The jewelry store was bustling with customers.

(NLĐO) – As Tet approaches, the demand for shopping for beauty products and gifts increases sharply, and transactions at some gold shops are quite lively.

With DOJI and SJC gold shops closed for Tet, on the 27th day of the lunar month (January 26th), a large number of people flocked to several shops in Ho Chi Minh City to buy gold for safekeeping, decoration, or as gifts for relatives…

The Kim Thanh and Kim Phat I gold shops in the Go Vap market area are always bustling with dozens of customers. Most people come to these two shops to buy gold rings weighing 3 phân, 5 phân, and 1 chỉ. Others buy gold jewelry, bracelets, and necklaces. Each gold item costs between 2 and 10 million VND.

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The selling price of these products is calculated based on the price of gold rings, plus a crafting cost ranging from approximately 150,000 VND to several million VND per product.

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Although there was a large influx of customers, Ms. Han Thi Binh, owner of Kim Phat I gold shop, said that purchasing power was only 30% compared to last year.

"Perhaps due to low incomes and excessively high gold prices, people only buy items worth between 5 and 10 million VND, which aligns with businesses' plans to avoid producing and trading high-value gold products," Ms. Binh said.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/tiem-vang-tap-nap-khach-hang-tu-trua-den-chieu-27-tet-196250126141542515.htm