Ho Chi Minh City consumers show less interest in foreign delicacies ahead of Tet

The sale of such products is slow despite the peak shopping time for Tet, according to traders of foreign delicacies. They have imported products cautiously to assess customers’ demand at a time when Tet is just two weeks away. Mai also prepared Tet gift baskets of Cambodian specialties with the maximum price of VND500,000 ($20.3) apiece. Minh Ngoc, the store manager, said the store had priced these baskets at VND500,000-800,000 ($20.3-32.4) each and offered discounts of 10-20 percent. “We launched baskets of Japanese spices last year but did not prepare them this year due to low demand,” Ngoc informed.