Two weeks after Typhoon No. 3 Yagi passed, food items are still of interest to both buyers and sellers, especially vegetables.
At Hop Nhat temporary market (Yen Hoa ward, Cau Giay district, Hanoi), the price of water spinach is still at 20,000 VND/bunch, and Malabar spinach is 17,000 VND/bunch. While before the storm, these vegetables only fluctuated around 10,000 VND/bunch.
Ms. Dinh Thi Thuy - a trader at Hop Nhat temporary market - said: "Normally, in the morning, the 3 vegetable shelves must be full, with all kinds of items from mustard greens, water spinach, amaranth... but now the vegetable shelves are only the same as the late afternoon volume. Imports are expensive so there are no vegetables to sell. It will take about another month for prices and supply to return to the way they were at the beginning."
Some small traders who grow green vegetables in Hung Yen, who focus on selling at the market, also shared: "Everything is expensive, even if it's "homegrown". My sister and I take turns growing, but we still don't have enough time to have a variety of green vegetables to sell."
Along with that, the price of live pigs also increased significantly to 10,000 VND/kg. Of which, pork belly increased from 160,000 VND to 170,000 VND/kg, pork leg fluctuated around 120,000 VND/kg, ribs depending on the type ranged from 140,000 - 160,000 VND/kg.
Ms. Do Thuy (Cau Giay, Hanoi) went to the market on the morning of September 20 and had to accept the high prices of some food items. Ms. Thuy said: "250,000 VND/kg of dill. I was so shocked. The seller also said that they were not making a profit because the vegetable was very rare, and if they increased the price to make a profit, no one would buy it."
Talking to Winmart+ staff under the apartment buildings in Cau Giay area, the price of green vegetables such as cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and water spinach still fluctuates at 20,000 - 21,000 VND/bunch. Customers also do not have many choices of green vegetables because they are mainly basic vegetables with much less quantity than before the storm.
Faced with this situation, the Prime Minister issued Official Dispatch No. 92 on focusing on overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3 and post-storm floods. In particular, the Prime Minister requested relevant units to have plans to ensure adequate supply of goods, strengthen market control, prevent shortages, unreasonable price increases, consumption of fake and poor quality goods; and promote domestic consumption. Ministries, departments and branches have also coordinated and implemented production activities to stabilize the market and ensure supply.
