Custard Apple Prices Fall in Cần Thơ as Đồng Tháp Plants Over 500,000 Pots of Tết Flowers
Thai custard apples now sell for about 40,000–45,000 Vietnamese dong per kilogram at Cần Thơ markets. Growers in Sa Đéc, Đồng Tháp, have planted over 500,000 pots of flowers for Tết 2027, while several packaged leafy greens sell for 9,000 dong per bag at a Ho Chi Minh City supermarket chain.
Thai custard apples now sell for about 40,000–45,000 Vietnamese dong per kilogram at markets in Cần Thơ, down from more than 90,000 dong previously. A local fruit vendor said supplies were once limited because the fruit was mainly brought in for resale. More growers in western Vietnam have begun cultivating it in recent years, increasing supply and bringing prices down. Fruit shops sell it for about 60,000–65,000 dong per kilogram. Its large size and few seeds also make it popular with shoppers buying gifts.
Thai custard apples are large and popular with shoppers buying gifts.（VietVance）
According to Sa Đéc Ward in Đồng Tháp Province, local growers have planted over 500,000 pots of flowers across about 50 hectares for the 2027 Tết market. Plantings of colorful chrysanthemums are up about 30% from the same period last year, while plantings of traditional yellow varieties have decreased. The area expects to finish planting Tết flowers by early in the tenth lunar month, reaching a total of 100 hectares and about 1.2 million pots.
Tết flower production in the Sa Đéc flower-growing area of Đồng Tháp Province.（VietVance）
Flower sellers say small potted plants are popular with customers. Growers are using young chrysanthemum shoots that would otherwise be cut off during cultivation to produce miniature potted plants, and are offering more colors for display or as gifts. A local flower grower said frequent rain can cause plant disease or waterlogging and root rot, making it necessary to adjust watering to the weather and keep the growing medium well drained.
At a supermarket chain in Ho Chi Minh City, several packaged leafy greens, including mustard greens, Malabar spinach and water spinach, come in 400-gram bags priced at 9,000 Vietnamese dong each, equivalent to 22,500 dong per kilogram. Water-grown water spinach in the same size bag costs 13,100 dong. The supermarket also sells vegetables in small packages ranging from 50 to 400 grams to meet households’ everyday needs.
Some packaged leafy greens at a supermarket chain cost 9,000 Vietnamese dong per bag.（VietVance）
Source: VietVance
