Recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the prices of goods prepared for the 2026 Binh Ngo Tet are still stable, and there is no sudden price increase for essential goods.
At the pork business area of Hoc Mon wholesale market, Ms. Thanh Hoa, a small trader, said that purchasing power has started to slightly increase from the beginning of November of the lunar calendar.
The price is still stable, I sell type 1 pork belly at 105,000-110,000 VND/kg, equivalent to last year. People ask for more goods, but it will be really bustling after the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month," Ms. Hoa shared.
Similarly, Mr. Le Quoc Vinh, specializing in selling dried shrimp and squid, predicts that demand will increase sharply from mid-December. "This year, the source of dried goods I import from the Mekong Delta has decreased slightly but the price has not increased significantly. In the Tet peak, the price may increase by about 5-10%," Mr. Vinh said.
At major wholesale markets in Ho Chi Minh City, prices of pork, chicken and poultry eggs still maintained a stable level compared to the beginning of the month. Vegetables and tubers have small fluctuations depending on the harvest time, while fresh seafood shows signs of slight increase due to weather and supply from farming areas not fully recovered after the rainy and floods.
Binh Dien Market Management and Business Company said that the shopping peak usually falls around the last week before Tet. From December 25 to 27, the amount of goods imported to the market (excluding fresh seafood) is expected to increase by about 75% compared to normal days. In which, the group of livestock meat increased by about 60% (from an average of 217 tons/day to more than 350 tons/day), vegetables and fruits increased by 88% (from 445 tons/day to about 800 tons/day).
For dried seafood - products that are strongly consumed during Tet such as dried shrimp, dried squid, dried snakehead fish, snakehead fish... market imports increased sharply, peaking on the night of December 22nd, nearly double compared to normal days (from more than 5.5 tons/day to about 11 tons/day).
Fresh flowers are the item with the strongest increase, expected to increase by 600% compared to normal days, from 5 tons/day to about 30 tons/day - also the item with the highest risk of price increases in the days leading up to Tet.
To proactively source goods, wholesale markets in Ho Chi Minh City have coordinated early with traders, traders and farms in many provinces and cities.
Early preparation helps limit the risk of local shortages, ensuring a rich source of goods throughout the Tet shopping season," said a representative of Binh Dien market. It is forecast that from December 24 to 27, the price of some items may increase slightly by 10-20%, especially fresh flowers may increase by about 30%. The general price level of Binh Ngo Tet 2026 is assessed as not fluctuating much compared to the previous year.
At Thu Duc wholesale market, Mr. Nguyen Binh Phuong - Deputy Director of Thu Duc Agricultural Products Market Management and Trading Joint Stock Company (HCMC), said that in about 10 days, the palanquins will enter the main Tet season. "Panquins come to Thu Duc mainly from Hue, Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai... but this year some growing areas are affected by storms and floods, so there may be fewer goods, and prices may slightly increase," he shared.
Mr. Le Van Tien - Director of Hoc Mon Wholesale Market, said that due to the characteristics of fresh goods not being stored for long, the supply of goods to the market usually increases sharply after the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. At peak times on the 27th and 28th of Tet, the amount of goods may increase by 60% compared to normal; pork alone may double, to 10,000-12,000 heads/day. “We plan to supply always 20-25% higher than the actual demand and request traders to prepare their own sources of goods, so there is no worry about shortages. Large livestock enterprises have committed to sharply increase supply when needed,” Mr. Tien said.
