Early yesterday morning, February 9, vehicles transported the fish to the market in District 8.
The snakehead fish is among items for the worship on the God of Wealth Day in the southern region of Vietnam.
Tran Duc Thinh, a market management board member, said that roughly 300 tonnes of snakehead fish were brought to the market on Wednesday, three times higher than usual days.
Vo Thi Kim Phung, a trader, said that these days, the market is busier and lasts until 6 pm, instead of 4 pm as usual. Each kilogramme of snakehead fish is priced VND30,000-42000.
Thuy Thuy said that the snakehead fish were mainly raised in the southern provinces of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang. Today, she sold around 150,000 tonnes of this kind of fish to traders.
After being transported to the market by trucks, smaller vehicles were used to carry the fish to stalls.
Staff of snakehead fish stalls earn around VND400,000-500,000 per day due to demand.
