According to Lao Dong reporters' records at 9:45 am today (January 21), the price of plain round gold rings and domestic gold bars increased sharply. At gold shops in Cau Giay, Hanoi, many people came to queue from 6 am, and the number of people in demand continuously increased.
At 10 am on the same day, stores simultaneously announced that they would stop receiving customers, temporarily running out of gold bars and plain round gold rings, many people had to turn around and leave.
Ms. Tran Thi Xuan (Thanh Tri commune, Hanoi) traveled a distance of 13km to the gold business store. "I arrived from 6 am to queue to buy. At about 9 am I completed the transaction, each person was only allowed to buy once a day, so I went with my daughter to avoid having to get up early to queue.
For people like Ms. Bui Thu Nha (Xuan Phuong commune, Hanoi) - a customer who wants to buy - said: "I see many people coming from 6-7 am, I arrived at 8 am and had to wait in the 10th row. Each person is allowed to buy a maximum of 1 tael of gold, increasing too quickly, so many people are in a state of fear that it will increase even higher".
Not as lucky as the others on the waiting list, Ms. Do Nhat Minh (My Dinh, Hanoi) sadly left - sharing: "3 or 4 days ago, I went to the gold shop to buy, the price at that time was 16.2 million VND/chi, now it has increased to nearly 17 million VND/chi. Also around this hour that day I still could queue to get in, but today I only received 250 people and stopped".
Ms. Minh added that today she plans to buy 1 chi because gold prices may continue to rise, but the store does not accept more customers.
And at another gold business establishment on Cau Giay street (Hanoi), the situation of queuing to buy Tung - Cuc - Truc - Mai product lines with denominations from 0.1 to 2 chi is taking place bustlingly.
However, at the same time as recording, the store announced that it had distributed all 200 tickets, equivalent to 100 customers transacting, each person was allowed to transact 2 products/day.
The taste of 0.1 chi selling 200 products each day makes many people queue early. Mr. Bui Tien Manh (Yen Hoa ward, Hanoi) shared: "Some people come from 5:30-6:00, I come from 7:00 am still numbered. As a young person, I haven't accumulated much, I will save a little to buy a little. Today I will buy 0.1 chi, both saving and being able to give lucky money to my parents this Tet.
Gold price update
As of 11:12 am on January 21, the listed SJC gold bar price was 168-170 million VND/tael (buying - selling), a sharp increase of 3.9 million VND/tael.
Bao Tin Minh Chau listed the price of SJC gold bars at 167.2-169.2 million VND/tael (buying - selling), simultaneously increasing by 3.1 million VND/tael.
At the same time as the survey, SJC listed the price of plain round gold rings at the threshold of 165.1-167.6 million VND/tael (buying - selling), both increasing by 4.1 million VND/tael.
Bao Tin Minh Chau listed the price of gold rings at 166.2-169.2 million VND/tael (buying - selling).
On the world market, as of 11:17 am on January 21 (Vietnam time), world gold prices had a high increase, listed around the threshold of 4,844.1 USD/ounce, up to 81.7 USD.
