According to Lao Dong reporters, the price of green vegetables at traditional markets in Da Nang City on the evening of October 22 tends to increase. However, for food items, dried items... the prices have remained almost unchanged.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Tan (name of the character requested for change, traders at Hoa Cuong market) - informed that storm No. 12 is about to make landfall, affecting the price of green vegetables, the import price of traders is also about 5-10% more expensive than usual.
"Many types of tubers and fruits have increased by an average of 10,000 VND/kg; Vegetables have increased by 5,000-10,000 VND/bunch, squash, the most expensive is cucumber, today I imported goods with the original price of 30,000 VND/kg, so I also had to sell them at a slightly higher price" - Ms. Tan said.
Taking advantage of her working hours to shop for food, Ms. Trinh Thi Minh (living on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, Da Nang) chose to buy a few bunches of water spinach, pork, vermicelli and some necessary spices.
According to Ms. Minh, the price of green vegetables at Hoa Cuong market before storm No. 12 was higher than usual. Worried about the storm, she and many people this evening took the opportunity to go to the market to buy food to store during the rainy and windy days.
Although the price of green vegetables at traditional markets tends to increase, in the supermarket system in Da Nang City, the supply of vegetables and fruits is still quite abundant.
A representative of Lotte Mart Da Nang office informed Lao Dong on the afternoon of October 22 that the price of goods at the supermarket is still stable, serving people to shop.
In response to the complicated developments of storm No. 12 and the response to heavy rain, floods, flash floods, and landslides, the Department of Industry and Trade of Da Nang City recently issued an official dispatch on increasing reserves and supply of goods to proactively respond to natural disasters in the next 10 days and extreme weather trends from now until the end of 2025.
The Department of Industry and Trade of Da Nang City recommends that markets and related units in the area encourage business households and traders at the market to increase reserves of essential goods, not take advantage of natural disasters and heavy rains to speculate, hoard goods, and unreasonably raise prices...
From there, review deeply flooded areas along streams, areas at risk of flash floods, landslides, and areas at risk of being isolated in the area to promptly have plans for stocking goods, especially food, drinking water, necessities, ensuring timely supply to people, especially households in isolated and isolated areas.
Trade centers, supermarkets, convenience store chains; distribution centers continue to increase inventories of goods, especially food, foodstuffs, and necessities according to the plan to reserve goods for natural disaster prevention. Ensure to serve people's shopping needs well, do not let sudden price increases or shortages of goods occur...
