Vietnam: The COVID-19 epidemic caused many agricultural products to be backlogged, prices fell deeply

According to statistics of the local Department of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade, the situation of COVID-19 epidemic in the country is developing rapidly and complicatedly, production, business and consumption of agricultural products are facing many difficulties. Commodity prices are low, which has affected the income and life of people in the province. Typically, a number of agricultural products in Dong Thap province are in stock in large quantities. In which, Japanese purple sweet potato products are backlogged with an output of nearly 8,500 tons because mainly traders do not buy or buy very little. In the coming time, a number of products will be harvested such as: chili with an estimated yield of over 32.00 tons by the end of the season; Pangasius, basa with an estimated output of nearly 184,600 tons; rice with an estimated output of 1.5 million tons... In Dak Lak province, a number of agricultural export contracts have been canceled or suspended with ...