Conversations on Vietnam Development
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What to eat and drink has become a major topic of conversations these days, and very often, this turns out to be controversial.
People talk about ways in which fruits are ripened, artificially coloured or coated, how excessive use of chemicals in production make the fruits toxic, how fruits from a particular country are dangerous because they never rot for a long time, and so on. Tiếp tục đọc “The fruit of our actions in the marketplace”
At large supermarket chains such as Big C and Vinmart, apples and pears from the US and France are quoted at a low VND40,000-90,000 per kilo.
Big C sells one kilo of apple imported from France at VND39,900 per kilo, while US Gala apple at VND59,900, South Korean pear VND70,000 and seedless South African grapes VND135,000.
At Vinmart, Juliet Organic apple is quoted at VND89,000 per kilo, French Gala apple VND66,000, US Gala VND89,000 and South African grapes VND115,000.
A buyer at Big C told reporters that “imported fruits are just as cheap as domestic products”. Tiếp tục đọc “Cheap imported fruits preferred over domestic products”
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