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Banana leaf is sold for 500,000 VND: What do Vietnamese people in Japan say?

The controversial news about buying a banana leaf for sale in Japan costs 500,000 dong. Some Vietnamese people who are currently in Japan shared with the Dan Viet reporter about this issue.

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Hoang Van Quynh, a Vietnamese worker in Japan, said: "I have been to Japan so far for five years, and every time I can not go back home, I and my friends in the same district go to the market to buy banana leaves. There are places to sell banana leaves around the year, the price of a few hundred yen is not high as on the network for sale. "

In Japan, there are only a few places where bananas can be grown.

Sharing his views with Quynh, Bui Thu Hang (a Vietnamese student in Japan), said that this was the first time she had heard of banana leaves being sold at such high prices. "We also have not been able to go home for New Year's Eve, so the price of each banana leaf I bought near my place in Tokyo was not as expensive (2,280 "Only a few hundred yen."

Images of banana leaves for sale at 2280 yen equivalent to nearly 500,000 on a Japanese website is spreading rapidly.

Contrary to the opinions of Mr. Quynh and Ms. Hang, Mr. N.V. The delegation (currently in Nagoya, Japan) said that the purchase of banana leaves at a price of 2,200 yen (about 500,000 VND) is true, "Last year, my three brothers could not go home for Tet with family So we had to pack banana leaves together, and we had to spend nearly 1.3 million VND to buy 3 banana leaf trays for sale on Amazon Japan. "

Doan also added, "People think expensive, but in fact the face value of Japanese money is much better than my Vietnamese money, then this banana leaves are expensive and scarce, and banana leaves are advertised as banana leaves in Okinawa. Normally, not only banana leaves but also the leaves are expensive, calculated to have about 200,000-250,000 VND / leaf then. "

Banana leaves are bought to pack some types of cake.

"Okinawan banana leaves are expensive because in Japan, bananas can only grow the island, other places are very difficult to grow, especially Okinawa banana leaves are about 100-130 cm long, 40-60cm wide More than Vietnamese banana leaves, "Doan emphasized.

Meanwhile, in Vietnam, banana leaves are used for the main purpose is to package materials of some traditional cakes such as banh chung, banh tet, cake rolls, ... or to pack the sticky rice. Banana leaf in Vietnam is always stable all year round, the price is low and usually only increase at the time of Tet.

Even so, there are many gardeners to cut straight banana leaves to harvest only banana flowers, bananas or banana body used as food for some animals. So, before this information, many people are surprised to know that banana leaves in Japan became such a "expensive goods".

Vietnamese banana leaf used for export must be leaves with a width of 30cm, the leaves do not tear. After thorough disinfection treatment, banana leaves are packed and then put into containers. However, only banana leaves can be used and exported. The banana leaves are quite crispy, so before becoming wrapping, leaf wrapping, to know the right age of picking leaves, picking up enough sunshine to wilting leaves to soft without losing the blue.