Out of season plums cost 250,000 VND per kg in Vietnam

Mr. Hoang, the owner of a fruit shop on Hai Ba Trung Street (District 1), said that off-season plums have been sold for more than a month now. "In early February, each kilogram of type 1 (16-18 fruits) cost 300,000 VND, now it's reduced to 250,000 VND," he said. After picking the plums at the garden house, they are kept their white powder, packed, kept at a cool temperature like in the garden and transported by air to the South within the same day. "Therefore, the retail price of grade 1 plums at stores is 3-4 times higher than the prices at the garden, even higher than those imported from Chile and South Korea," a small trader said. In Hanoi, the price of grade 1 plums currently ranges from 180,000-200,000 VND per kg, several tens of thousands of VND cheaper than Ho Chi Minh City because there is no cost to transport by air. According to Mr. Nguyen Van Dao, a trader specializing in purchasing plums in Son La, this item's output this year increased by about 10% compared to last ...