Crabs, giant freshwater shrimp doubled on the day of the god of fortune

From the early morning of January 10 of the lunar calendar (ie the day of the genius), the big markets in Ho Chi Minh City such as Xom Moi (Go Vap), Ms. Chieu (Binh Thanh), Tan Dinh (District 1) worship the god. Although the price of crabs and giant freshwater shrimps doubled compared to the previous day, many stalls still “burn” in stock after only a few hours.

At Xom New Market, grilled snakehead fish 400 grams a fish costs 100,000 VND, equivalent to 250,000 VND per kg, up 50% compared to weekdays. Particularly, the 10-kilogram of green shrimp per kg, soaring to 500,000 VND, the sea brick crab type 350-500 grams ranges from 550,000-600,000 VND per kg, double yesterday.

Ms. Hoang Anh said this morning bought a 600 gram crab for 360,000 VND, shrimp 50,000 VND, grilled snakehead fish 100,000 VND. “I only bought one type but it costs more than half a million dong. This year, the price increased too high,” she said.

According to Ms. Huyen, the small trader of Ba Chieu market (Binh Thanh district), in just one hour of the morning, she sold 30 crabs, had to ask her family members to bring more. “I am worried about economic difficulties, customers tighten spending so they import less than last year 20%, unexpectedly the demand is very high, many dishes are sold out early,” she said.

In addition, the items accompanied by offerings such as sticky rice, tea, flowers, and fruits also increased at 10-30% due to the sharp increase in purchasing power. Gerbera, 7-color chrysanthemums have a place to increase 2-3 times, red bean tea inched by 5,000 VND per glass, mango, grapefruit, custard apple more than 5,000-10,000 VND per kg compared to weekdays.

The small businesses said the price of goods increased Due to the supply of shrimp and crabs decreased by 10-30% compared to last year. Many sellers on this occasion have reduced production sharply because of the excuse to slow down. However, the reality shows that the demand is still high, making the food market more vibrant than expected.

A report from Binh Dien wholesale market shows that in the past two days, the amount of fish to the market reached 635 tons, up 82% over the same period last year. Snakehead fish prices only moved slightly, but grilled snakehead fish increased sharply due to smaller losses and processing.

In addition to food, the gold market is equally vibrant. This morning, Hoan Kim shops in Ho Chi Minh City Neo the price of gold bars and smooth rings around VND 86.5-90.3 million, while expanding the difference in buying and selling to VND 3.5 million. Large stores such as PNJ, DOJI, SJC are crowded, must distribute the order number to control the purchase. 24k smooth ring, golden jewelry gold is strongly sought.

Similarly, Vietlott lottery tickets and tradition are also good consumption. Many agents said that the ticket sales increased by 40-50%, especially the rows of fortune 39, 79, 38, 78 (God of Fortune, Earth).