Reporters recorded at the production, printing and selling facilities of 2025 Tet calendars in the center of Can Tho City, the buying and selling atmosphere at the end of the year was bustling and vibrant.
This year, the Tet calendar market has a diverse design and rich materials. The calendar design trend combines tradition and modernity, themes about homeland, images of snake mascots (At Ty), peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, happiness, prosperity and longevity... still dominate.
In particular, many types of calendars have a luxurious and unique look, made from high-quality materials such as laminate, leather, with 3D embossed printing technology, silk printing... Red, yellow, green are still the main colors, symbolizing luck, fortune and prosperity.
Having been in the Tet calendar business for many years, Mr. Quang Khai (Ninh Kieu district) said that the purchasing power of Tet calendars this year is quite stable, especially laminate calendars. Currently, his store has to stop accepting orders for laminate calendars because they are out of stock and cannot be made in time to deliver to customers.
Laminate calendars are printed using modern technology with many outstanding advantages, sharp patterns along with high durability, good moisture and termite resistance. In case the calendar gets dirty, just use a cloth to wipe it like new again, can be reused for many years; this type of calendar is priced from only 70,000 - 100,000 VND.
A representative of a Tet calendar store located on Ly Tu Trong Street (Ninh Kieu District) shared that the Tet calendar market this year is thriving and bustling, especially laminate calendars with high aesthetics and low prices, so they are the preferred choice of many customers.
“Businesses and units often choose laminate calendars as gifts for partners and customers. For this type of calendar, our printing shop only accepts large orders, with a minimum of 100 products or more,” said a shop representative.
In general, the prices of Tet calendars remain stable, ranging from 30,000 - 790,000 VND depending on the material, size and complexity of the design, from desk calendars to wall calendars, block calendars, meeting the needs of many consumers.
The lowest priced desk calendar is 30,000 VND. The largest block calendar type 01 (38x53cm) has the highest price of 790,000 VND. The high-end block calendar is often ordered by businesses and organizations to give to important partners and customers.
At a Tet calendar printing shop located on 30/4 Street (Ninh Kieu District), this place has sold a large number of calendar products, especially laminate calendars, and is no longer accepting new orders.
“At the end of the year, the store staff is always busy from early morning to late night, and the printing factory is even busier. We will continue to sell from now until mid-January 2025, mainly the calendars that are still available in the store in small quantities, then we will close for Tet,” said the store manager.
To meet customers' tastes, the stores also provide calendar printing services on demand, allowing customers to design their own images and content, creating calendars with their own meanings about study, work, love, family... according to their wishes to welcome a peaceful and prosperous new year.
