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Banana leaves: Vietnam gives no; Japan sells 500,000 VND / leaf

Online shoppers on Amazon's Japan website are surprised when they found the banana leaves are being sold for 2,280 yen, equivalent to nearly 500,000 Vietnamese dong.

Banana leaves are a familiar image in Vietnam. Even so, it also appears daily, but only to pack the sticky rice, wrap the cake, cover the dishes such as noodles, rolls, rolls ... And their prices are also extremely cheap, even Please.

Banana leaves in Vietnam are extremely cheap

But quite unexpected, when this product is sold on the Amazon online shopping site of Japan with the price up to nearly 500,000 VND / leaf.

Sale price of 2,280 yen for a banana leaf is attracting a lot of attention

The banana leaf has a distinctly waxy coating. When hot food is placed on the leaves, the wax melts and blends into the food, making them more palatable and tastier.

Banana leaves do not need to be cleaned for too long, just rinse is usable. So, before, families used banana leaves to store food very conveniently and without washing.

In addition, banana leaves are the most environmentally friendly option. Banana leaves can decompose in a very short time while the plastic takes hundreds of years to decompose. Perhaps the Japanese prefer to use banana leaves to pack food.

Nghiem Hoang Quynh, an international student in Japan for four years, said: "It is quite unexpected because this is the first time I saw selling banana leaf in Japan. Because of bananas I eat banana whole, but there are no bananas in Japan. Bananas have never been seen before. In supermarkets this side does not sell, so just sell online on the net. "

"According to the information above, banana leaves are imported from a Chiba Prefecture. The information about a banana leaf is quite clear as it is about 100 - 130 cm in length, 40 - 60 cm in width and is noted to have some minor scratches, "said Quynh.

Buy more, then the price drops

Currently, the price on this Amazon site is 2,280 yen per leaf, if buy 3 leaves fell to 3,700 yen equivalent to more than 760,000. And if buy immediately at 5 banana leaves are only 5,700 yen, at the current exchange rate it is equivalent to 1.17 million.

This is not the first time things are cool in Vietnam is the "hot" in the world. The high gold stars are available on Amazon, Ebay for $ 7.45 direct and free shipping. Or for $ 2.46 USD and add $ 4.99 USD shipping fee is very small below. Or sell at a price of 2 USD / gram for a 4 gram box.