date:Aug 26, 2014
Traders in the Mekong Delta proposed to buy the vegetable at VND650,000 700,000 per quintal (US$30.69-32.98 per quintal) much higher prices fixed in the beginning of the year. Farmer Nguyen Thanh Tung in Vinh Long Province said that flood season in the Mekong Delta caused onion crop loss, hence prices of onion therefore hiked.
Some places are submerged; consequently, farmers cannot plant the vegetable, leading to supply is lower than demand, he added.
With the price of onion increasing over t