Demand slumps for meat, eggs in Ho Chi Minh City on diet change

HO CHI MINH CITY: After the long Tet holiday, sales of meat and eggs in Ho Chi Minh City are falling due to limited demand and changes in consumer diets for the vegetarian month. Many carts on the streets in Ho Chi Minh City are currently selling poultry eggs at very low prices, only 15,000 to 20,000 dong per 10 eggs. Markets and supermarkets are also selling eggs at much lower prices compared to before Tet. Vuong Quang Dung, director of Vuong Huynh Produce Commerce and Services Co Ltd, which farms egg-laying chickens in Dong Nai Province, said that about a month before Tet, chicken eggs were priced at 1,900 dong per egg, but then have gradually decreased to 1,300…