Fever to buy red flag and yellow star shirts to wear on April 30 holiday

As April 30th approaches, the atmosphere of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day in Ho Chi Minh City becomes more bustling. Not only limited to traditional commemorative activities, this year, the way young people express the spirit of April 30th has become more lively with costumes inspired by the reunification day.

Young people and families rushed to buy shirts printed with red flags and yellow stars to join in the general joy and celebration of the great festival.

Costumes with the red flag and yellow star are popular.

These days, the most popular images at the city's historical sites are a series of images of young people "checking in" wearing red flag and yellow star T-shirts or T-shirts printed with the words "Independence - Freedom", "Warmth - Happiness", images of tanks entering the Independence Palace...

These T-shirt models are also sold quite a lot at market stalls, fashion clothing stores and especially on e-commerce platforms, priced at only a few tens of thousands of VND/piece, along with many attractive promotions such as discounts, free shipping for orders purchased in combos of 5-10 pieces.

Some clothing manufacturers also posted information accepting orders for red flag and yellow star T-shirts, priced from only 25,000 VND/piece (applicable to orders of 50 pieces or more).

A group of families dressed up in costumes to celebrate the big event.

Mr. Khanh and his wife, Ms. Linh (living in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City) went to an e-commerce platform to order white T-shirts with the image and words "independence, freedom" printed on them for the whole family, the listed price was reduced from 115,000 VND to 84,500 VND/piece.

The goods were delivered quickly, received the same day, tried them on and were very satisfied, so the couple invited several families in the neighborhood to buy them together and went to the park to take souvenir photos.

"We bought the national flag so the kids could take pictures with it as souvenirs, and also to teach them to value peace and independence," said Mr. Khanh.

Mr. Khanh and Ms. Linh's family pose cutely with a t-shirt combo printed with "independence, freedom"

Some businesses have "played big", buying red flag shirts with yellow stars as uniforms to wear before the grand ceremony.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien, Director of Hien Toyota Showroom (Binh Chanh District), said that she bought each employee 2 red flag shirts with yellow stars to wear to work for 2 weeks, until April 30.

"I asked the staff about the red flag with yellow star uniform, and happily more than 30 people agreed," said Ms. Hien.

The entire Hien Toyota Showroom (Binh Chanh) has 2 weeks of wearing red flag and yellow star T-shirts as uniforms.

On social media platforms, many people have changed their profile pictures to pictures of themselves wearing red flags with yellow stars.

Ms. Luu Thi Kim Chau, owner of Co Chau sausage establishment ( Long An ), responded to the big event by ordering 50 cushioned baskets and then asked her daughter to decorate them with a red flag with a yellow star or a bright red star.

"All are gifts to thank customers, and also a way to spread sincere gratitude and deep affection for the Fatherland and the people" - Ms. Kim Chau confided.

Ms. Luu Thi Kim Chau introduces very cute cushion baskets painted with red flags and yellow stars, made by herself.

Online and offline sales channels are also bustling with products bearing the red flag with yellow star or images related to the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day such as phone cases, thermos cups, mugs, t-shirts, hats, etc.

Flooded with products for the April 30 holiday

Observing some sales accounts on TikTok, we found that the sales volume of many shops is very high. There is a channel that sells more than 30,000 red flag shirts with yellow stars per month (priced at 59,000 VND/piece), while polo shirts with crocodile fabric, priced at more than 120,000 VND/piece, also reach a consumption level of over 1,500 pieces per month.

Phone cases costing only a few tens of thousands of dong are also chosen by many people to buy in response to the country's important holiday.

In addition, to celebrate the great festival, Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens is launching a promotion program: customers born on April 30 or in April 1975 will receive free entrance tickets. In particular, visitors born on April 30, 1975 will not only receive free tickets but also receive a souvenir gift.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/con-sot-mua-ao-co-do-sao-vang-mac-dip-le-30-4-196250420204922137.htm