Vegetable prices ease in Ho Chi Minh City as Can Tho plans year-end price controls
In early November, vegetable prices fell from earlier highs at Ho Chi Minh City wholesale markets, while some supermarkets offered buy-one-get-one-free promotions. Fresh mushrooms remained relatively expensive at traditional markets. Can Tho called for stronger management of essential goods supplies and prices through year-end and the 2027 Lunar New Year.
In early November, prices of several vegetables at Ho Chi Minh City wholesale markets fell from earlier highs. Choy sum and mustard greens, which had risen to VND 45,000–70,000 per kilogram, dropped to about VND 18,000–25,000 per kilogram; bottle gourds, pumpkins and cucumbers cost about VND 17,000–20,000 per kilogram. Adverse weather had previously driven up vegetable prices, but supplies are gradually improving.
Prices of several vegetables in Ho Chi Minh City have fallen from earlier highs.（VietVance）
Retailers are also running promotions. WinMart lists water spinach at about VND 19,900 per 500 grams and choy sum at about VND 18,900 per 500 grams. Some leafy vegetables are included in buy-one-get-one-free offers near closing time to speed up sales and reduce unsold stock. Retailers say sourcing from multiple growing areas helps stabilize vegetable supplies.
Visits to traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City found ample supplies of fresh mushrooms and steady demand, but marked price differences among varieties. Straw mushrooms cost about VND 140,000 per kilogram, gray oyster mushrooms about VND 120,000 and king oyster mushrooms about VND 100,000. Vendors say straw mushrooms are easily damaged and losses are high if they remain unsold that day. Supplies from provinces in western Vietnam are also affected by the weather.
Fresh mushrooms on sale at a traditional market, with prices varying considerably by variety.（VietVance）
Can Tho People's Committee Chairman Trương Cảnh Tuyên recently instructed relevant departments to monitor supply, demand and prices of essential goods at year-end, advance market price stabilization and links between producers and buyers, and draw up plans to secure supplies of fuel, energy and other goods for the rainy season, disasters, emergencies and the 2027 Lunar New Year. Departments must also assess the need and timing of price adjustments for locally regulated goods and services, and their effects on the consumer price index and business operations, while avoiding a concentration of price increases at year-end where possible.
Shoppers at a supermarket in Can Tho.（VietVance）
Source: VietVance
