Watermelons, dragon fruit and other produce is being sold for VND 3,000-8000 ($0.13-0.35) per kilogram in HCMC and Hanoi as the export situation regarding China remains problematic. The container pileup at the Chinese border has persisted for three months now, forcing drivers to return to cities and sell goods at half or a third of the export price.
In the northern province of Lang Son, which has some key border gates, 1,378 trucks were stuck as of Monday, with more than three-fourths of them carrying fruits, according to the customs agency. Local customs officers said the number of trucks turning around has increased in the last few days and could continue to rise.
A vendor in Long Bien District said he recently sold 200 cases of banana at "super low" prices, and would sell jackfruit and watermelon in the coming days. "Export prices of fruit have been dropping in the last three months, and so we sell them at low profits mostly to support the drivers and export companies".
The fruits are also sold online at around VND5,000 per kilogram of watermelon, VND6,000 per kilogram of banana and VND4,000 per kilogram of dragon fruit.
Source: e.vnexpress.net