Saigon Christmas Market ‘Covid-19’ Has Significantly Reduced Customers Due To Economic Difficulties | Lifetime

Around 7:00 pm, the stalls selling statues, lamps, pine trees, bells, Santa Claus … in Ky Dong Church (District 3), there were only a few visitors. Most only buy the missing items because everyone is also taking advantage of the purchase from the end of November.

Le Quynh Anh (16, District 10) comes with her friends every year to buy Christmas decorations for the class, sharing: “Last Sunday, I came here very crowded, today I feel so empty. We found more glitter to buy, but still plenty, with price increases but only a few thousand. “

Tran Thuyen (38, H. Binh Chanh), owner of a pine stand, said: “This year it opens earlier and has more customers than last year despite the impact of the epidemic. Customers bought massively from the moment it opened, so a few days ago it was completely absent here. This year, we recovered 10,000 glitter, now less than 1,000.

The market inside Ky Dong Church is deserted even on weekends.

Some people will buy something that is missing to complete the decoration.

Light stands are scarce to buy.

This year’s Christmas decorations are said to be more diverse, with prices increasing but not significantly. From the beginning of the week until now, the market has been empty, so the stands still have a lot of merchandise. The owners of the stall at Ky Dong church said they would return them to vendors on the night of the 23rd.

Ms. Nhi (42 years old, living in a congregation) happily said: “I thought there was no one to translate, but unexpectedly, there were more clients than last year, up to 30%. This year’s visitors prefer yellow, red and white, so the other colors like green, blue are too much.

After the 23rd, the balance will be returned to the supplier.

Decorative items are more diverse than in previous years.

Employees take advantage of the evening to go shopping for the missing items.

Santa Claus is meant to be protective.

People go to Mass at Ky Dong Church a few days before Christmas.

Asian International School students will buy Christmas decorations for the class

Christmas market vendors at Tan Dinh Church (District 3) said the number of visitors dropped significantly compared to the previous year. Buyers are quite reserved, partly due to the unstable disease situation and partly due to the difficult economic situation.

However, the bright lights of the church have attracted many people to register in recent days.

There are many surpluses.

Visitors to the next church to buy things also take advantage of the check-in.