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Gasoline prices hit a record and the burden of price storms falls on the shoulders of the poor

Like “dropping water in the rain”, after gasoline increased, a series of necessities also increased, causing a fever called “price storm”.

The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have just adjusted the increase retail price of petrol this afternoon (May 23). The increase is 680 VND/liter for E5 RON 92 gasoline and 670 VND/liter for RON 95 gasoline, respectively. However, after adjustment, the gasoline price officially set a new record with the highest level up to 30,653 VND. / liter.

The high price of gasoline related to many items also increased equally, most people in Ho Chi Minh City suffered from the same story of the “hurricane” time.

“Buy anything is expensive”

That is the lament of Ms. Lanh (57 years old, living in District 8, HCMC). Lanh said that since the 2022 Lunar New Year, buying anything she finds is more expensive than usual from a few thousand to several tens of thousands of dong.

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People struggle in the middle of the “price storm”

According to Ms. Lanh, the escalating prices made her family also have to consider a plan to tighten spending.

The day before sending her children to school, she only gave about 10,000 – 20,000 VND, which was enough for him to eat breakfast and snacks. Nowadays, every time I take my child to school, I give 20,000 VND, sometimes I only have enough money to eat a pack of sticky rice, the price of anything is expensive. If it’s expensive but the portions are large, don’t say it, over here the prices go up but the food is just that“, lamented Mrs. Lanh.

Not only Ms. Lanh but many other people are also extremely frustrated by the “cold storm”.

Sometimes when I go to the market with 50,000 VND, I can only buy a bunch of vegetables and a few eggs, everything is expensive. I can’t eat anything.“, said one housewife.

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Sufferers – suffering more

Always the same, the price of gasoline increases, all other prices also increase. Followed by the life of workers, who are not very rich, are now more extreme. They have to work longer hours, work harder so as not to be left behind.

Ms. Huynh (81 years old, selling sticky rice in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) said that now because the cost of food items has increased compared to before, her sales are much more difficult.

Her shop is located in a crowded area with students, so she still tries to hold out. She herself had to “tighten her belt”, save a lot of costs to maintain sales without increasing prices.

Mainly work for profit“, Mrs. Huynh said.

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Mrs. Huynh’s sticky rice goods faced many difficulties due to the increased gasoline consequences

Usually, I just sell and give to students, they always tell me ‘Grandma give me a lot of sticky rice, I go to school and I’m hungry’. I can’t sell less, but increasing the price won’t help either.

Only know how to try to reduce costs, get the work done. At this age, I want nothing but to make a living as a wholesaler“, Ms. Huynh shared.

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“I didn’t even dare to call because I was afraid of spending money, auntie,” Huynh said.

The increase in gas prices is clearly not just a change of dry numbers. It affects all aspects of life. Therefore, before each gas price adjustment, small traders like Ms. Huynh are anxious and anxious.

Alone raising 4 children – 1 husband suffered a stroke since the time of the Covid-19 epidemic, making it very hard for the 81-year-old woman.

Because I don’t have children to help, every day I have to hire a motorbike taxi to bring things, pull an extra vehicle from my house to the place of sale, it usually costs only 15 thousand, but now seeing that they are helping, the gas price is going up, so I give them more. little.

Cha, meat because I can’t cook at home, so I also ask someone to deliver it, they also charge a surcharge every time they deliver it. Every few dong adds up to a few tens of thousands of gas dollars per day, not including the price of items from rolls, sticky rice, or even green onions, today’s price is different than every other day.“Mrs. Huynh said.

Small traders struggle to keep prices

Selling silkworm cakes for more than 20 years now, Ms. Dao Thuy has also gone through many “stormy” periods. Each time, Ms. Thuy has a different way of measuring and measuring how to be both good for herself and for her guests.

Although the increase in gasoline is small, its impact is slowly absorbed. For an easy-to-understand example like this, before reaching her hand, chicken and pork had to bear the cost of 3-4 stages of transportation. From the farm to the slaughterhouse, then to the wholesale market, to the retail markets, the place to sell imports also adds the price of processing, cooking, and then delivering to customers.

The cost keeps adding up to the price of losing customers, but it takes at least 5 – 10 thousand to bear the cost once, but if you sell a plate of cake to 10 thousand, who else will eat it?“, Thuy said.

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Just went through the epidemic COVID-19 Not long after stress, the shop has just reopened, Ms. Thuy just hopes that the business will be stable so that her family’s life is guaranteed.

However, the last “epidemic” – “price storm” came back, causing her family’s business to have not been able to recover, and had to face new difficulties.

Now, small merchants like Ms. Thuy and Ms. Huynh, if they don’t want to increase their prices to lose customers, they can only try to cut their words. Small profit but still able to sell goods is also lucky, has income and hopes that at some point the price will stabilize again.

According to Young Intellectuals

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