On February 2, the dragon fruit purchasing market in Binh Thuan was bustling again after Tet. Many traders posted information about needing to buy large quantities of dragon fruit of all kinds at quite high prices.
According to a dragon fruit trader in Ham Thuan Nam district, Binh Thuan province, at this time, traders buy dragon fruit to supply the domestic market on the day of God of Wealth, the full moon of January.
Currently, the purchase price of white-fleshed dragon fruit is about 17,000 VND/kg, and red-fleshed dragon fruit is about 35,000 VND/kg. However, the price depends on the quality of the fruit, beautiful ears, large fruit... assessed by traders when purchasing at the garden.
Some dragon fruit orchards have also resumed purchasing after Tet. Before Tet, many dragon fruit orchards had calculated the amount of fruit to supply to the Tet market, some were reserved to supply to the market after Tet, so there are still many orchards with dragon fruit for sale at this time.
