Vietnam: Smoked leaves, ginger, lemongrass, grapefruit peel suddenly increased in price, many people in Son La still buy in a hurry, why is that?

Before the 2022 Lunar New Year, F0 cases have not appeared as much as now, so items such as: Ginger, lemongrass, basil, grapefruit peel, pomelo leaves, lemons... the prices are cheap, sometimes coming to the market. no one noticed. But because recently there has been a lot of information about the above agricultural products used as fumigants, helping to prevent covid-19, people have flocked to central markets, residential markets to buy for their families to inhale their noses. prevent viruses, causing items to increase in price 3-4 times normal day. Talking to PV Dan Viet, Ms. Ca Thi Thuong, a small trader selling agricultural products for many years at Nong Duc market (Chieng Sinh ward, Son La city, Son La province) said: "In the past, I mainly sold all kinds of products. I saw many customers looking to buy lemongrass, ginger, grapefruit leaves, grapefruit peel, lemon to blow my nose, so I picked them up in the fields and bundled them to sell. 15,000 - 20,000 VND. On average, I ...