Vietnam: Shocked with imported vegetables priced at nearly 1 million VND/kg

Published 2021년 11월 6일

Tridge summary

Supermarkets in Ho Chi Minh City are selling imported vegetables and fruits at high prices, with spinach and Australian baby lettuce costing over 699,000 VND/kg. The owner of Ant Farm, a company importing vegetables from Australia, England, and the Netherlands, targets Vietnam's rich and explains the high prices due to the cost of air freight and the need to keep the vegetables cold during transport. He expects the segment to grow as air transportation becomes easier and the epidemic is controlled.

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Original content

Previously, public opinion was stirred up by the fact that supermarkets in Ho Chi Minh City sold cabbage for 250,000 VND / kg amid the stressful epidemic. Later, it was clarified that the cabbage was imported from Australia, and the Vietnamese cabbage cost only 18,000 VND/kg. However, according to the reporter's research, this is not the highest priced imported vegetable in the market. Recorded at Kingfoodmart supermarket on Pham Hung street (Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City), imported vegetables and fruits are displayed in a separate area, many types of notes on the selling price are calculated on the order because it is grams. Specifically, spinach (spinach) and Australian baby lettuce cost 699 VND/gram (699,000 VND/kg); Mixed baby lettuce imported from Australia costs 109,000 VND/120 grams (more than 900,000 VND/kg). Vegetables are beautifully packaged in plastic boxes with foreign brands, the importer has attached a Vietnamese information label. Not disclosing the number ...

Source: CafeF