HCM City (VNA) – More than 8 tonnes of lychees weresold out after 8 hours available online via MoMo e-wallet, said the SaigonUnion of Trading Co-operatives (Saigon Co.op) on June 10.
The sales are part of the post-COVID-19 “SupportingVietnamese farm produce” programme run by Saigon Co.op, MoMo, and Tuoi Tre(Youth) Newspaper.
Lasting until June 30, the online event gives MoMo usersdiscount prices and delivery services when buying thieu lychees, a unique fruitgrown in the northern province of Bac Giang’s Luc Ngan district, and ST XuanHong rice.
In the first day of the programme – June 10, the highestdiscount of 30 percent was applied to Thieu lychees. As such each kg of thefruit costs only 19,600 VND (0.85 USD) compared to the original price of 28,000VND.
According to statistics, in the first three hours after theprogramme opened, each customer ordered an average of 5 – 10 kg of lychees.However, the figure later escalated quickly to 30 – 50 kg, and even to a recordnumber of 90 kg.
As of 4:30 pm, over 8.2 tonnes of lychees and 200 kg of ricewere sold. Buyers will get the products shipped to their places within two orthree days./.