Monthong durian is not collected enough to pay for export orders, so the purchase price has increased continuously. According to Tuoi Tre Newspaper's reporter, on February 12 (the third day of Tet), many durian purchasing warehouses in Tien Giang province bought Monthong durian for 200,000 VND/kg. This is the highest price in about a year, equivalent to the price at the end of 2022. At this time, the off-season durian has entered the end of the season, so the quantity is not much left. Some gardeners in Tien Giang and Ben Tre are mainly nurturing the trees for the favorable season, as the export situation of this fruit is changing positively. After durian was officially exported to the Chinese market from July 2022 until now, durian has always had a high selling price, averaging from 140,000-170,000 VND/kg. Flights to Ho Chi Minh City sold out after Tet, connecting flights cost nearly 20 million VND If people do not buy round-trip tickets to return home for Tet, it will be very difficult to find flight tickets to Ho Chi Minh City. According to Tri Thuc Magazine, from February 13 (the 4th day of Tet), one-way tickets from the northern provinces to Ho Chi Minh City were sold out. Passengers even had to look for connecting flights, with prices ranging from 5.5 million VND to more than 19 million VND. In order to meet the main demand from the northern provinces to Ho Chi Minh City after Tet, it is expected that airlines will need to send more empty flights to Noi Bai airport. Also because of the large number of empty flights, the ticket prices for flights from Noi Bai (Hanoi) and the northern provinces to Tan Son Nhat are extremely expensive. On the 4th day of Tet, vegetable prices drop 30% after 2 days of high prices. After increasing 2-3 times on the 2nd and 3rd days of Tet, according to VTC News, on the morning of February 13 (the 4th day of Tet), vegetable and food prices sold at some markets in Hanoi dropped 30-40%. Explaining the high vegetable prices during the 2 days of Tet, Ms. Pham Thi Nham, a trader at Lang Ha market, said that due to the high demand of consumers after Tet, and at the same time, traders still sell few vegetables, so high prices are normal during Tet. Not only did vegetables drop sharply in price, some other foods also dropped by 20-30% compared to the previous 2 days. However, some items such as beef and pork did not have higher prices than before Tet. Players reveal the truth about the price of mutant orchids worth hundreds of billions of dong returning. In the past few days, on the "online mutant orchid markets", news has spread that mutant orchids that were once traded for tens of billions to hundreds of billions of dong have returned to their price.

Along with that is the information that "keeping the orchid will win big" and images of big money bags, information that there will be a huge transaction like in 2020 - the golden age of mutant orchids with billion-dollar transfers. However, some mutant orchid players immediately warned that this is just a trick to push up prices to create a virtual fever to "herd chickens". Be careful, because before that, someone poured billions into trading mutant orchids until the price collapsed and then lost everything. Mr. H - a famous mutant orchid player in Hanoi - admitted that mutant orchids were previously super expensive because they were rare and the source of seeds was not yet available. Sometimes the whole market only had one pot. Supply was low but demand was high, the price was pushed up, creating virtual fevers. But mutant orchids are quite easy to propagate. Gardeners only need to cut the kie to be able to multiply them into young orchids after a short time. When the supply on the market is abundant, the price will cool down. This is also the reason why mutant orchids are getting cheaper and cheaper. (See more) Rising rice prices make farmers in the West 'as happy as Tet' In early February, farmers in the Western provinces who harvested the winter-spring rice crop early were happy because rice prices increased. According to information on the Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper, Mr. Mach Van Vu (U Minh Thuong, Kien Giang) shared: the price of VNR20 rice in early 2024 fluctuated from 9,700-9,800 VND/kg of fresh rice sold in the field. Similarly, Mr. Huynh Quoc Nam (in Go Quao, Kien Giang) also said that the price of sticky rice in early 2024 was at a record high, from 9,000-10,000 VND/kg of fresh rice, a few years ago the price was only 5,000-6,000 VND/kg of fresh rice. Meanwhile, Mr. Nguyen Minh Hieu (Chau Thanh, Tra Vinh) said that IR504 rice was purchased by traders at 8,500 VND/kg. Compared to 2022 and 2023, this year's rice price increased by about 4,000-5,000 VND/kg of fresh rice, a significant increase. Valentine's gifts flood the online market, priced from tens of thousands of VND to millions of VND. On the occasion of Valentine's Day this year, on social media groups, many people are selling gifts at many different prices. According to VTC News, the gifts are mainly chocolate, flowers, watches, cosmetics, perfumes... priced from tens of thousands to tens of millions of VND. According to some gift businesses, this year, the most purchased items are mainly cosmetics and jewelry. However, because Valentine's Day falls right on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2024, buyers tend to buy gifts on social media platforms. Fresh flower and gift shops are bustling with sales but have few buyers. The first salt crop of the year had a high yield but low price, causing salt farmers to lose money. The first salt crop of the year for salt farmers in Ben Tre was very favorable due to the intense sunshine, no unseasonal rain, and high salt productivity. However, according to VOV, salt farmers were not happy because the price of salt at the beginning of the season was at an average level and nearly half lower than the same crop last year. At this time, salt produced using the silver coating model was only at nearly 40,000 VND/bag; while at this time last year, salt cost over 70,000 VND/bag. Therefore, most salt farmers, after harvesting salt, are storing it and waiting for the price to increase before selling it for higher profits.

'The number one spice of the Northwest' used to be dirt cheap, but now it's an expensive specialty . Mac Khen used to be very cheap, but now it's an expensive specialty, up to 300,000-350,000 VND/kg. This spice is considered the soul of the cuisine of the Northwest region.