Malabar spinach is often mistaken for wild vegetables, which grow abundantly in Vietnam but are sold at three times the price in China

Published 2024년 8월 11일

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Malabar spinach, a common and inexpensive vegetable in Vietnam, becomes a high-priced, high-end specialty in China, with prices reaching nearly 200,000 VND/kg. Originally discovered in Hainan, China, this vegetable is now widely grown and valued for its rich nutritional content, including high protein, trace elements, carotene, and vitamin B. The Chinese prepare it with garlic and hot oil, enhancing its flavor. Due to limited production, it remains a costly item in the Chinese market, highlighting the vegetable's unique status and value.
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This vegetable costs only a few tens of thousands of VND/kg in Vietnam, but when brought abroad, the price can be up to nearly 200,000 VND/kg. Familiar vegetables in Vietnam become "high-class wild vegetables" here Vegetables in Vietnam are both delicious and cheap, but their "brother" versions abroad are sometimes more expensive than meat. Look no further, Malabar spinach in Vietnam costs only 60,000 - 70,000 VND/kg, but in neighboring China, the price is up to 60 NDT/kg, equivalent to 195,000 VND/kg. Currently, they are considered a "high-class wild vegetable" specialty in this country's market. In China, Malabar spinach is called rau thuc te or thu cung moc. Previously, they were a wild vegetable in the eyes of the people of this country. Malabar spinach was first discovered by the indigenous people in Ngu Chi mountain (Hainan, China). Gradually, they realized that they grow wild in many other provinces such as Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Sichuan. However, some ...

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