04:01, 24/01/2019

Decorative objects for the lunar new year 2019: Lots of lovely products

The market of decorative objects for Tet (the lunar new year) 2019 is very busy these days. A lot of mages of pig symbolizing the year of the pig 2019 are seen on the decorations.

The market of decorative objects for Tet (the lunar new year) 2019 is very busy these days. A lot of mages of pig symbolizing the year of the pig 2019 are seen on the decorations.
 
Images of pig for the year of pig
 
Decorations for Tet (lunar new year festival) are available on many shops in Nha Trang in streets Nha Trang like Nguyen Trai, Le Thanh Ton, Thong Nhat, Ngo Gia Tu, etc. or bookstores like Phuong Nam, Fahasa Nha Trang, Tan Tien, etc., supermarkets like Big C, Lotte Mart, etc.
 
Like previous years, the market is plentiful with traditional products like lanterns, golden coins, golden bars, firecrackers, parallel sentences, apricot blossom, peach blossom, etc. Depending on sizes and materials, they cost from several thousand VND to hundreds of thousand VND each.
 
According to a shop owner in Nguyen Trai Street, most of decorations for Tet have the same prices as those last year. Decorative string lights sell the most, with price of VND20,000 – VND130,000/string. Stickers with a lot of images like apricot blossom, peach blossom, lovely pig, laughing babies, lucky greetings, etc.
 
As 2019 is the year of the pig, producers launch a lot of products with the images of the pig. Pig statues made of porcelain, wood, plastic, etc. sell from VND50,000 to several hundreds of thousand VND. The owner of Uu Dam shop in Thong Nhat Street said that products with the image of pig attract many customers. 
 

 

Choosing decorative objects for Tet
Choosing decorative objects for Tet
 
Stable prices
 
According Phan Van The, manager of Fahasa Nha Trang Bookstore, decorative objects for Tet are priced from several thousands VND to several hundreds of thousand VND. Prices have slight increase of 5% over those last year. Bookstores in Fahasa chain will keep the prices stable till Tet. From November, 2018, power purchase of this product kind is rising. This chain is putting more products in.
 
Some shop owners also say that prices of decorations for Tet are still stable. From the 20th of the last lunar month, power purchase of this product kind is expected to rise sharply, maybe 3 - 4 times. Prices may rise slightly.
 
Nguyen Thieu
 
Translated by T.T