Vietnam: The first vegetable crop of the season in Tien Giang is raining with feverish prices but is difficult to grow

Coming to the specialized vegetable growing area of Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province these days, we witnessed farmers urgently harvesting vegetables such as pennywort, braised vegetables, coriander, fish mint, basil. trees... In the first crop of this season, many types of vegetables are priced at feverish prices such as pennywort at up to 12,000 VND/kg, braised vegetables at 7,000 VND/kg, green onions at 30,000 VND/kg, coriander, perilla, and bitter melon fruit at nearly 30 thousand. VND/kg. In particular, red chili peppers like Sen Hong cost up to 52,000 VND/kg and are very scarce. However, according to local farmers, this crop of vegetables is very difficult to grow and costs a lot of money for disease prevention spraying, especially for braised vegetables and pennywort plants that often have burnt, yellow, or bruised leaves. Some sunken fields in Tan Hiep, Than Cuu Nghia, Thanh Phu communes (Chau Thanh district) are still flooded due to recent heavy rains. Ms. Duong ...