area increased a lot. Previously, Vietnam mainly competed with bananas from the Philippines, now there are many newly opened farms in Cambodia and Laos with an area of ​​thousands of hectares. We currently buy bananas that meet export standards. about 5,000 VND / kg while before and immediately after Tet is 14,000 VND / kg. This price, farmers do not have much income because the cultivated area is small, mostly less than 1 ha “- Mr. Chat said. Bananas that are too old can only be sold domestically And Mr. Ly Minh Hung, Director of Thanh Binh Cooperative (Dong Nai), specializing in old South American bananas, said that the banana industry was oversupply. “Farmers grow spontaneously in bulk while large farms follow the contract to spread crops less affected. Bananas are too cheap, farmers keep waiting for price increases, but bananas are too old, too size to be exported. The oversized banana here farmers sell only 2,000 VND / kg, many people suffer losses.With bananas that are too big can only be sold fresh in the domestic market, plastic and dried banana processors are also excluded because it was not uniform. ” – Mr. Hung explained.

Going to Dai Son commune, Dai Loc district these days, wherever we go, we can see farmers hurrying to harvest the ripe pineapple fields after months of planting on the hillsides. Dai Son commune has nearly 700ha of pineapple cultivation, this is the largest pineapple cultivation area in Dai Loc district. This year, pineapple farmers here are very excited because pineapples are in good condition and sold at high prices. The best pineapples were sold by Ms. Ta Thi Thuy to traders. Ms. Ta Thi Thuy (53 years old, Hoi Guest village, Dai Son commune) said, her family has grown pineapples for 25 years, but there has been no strong crop like this year. “My family has planted 2 hectares of pineapple since September 2019 with a capital of 40 million VND. Up to now, 13,000 pineapple roots have been harvested. The price in the field ranges from 8,000 to 12,000 VND / fruit. Up to now, I have regained my capital and made a profit “, Ms. Thuy excitedly shared. And Ms. Nguyen Thi Bi (51 years old, Dau Go village, Dai Son commune) said: “Pineapple this year has a high price, doubled compared to last year. My family has just harvested 15,000 pineapple root, after subtracting all the expenses, the profit is over 100 million dong ”. According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Bi, this year the weather has been erratic, but thanks to careful care, the pineapple is still growing well. Each pineapple weighs about 1kg – 1.2kg, compared with every year, it gives a higher yield. Farmers are excited because the pineapple crop this year has a good season and high prices. Many farmers added that the pineapple is very drought tolerant, considered the best among agricultural products. Most pineapples here are grown on the mountainside, sometimes up to 40 degrees Celsius, can burn red leaves, but the pineapple tree still clings to the ground, flowers, bears fruit and just a little rain is possible. lush right away. However, if the weather is favorable, grown on good soil and carefully cared for, the pineapple tree can grow well, achieve high yields. Pineapple brand Dai Loc For many years, pineapple has been considered as the main agricultural product of Dai Loc district and has become its own brand. Referring to Dai Loc fruit, many people will immediately think of this delicious and nutritious fruit. During the pineapple season, hundreds of traders from different places come to the fields to buy pineapples every day. Ms. Dang Thi Thu Hien (52 years old), a trader who buys pineapples, said that the reason why Dai Loc pineapple is popular with many customers is because it ripens by itself on the field, so it has natural aroma, guaranteed quality and safety. After the harvest is complete, the traders come to the fields to buy and sell all over the country. “Pineapple Dai Loc has large, sweet fruit with reasonable price, so many people choose it. Just 3 days ago, I purchased more than 10 tons of pineapples to be transported to the South for my customers and now they sell most of them, just urged to move in, ”Ms. Hien said. The nutrients in pineapple help strengthen the immune system, strengthen bones, improve visa … become a popular and friendly fruit in the summer. In recent years, people in Dai Loc have grown pineapples in the direction of spreading crops to supply products to the market until the end of the summer, avoiding the situation of mass ripe pineapples causing accumulation and difficult to consume. Some specialized farming areas in Dai Hong and Dai Lanh communes, always have products sold to traders and small consumers, bringing stable income to improve the family economy.

Many crab farmers in Ca Mau lost a portion of their profits due to lower crab prices Mr. Nguyen Van District (living in Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau province), said he has been with crab farming for nearly 20 years, thanks to the job, his family’s life is increasingly improved. Previously, on the occasion of Tiet Thanh minh, the prices of crabs increased sharply, but this year there is a “scenario” that is hard to expect. “On March 10 (lunar calendar), I set up in the square to catch weak and soft brick crabs … and put them in the pond to feed them to sell at high prices on the occasion of Tiet Thanh. crab not only did not increase but also decreased by over and under 100,000 VND / kg, which made me and many other farmers lose a part of their profits, ”said Mr. District. According to many traders, recently dead crabs in some districts in Ca Mau province are one of the reasons why the best crab in the West has decreased on the occasion of Tiet Thanh minh. “After buying crabs, my family packed them in boxes and sent them to Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City … for consumption. However, recently in the process of transporting crabs have lost a lot”, traders NCL share. Previously, crabs raised by many households in the southern districts of Ca Mau province died abnormally. In farming households in Nam Can and Ngoc Hien districts, crabs are weak and die quickly after being harvested from the water surface, mortality is more than 50% of crabs in the farming square. As for the ones that are still alive, the quality of meat is low … Then, samples of crabs, mud and water are sent for testing. The results show that water quality factors are within the limits for crab growth. Particularly in the sludge sample, the density of bacteria capable of causing disease (vibro parahaemolyticus) is quite high, the crabs are still infected with some external parasites such as nematodes, zoothamium sp, parasites (cypris) in the nipple sinuses. , liver …

