Vietnam: An imported cooling fruit hits the market at a super cheap price

For more than a month now, Hanoi has been experiencing scorching heat waves, which is also the time when cooling fruits at Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhung's stall (in Dai Tu, Hoang Mai, Hanoi) are more popular because of demand. Demand increased dramatically. Pointing to the area where oranges were sold, she said, on occasion, the price was only 15,000-20,000 VND/kg, but now it has increased to more than 50,000 VND/kg, more expensive than imported Australian tangerines. Having been selling fruit for more than a decade now, according to Ms. Nhung, in the summer, oranges, tangerines, melons, coconuts... all increase in price because they are cooling fruits. However, these days, Australian tangerines are landing in the market at super cheap prices. This type of imported tangerine has shiny yellow skin, plump segments, and tastes sweet, but the price is only 40,000 VND/kg if purchased in a 5kg combo. This price is even cheaper than Vietnamese oranges. “At the end of May and beginning of June, ...