The price of small red carp, used for worshiping the Kitchen Gods, is about 40,000 VND/kg at the farm, but at the retail market it is up to 140,000 VND/kg.

The red carp market on Ong Cong, Ong Tao Day (23rd of the 12th lunar month) this year is still as bustling as every year. Although the price of fish has not increased dramatically, traders can still double their profits.

Every year, Hoi Am carp village (Cao Minh commune, Vinh Bao, Hai Phong) supplies more than 20 tons of carp to the provinces and cities of Hai Phong, Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen... for offerings to Tao Quan. This year, traders came late to buy, the average price of carp is 40,000 VND/kg, 15,000 to 20,000 VND/kg lower than in 2015.

Buying and selling red carp on Kitchen God's Day

Meanwhile, at So Thuong village fish market (Yen So, Hoang Mai, Hanoi), which is the largest wholesale market in Hanoi today, daily supplies dozens of tons of fish to the capital's residents. Each trader usually takes from 5 - 20 kg of fish from this wholesale market for retail sale. On the morning of December 22 (lunar calendar), red carp costs 70 - 80,000 VND/kg.

According to reporters at some traditional markets this morning, the retail price of small red carp is about 20,000 VND/3 fish, and about 15-20 fish/kg.

Comparing the price from the farm to the wholesale market, each kilogram of red carp has doubled. Thus, the price of small red carp from the farm to the hands of the "God" has increased by about 100,000 VND/kg. If calculated individually, each fish costs about 7,000 VND, so each kilogram of this type of fish at the retail market is about 140,000 VND/kg./.

According to VOV