On the net market, in addition to the wormwood cakes, tapioca cakes, … some small traders in the highlands of Cao Bang, Bac Kan are also selling strange and fancy cakes, attracting many housewives to order. That is the ant egg cake. The main ingredient of the cake is ant eggs. This typical ethnic cake in Bac Kan and Cao Bang is sold for 60,000 VND / 5 cakes, 120,000 VND / 10 cakes. Along the drying net to make specialties, 300,000 VND / kg Along the mosquito net is a tree that grows in abundance on the banks of ponds and swamps in the countryside. Going to the city, along the mosquito net, it becomes a specialty that many people fall in love with. Along the mosquito net can be cooked with sour soup, vermicelli. Along the drying net, the price is from 300,000 VND / kg. (Photo: Dan Tri) In particular, the trees along the mosquito net are also dried to eat gradually. The Dan Tri newspaper said that compared with the fresh type, the dried type along the mosquito net is quite expensive, up to 300,000 VND / kg. According to the advertisement of the seller, the drying mosquito does not get itchy. When processing, just soak to hatch, squeeze and wash with water to cook immediately. Plums, tomatoes, chili, onions dropped on the carpet Being in the main harvest season, but plums have dropped the price of the carpet, some are still 1,000-2,000 VND / kg, only 1/8 of the previous years. At this price point, selling 1kg of plum is not enough to buy a cup of iced tea. According to the gardeners, although the price is as cheap as vegetables, plums are still dull. Traders come to buy a little, ripe red plums on the tree, but people do not bother to harvest. Meanwhile, in Hanoi, some fruit shops, street vendors are selling plums at the beginning of season 1 for 120,000-150,000 VND / kg, grade 2 plums are priced from 90,000-110,000 VND / kg, cheap. equal to 1/2 of last year. Tomatoes are in a similar situation. According to VOV, in the fields in Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province, tomatoes are in the red ripe crop, but farmers are not interested in harvesting. They even let the ripe, withered, spoiled tomatoes be picked up as feed for pigs. According to local people, this year, tomatoes are in good season, high yield, but the price is only 1/3 of the previous year, traders also do not buy. Farmers in Quang Nam are struggling when chili peppers are ripe in the garden, but there are no buyers. Chili price is only 3,500-4,000 VND / kg for domestic consumption. Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, exporting chili peppers faced many difficulties. Onion – a specialty of Nghe. (Photo: Chau Giang) Likewise, the price of onion is also unprecedentedly cheap. As a specialty of Nghe origin, onions in Hanoi are currently priced from 30,000-50,000 VND / kg. In previous years, scallions cost 150,000-200,000 VND / kg. Nghe An is cheap in part due to the good season and the output pumpkins, so the price in the field is very cheap, only 13,000 VND / kg. Pepper prices have risen sharply After a period of sinking at the bottom, pepper – a commodity that is known as “black gold” of Vietnam – suddenly went into a price fever. Within a month, the price of this item has increased more than 4 times. In Ba Ria – Vung Tau, pepper prices increased from 17,500 VND soared to 73,000 VND / kg. Pepper prices in the provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc are all at 72,000 VND / kg, 71,000 VND / kg, 70,000 VND / kg, 74,000 VND / kg and 73,000 VND / kg, respectively. According to the Department of Agro-Processing and Market Development (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the cause of pepper price fever is due to reduced supply while demand is flourishing. Fruits are reduced in price, cheaper than vegetables According to the report of the Department of Processing and Market Development (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), in the first March of the year, although the fruit and vegetable export has increased again, the prices of fruit at home gardeners all plummeted. there are record reductions, cheaper than vegetables. Green skin grapefruit has a record price reduction (illustration) Accordingly, the price of Taiwan mango purchased at the garden in Vinh Long is only 5,000-6,000 VND / kg; The price of mango mango also decreased to 8,000-10,000 VND / kg, while in the same period last year, the price of mango in the Mekong Delta was the lowest at 17,000 VND / kg. Green skin pomelo in Khanh Hoa is only 15,000-25,000 VND / kg. The price of cow leather longan in Tay Ninh also dropped sharply to 4,000-5,000 VND / kg. Australian purple sweet potato costs 400,000 VND / kg still ‘attracts’ customers Sweet potato is a popular commodity, but now the market imports many new types with high prices and still has buyers. According to the Labor Newspaper, Australian purple sweet potato is currently priced at 350,000-400,000 VND / kg. This variety has white skin, purple to dark purple flesh, quite beautiful; advertised with many health benefits. The shopkeeper said that this variety is very sticky, fragrant and sweet, “the best in the market”. Australian purple sweet potato costs 350,000 VND / kg The best crab in the West decreased by 100,000 VND / kg The most delicious sea crabs in the West on the occasion of Tiet Thanh minh all increase in price, but this year it has decreased by over and under 100,000 VND / kg. On April 11, in Ca Mau, crab and crab were bought by traders to the square for 500,000 VND / kg; the best price is 300,000 VND / kg; Yondaime (less than 300 grams) costs 180,000 VND / kg … According to many traders, recently, dead crabs in some districts in Ca Mau province are one of the reasons why the best crab in the West has decreased on the occasion of Tiet Thanh minh. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)