Christmas décor, gift market vibrant in Hanoi

Christmas décor accessories are plenty for sales on streets around Hanoi downtown as days are away from the festive festival.
Christmas décor, gift market vibrant in Hanoi ảnh 1Christmas décor accessories for sale at a shop (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Christmasdécor accessories are plenty for sales on streets around Hanoi downtown asdays are away from the festive festival.

In the evening, shops lightup with a variety of décor items such as Christmas tree, tinsel, reindeer,flashing lights, laurel wreath, bauble, snow rope, candy canes, Santa's clothes.

Fresh pine trees importedfrom Denmark, the Netherlands and China are also available. One that is morethan 6m in height costs up to nearly 150 million VND (6,500 USD), exclusive oftransport and decoration costs.

The price of a pine branch imported fromChina is between 170,000 VND and 200,000 VND while that from the Netherlands is about 250,000 – 300,000 VND. A bunch of 5-6 fresh pine branches from Denmark and theNetherlands is priced at a range of 1.8-2.2 million VND.

Christmas gifts andaccessories are also sold well on e-commerce sites such as Lazada, Sendo,Shopee or social media pages Facebook, Zalo, with prices about 20% cheaper than those on traditional market./.

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