Vietnam: The price of ornamental kumquats for Tet, every house is deeply reduced

In the days leading to Tet, from early morning to late evening, Thiet Tru village is always bustling with convoys of trucks transporting kumquats to provinces and cities for consumption. After a year of hard work, eating, lying in the field to take care of kumquats to sell at the end of the year to the market to sell Tet...but this year, consumption of kumquats is slow, the price is reduced from 100,000 - 150,000 VND/tree compared to last year. Before, kumquat growers in Thiet Tru could not help but feel sad. At 12 noon, Mrs. Do Thi Nam and her husband, Thiet Tru village, are busy counting each jar for accuracy to calculate money with traders. This year, Mrs. Nam's family has 1.5 acres of kumquats, of which 8 are planted with ornamental kumquats. 8 kumquat trees have been ordered by traders since the beginning of November (lunar calendar). "Today, traders come to carry the tree," Ms. Nam said, adding that the price was lower than last year. For large and beautiful kumquats, the ...