Besides consuming commercial tangerines, the authority of Lai Vung District in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has coordinated with farmers to organize five attractions of tangerine orchards during the Tet holiday, attracting a large number of visitors to take souvenir photos, manually pick ripe tangerines, and enjoy them there.
The price of dragon fruits in Binh Thuan Province has currently plunged to VND500-VND1,000 per kg. Many dragon fruit growers are empty-handed in the dragon fruit crop serving the 2022 Lunar New Year market.
From the beginning of January to now, the wholesale markets of Hoc Mon, Thu Duc, Binh Dien have received 2,600 tons, 1,600 tons, and 1,500 tons of goods per day, respectively. Thereby, prices of food and fresh goods have declined by about 20 percent.
Although the purchasing power is not expected to hike suddenly during this Lunar New Year, Ho Chi Minh City has been ready to supply tens of thousands of tons of food and foodstuff products every day to ensure consumer demand before, during, and after the Tet holiday.
As pests caused vegetable production to decrease, many types of vegetables and tubers in Da Lat City and surrounding districts have increased prices continuously in the past few days.
There are nearly two months left until the Lunar New Year, but now the retail system has planned to stock up on goods for the peak shopping season, focusing on food and foodstuffs.
It is only a few days left until the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year 2021, according to many enterprises, the purchasing power at this time decreased by an average of 15-20 percent compared to the same period last year. It is forecasted that the purchasing power in 2021 will not be better than that in 2020 because of many reasons.
The delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Mr. Le Huynh Minh Tu, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, on January 21, continued to pay a visit and work with key enterprises of Lam Dong Province on the supply of vegetables and fruits for the city market during the Tet holidays.
The general purchasing power in the market has been highly increasing. People tend to buy Tet goods earlier than in previous years. Goods are plentiful and diverse with stable prices. That is the general opinion of traders about the Tet market.
The Tet Festival 2021 honoring Vietnamese food and culture will be held at Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from January 21-24, announced that the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade.
In the past three days, the number of people in Ho Chi Minh City who rushed to markets for shopping rose by 30-50 percent while purchasing power at supermarkets was 3-4 times higher than usual. Goods for Tet holidays were plentiful and diverse while the prices of most commodities remained stable.
