Super cheap dragon fruit 5,000 VND/kg flooded the sidewalks in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam

Fresh Dragon Fruit

Vietnam

Published Jan 9, 2022

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At noon on January 8, at many streets in Ho Chi Minh City such as Trang Tu, Le Quang Sung (district 5), Cach Mang Thang Tam (district 10), Dien Bien Phu (Binh Thanh district) many trolleys and street vendors offered for sale. Dragon fruit with white flesh and red flesh is priced at only 5,000-10,000 VND/kg. “This is a dragon fruit grown by farmers in Binh Thuan, Long An according to VietGap standards, it is mainly for export, but it is currently congested so we buy and sell it cheaply to the market to support farmers.

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At noon on January 8, at many streets in Ho Chi Minh City such as Trang Tu, Le Quang Sung (district 5), Cach Mang Thang Tam (district 10), Dien Bien Phu (Binh Thanh district)... many trolleys and street vendors offered for sale. Dragon fruit with white flesh and red flesh is priced at only 5,000-10,000 VND/kg. “This is a dragon fruit grown by farmers in Binh Thuan, Long An… according to VietGap standards, it is mainly for export, but it is currently congested so we buy and sell it cheaply to the market to support farmers. In order to have the selling price below this level of 10,000 VND/kg, we collect and resell it ourselves, not through intermediaries and traders,” said Mr. Binh, a small fruit trader on Trang Tu Street (District 5). . On the side of Cho Lon bus station (District 5), many small traders display dragon fruits piled up into a bright red tower in a corner of the market, fresh dragon fruit has just been brought to the market by traders this morning. “If before, dragon ...

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