In Ho Chi Minh City, vegetables, salads, mushrooms, tofu … are expensive on the first day the markets reopen for sale on the 2nd of Tet. Prices have increased, but many people are still waiting in line to buy.
On January 23 (the 2nd day of Tet), many traditional markets and supermarkets have reopened for sale. At Phu Lam market (district 6), An Duong Vuong market (Binh Tan district) …, small traders selling vegetables and fruits bring goods to the roadside for customers to choose easily. The most expensive are lettuce, fresh mushrooms, tofu…
Salads are usually only regarding 40,000 VND/kg, but today, small traders sell them in bundles. Each bunch of 3-4 lettuce plants is regarding 300g, priced at 30,000 VND/bundle. Thus, the salad costs nearly 100,000 VND/kg. Similarly, fresh mushrooms cost nearly 80,000 VND/kg; tofu 6,000 VND/piece (increasing 1,000 VND/piece); fresh vermicelli also increased to regarding 17,000 VND/kg…; marigold flowers 15,000 VND/tree; chrysanthemum flowers 60,000 VND/bundle (while on the followingnoon of the 30th of Tet, chrysanthemum flowers only cost from 30,000-35,000 VND/bundle)…
“Even parking at Phu Lam market (District 6), usually only from 4,000-5,000 VND / time, but now it has increased to 8,000 VND / time. Food prices these days are even higher than at the time of Tet,” said Ms. Minh Trang (living in Ba Hom Street, Binh Tan District).
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| Roast chickens and ducks are prepared in large quantities by small traders for customers to buy and worship on the 2nd of Tet. |
Many small traders admitted that the price has increased more than in the days nearing the Lunar New Year 2023. The reason for the price change is that farmers have harvested all the vegetables and fruits to sell during Tet, so they do not sell goods now, small traders have to keep a lot of cold storage. expensive vegetables. “Normally, regarding a week following the Lunar New Year holiday, prices will stabilize once more,” said Mrs.
Although the price of vegetables has increased, but the fruit products are quite stable, such as sand mango from 30,000-35.0000 VND/kg, Siamese coconut 20,000 VND/fruit, papaya 30,000 VND/kg…
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| Cotton offerings also increased in price, such as chrysanthemum flowers to 50,000 VND/bundle, nearly double that of the days close to Tet. |
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| Meanwhile, mango and papaya prices are quite stable, but few customers buy because the five-fruit tray has been prepared by them before Tet. |
Meanwhile, many supermarkets also reopened. At Coop Mart supermarket (District 6), many customers queued before 8 o’clock to wait for the supermarket to open to buy offerings. Every batch of boiled chicken that has just been brought up is bought immediately, the price of each chicken is regarding 200,000 VND.
“Every year on the 2nd of the Lunar New Year, I also go to the supermarket to buy ready-made boiled chicken. The chicken is beautifully broken, but the price is much cheaper than outside. However, the amount of boiled chicken is not much, so I have to go early. This year, I bought 2 boiled chickens to present the dinner table and treat my children to visit” – Ms. Le Thi Nhung (64 years old) confided.
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| Customers queued up at the supermarket to buy boiled chicken for the 2nd day of Tet very early. |
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| There are a lot of banh chung in the supermarket. |
At Aeon supermarket, this system reopens to normal service from the 2nd of Tet. The variety of green vegetables and fruits at the supermarket is quite rich, but the number of customers is not as busy as the days before Tet.
On the first day of reopening, most traditional markets and supermarkets only operate in the morning.
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| The leafy vegetable counter is empty because the supplier has not delivered the goods. The supermarket only has a few root vegetables such as carrots, cabbage, cabbage, cauliflower, white radish, kohlrabi… |
