The truth about durian 30,000 VND/fruit, surprise about expensive chestnut pumpkin

The truth about durian 30,000 VND/fruit

The price of durian is low because of the decrease in quality, many sellers are lowering the price to sell their goods. Recently, social networks have spread the image of a super cheap durian business location, only 30,000 VND/fruit in Ho Chi Minh City. However, according to Tuoi Tre Online on the afternoon of August 20, this address has temporarily stopped operating.

Ms. Tran Thi Ngoc Linh – who claims to be the owner of this store, said that the cheap durian is the old durian variety (large-seeded durian) and the quantity is limited. Currently, this durian is at the end of the season and is in short supply, so her family has temporarily stopped selling.

Durian is being sold by many people on online markets such as Facebook, Zalo... The selling price is quite diverse, with about 35,000-40,000 VND/kg of seedless durian; the flat-seeded varieties such as Ri6 durian cost 60,000-70,000 VND/kg, Thai durian costs 70,000-90,000 VND/kg; the Musang King durian variety is more delicious so the price is 100,000-140,000 VND/kg. The price of 30,000 VND/kg is usually for seedless durian, bad fruit, small.

Surprise about the expensive chestnut pumpkin that is causing a fever on the 'online market'

Pumpkin is a very familiar vegetable to housewives, sold everywhere in the market. The price of pumpkins ranges from 10,000-25,000 VND/kg depending on the time, sometimes even having to be "rescued" at the price of 2,000-5,000 VND/kg.

For over a week now, a type of pumpkin with a small, green skin, advertised as having a chestnut flavor, has been causing a stir on the internet. Because of its unique flavor, Jeju pumpkin is also called chestnut pumpkin by sellers.

On online markets, chestnut squash is sold in boxes of 5-6 squash per box. Each box weighs about 2.2-2.5kg, priced at 220,000-240,000 VND/box. In total, each kilogram of chestnut squash costs about 100,000 VND, 4-10 times more expensive than Vietnamese pumpkin. Some retailers sell each squash individually for about 40,000 VND/squash.

Jeju pumpkin with a fragrant chestnut scent is causing a fever on the "online market". Photo: NVCC

This is a pumpkin variety originating from Jeju Island, introduced to China and grown on a large scale. On this occasion, traders imported pumpkins to sell in Vietnam and immediately caused a fever in the market because of its novel flavor. This pumpkin is a Chinese product, not an imported product from Korea. (See details)

Hung Yen longan price is one and a half times higher

On the morning of August 16, the People's Committee of Hung Yen province chaired and coordinated with Big C Thang Long supermarket to organize the opening ceremony of the Longan and typical agricultural products week of Hung Yen province in Hanoi in 2024.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Quyet, representative of Minh Bao Clean Agricultural Products Cooperative (Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province), told Nguoi Lao Dong that the unit's output this year only reached about 40% compared to last year, but in return, the selling price was one and a half times higher, ranging from 50,000-80,000 VND/kg.

Super giant mooncakes are here, 'premium' Chinese goods at dirt cheap prices

In addition to traditional mooncakes weighing 100-200 grams, “giant” mooncakes weighing 500-700 grams, as big as pizzas, produced domestically and imported, are flooding the market as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches. Notably, Chinese mooncakes are advertised as “premium” but are sold at dirt cheap prices.

The “super-giant” mooncakes produced by bakeries range in price from 250,000-500,000 VND/cake depending on the filling. Meanwhile, Chinese products are advertised as “premium” by dealers but are dirt cheap, only 50,000-60,000 VND/cake.

Although it is widely sold in the market and is popular with consumers, many people are still concerned about the quality and food safety issues because the packaging and labels of this moon cake are all in foreign languages. (See details)

Pork prices slightly decreased

Since May, according to VTV , pork prices have created a fever when they increased by an average of 20,000-30,000 VND/kg. In July, prices set a new record when some types increased to 300,000 VND/kg.

However, since the beginning of August, pork prices have shown a slight downward trend. Pork prices at traditional markets in Hanoi have cooled down. At Cong Vi market (Ba Dinh district), pork costs 90,000-150,000 VND/kg.
According to market records, the current price is reasonable for both farmers, sellers, and consumers.

Super expensive "Japanese delicacy" seafood is still popular among Vietnamese people

In Vietnam, scallops are a familiar dish for gourmet diners, but Japanese scallops are quite expensive.

On the market, live imported Hokkaido scallops in shell are sold for 700,000-850,000 VND/kg. This type of seafood is considered the "quintessence of the sea" of Japan.

Scallop meat costs from 1.2 to 1.4 million VND/kg. For frozen scallops, the price ranges from 150,000 to 300,000 VND/kg depending on the type. A few years ago, some stores in our country were selling dried Japanese scallop meat for up to 10 million VND/kg.

Japan exported 13,075 tons of shell-on scallops to Vietnam in the first half of this year. Compared to the same period last year, the amount of Japanese scallops entering the Vietnamese market increased dramatically by 2,078%. (See details)

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/su-that-sau-rieng-30-000-dong-trai-bat-ngo-ve-loai-bi-ngo-hat-de-gia-dat-do-2315265.html