After storm number 3 Yagi: Vegetable fields destroyed, supermarkets increase supply

Many vegetable producers supplying Hanoi have suffered almost total losses after storm No. 3. The supply of green vegetables to people may be affected, but retail systems are actively increasing supply, sometimes even exceeding demand.

Many vegetable gardens around Hanoi suffered total losses - Photo: N.AN

Two days after the storm, Ms. Thanh (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) went to the market and was still startled because the price of vegetables continued to increase sharply. Each bunch of green vegetables almost doubled or tripled, making her compare "eating vegetables now more expensive than eating meat".

Vegetables are more expensive than meat, some gardens... lost everything after storm number 3

Ms. Huong (Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi) said that not only green vegetables but also many other types of fruits, vegetables and food have increased in price. Her family of six, the daily vegetable cost of 30,000 - 40,000 VND has now doubled, even hundreds of thousands.

In vegetable growing areas, many units suffered heavy damage due to the impact. Storm No. 3. Hoa Binh General Service Cooperative has nearly 12 hectares of clean vegetables and more than 30 hectares of fruit trees located in Yen Nghia ward (Ha Dong, Hanoi) and almost all of its vegetables were lost due to the terrible destruction of the storm.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Son, director of the above cooperative, said that almost all leafy vegetable products were damaged.

Along with that, fruit trees such as grapefruit, jackfruit, banana... which were about to be harvested were also almost completely wiped out, with an estimated total loss of about 3 billion VND.

Mr. Son said he was mentally prepared for losses, but did not think all the vegetables and fruits about to be harvested would be lost.

"Early morning on September 8, after the storm passed, I went to my vegetable field without realizing it."

"We are also struggling because the output supplied to the units must be guaranteed according to the contract. The farmers are also upset," Mr. Son shared and said that now damage statistics with functional units, but current support is still lacking, the cooperative also determined to be proactive.

Mr. Hoang Van Tham, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Chuc Son Clean Vegetable and Fruit Cooperative (Ha Dong, Hanoi), is also worried about the two greenhouses with an area of 2,600 square meters, which, although installed and built with good structure, were still severely damaged.

The clean vegetable area, which was invested in modernly and with great value, was in tatters. The greenhouse area was broken. Currently, his vegetable garden is only about 30% left.

Each month, this unit produces about 100 tons of clean vegetables for the modern retail system. According to Mr. Tham, the cooperative is focusing on repairing greenhouses, introducing water drainage tools, and biological products to treat fields to ensure quick recovery of the land for re-production.

With the price of green vegetables increasing by 200% in many places, Mr. Tham expressed his desire to have fundamental investment in drainage systems and inland areas to avoid flooding that causes damage to vegetable production.

At the same time, there are support policies. agricultural production focused, systematic high technology to better respond to increasingly strong storms.

On the morning of September 8, a Co.opmart supermarket in Hanoi still had a full supply of vegetables - Photo: SGC

Many supermarkets say supply exceeds demand, committed to keeping prices

MM Mega Market representative said that they have increased supply to the North, but on September 9, there was a situation of supply exceeding demand, some items were in surplus due to lower purchasing power compared to the previous day.

However, MM is still increasing food reserves due to concerns about possible supply chain disruptions if areas such as Hai Duong, Moc Chau... are flooded due to rain and floods after storm Yagi.

"Many northern provinces are currently supplying large quantities of vegetables, fruits, meat... to MM, especially Moc Chau. Some areas are flooded, traffic is difficult, increasing reserves is necessary," said an MM representative.

Previously, MM had tripled the number of trucks carrying vegetables and fruits from Lam Dong to the North (expected to be up to 40 tons of vegetables). Currently, this additional quantity has been distributed to supermarkets, so the quantity is abundant.

Meanwhile, Ms. Tran Thi Que Huong, director of WinMart Timescity supermarket, said that the supply of goods at more than 1,000 stores in the WinMart/WinMart+/WiN chain in the North is currently stable, with some items even having supply exceeding demand even though the number of customers tends to increase after the storm.

"The unit is committed to continuing to maintain stable prices, especially for essential food products such as vegetables, meat, fish, rice, noodles... ", Ms. Huong affirmed.

Proactively coordinating supply sources even before the storm, Mr. Ha Long Thanh, production operations director of WinEco (Masan), said that with 14 farms of more than 3,000 hectares, and an output of over 3,000 tons of vegetables per month, the unit continues to coordinate to increase the supply of vegetables to the North.

Specifically, from August 8-9, nearly 100 tons of essential vegetables were transported every day from the South and Lam Dong to the North.

"To ensure a stable supply of goods to the North until the end of the month, WinEco is stepping up production activities at farms in Lam Dong and the South," said Mr. Thanh.

The vegetable shelves were just empty and were restocked by supermarket staff - Photo: NGUYEN HIEN

Speaking with reporters on September 9, a representative of the Saigon Co.op system also said that two types of leafy vegetables, green mustard and jute, are currently in short supply, mainly because the vegetables are crushed.

However, the supermarket system has a plan to operate, supplement goods from Da Lat, and even implement promotional program with Da Lat vegetables. Basically, the supply is still guaranteed and the supermarket commits not to increase prices.

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