HCM CITY — A lot of speciality foods from around the country are being sold in HCM City for Tết (the Lunar New Year).

They are available from social networks and shopping portals to shops, supermarkets and fairs.

At the Green Tết-Việt Product Market at 12 Phùng Khắc Khoan in District 1, until February 2, many kinds of specialties from northern and mountainous provinces and safe vegetables and fruits that meet hygiene and food safety standards and have traceable origins will be sold.

There are also shops specialising in northern speciality foods on Điên Biên Phủ Street in Bình Thạnh District, Chu Mạnh Trinh Street in District 1 and Trần Quốc Toản Street in District 3. Popular among them are kohlrabi, cabbage, garland chrysanthemum, green onion, carrot and other vegetables, alcohol made of sticky rice, and Vân Village wine.

Dried northern specialities include pig tongue-shaped dried bamboo shoot (Tuyên Quang), vầu dried bamboo shoot, vermicelli made of arrowroot starch, shiitake mushroom, pork pie, Hàng Than green rice flake cake, Tân Cương tea green bean cake, and candied lotus seeds (Hưng Yên Province).

Supermarkets and traditional markets are also selling many kinds of specialities.

Co.opmart and Co.opXtra supermarket chains have stocked nearly 20 tonnes of six kinds of specialties: Canh orange, Diễn pomelo, Yên Thế chicken, Cà Mau dried shrimp with shell, red pomelo and Ngọc Linh ginseng.

Besides northern specialties, many southern specialties like Sóc Trăng pía cake, Hòa Lộc mango, Năm Roi pomelo, Lai Vung mandarin, Trà Vinh bánh tét, dried snakehead fish, and others are also available at supermarkets. — VNS