Vietnam: After the storm, water spinach is 40,000 VND/bunch, green onions are 5,000 VND/stem, housewives are shocked

“A bunch of water spinach normally costs only 8-10 thousand VND, but now it costs 40 thousand VND/bunch, a 4-fold increase. Chinese cabbage is also 50 thousand VND/kg, Malabar spinach is 30 thousand VND/bunch. After asking the price, I still can't get over the shock when I get home.” That is what Ms. Nguyen Thi Nga, residing in Cau Giay (Hanoi) shared after going to the market. Not only that, a green onion costs 5 thousand VND, a bunch of coriander is also 15 thousand VND instead of 3 thousand VND like before the storm. Green vegetables at the market increased 4 times Ms. Nga said that before the storm, everyone rushed to buy food to stock up, but she only bought enough to eat for 2-3 days. Yesterday, when she went to the market to buy vegetables, all kinds were 2-4 times more expensive than usual. “Green squash was only 10-15 thousand VND/kg before the storm, but yesterday I asked several shops, and they all quoted 35-40 thousand VND/kg. Some shops sell Chinese cabbage for 50,000 ...