In Vietnam, dried food prices increased sharply before Tet

Published 2020년 12월 25일

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The article highlights the significant price increase of dry food items for Tet holiday in Vietnam, as observed by Ms. Tran Thi Nga at a wholesale market in Hanoi. Dry goods such as dried bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and vermicelli have seen a notable price hike due to surging demand. Despite the rising costs, traders like Pham Thuy are forced to further increase prices to maintain a small profit margin. This situation prompts buyers like Ms. Nga to stock up on these items in anticipation of higher prices during the rush leading to Tet. The article also mentions that office workers are taking advantage of early shopping to avoid price surges and to prepare for the holidays more efficiently.

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At the beginning of the week, Ms. Tran Thi Nga went to the wholesale market at 365 Ha Dong (Hanoi) to buy dry food to sell at home. She noticed that the prices of dry food products for Tet such as dried bamboo shoots, mushrooms, vermicelli, wood ear ... started to increase compared to the previous month. Ms. Nga's family sells and sells sausages, so she often buys dried bamboo shoots, mushrooms, vermicelli, carpentry ... with a lot of volume, up to a dozen kilograms to store for sale. Last month, she still saw "very soft" dry goods prices. After only 1 month, the price starts slightly due to the increasing demand for Tet shopping. Ms. Nga said last month, buying new delicious dried bamboo shoots cost 170,000 VND / kg, vermicelli 80,000 VND / kg, shiitake mushrooms 150,000 VND / kg, carpentry ear 150,000 VND / kg. Yet now the prices of these dried foods have increased dramatically. Dried bamboo shoots increased to 250,000 VND / kg, delicious vermicelli increased to 120,000 VND / ...

Source: tieudung