VietNamNet Bridge – Sales of Japanese food in Vietnam has reduced because of Vietnamese housewives’ worries of radioactive infected food.

 
Radioactive clouds have spread to Southeast Asia. Though radioactivity has not been discovered in Vietnam yet, many Vietnamese housewives have stopped purchasing Japanese food.

 

“I used to buy Japanese powdered milk to my children but in this situation, I have replaced it with  Australian milk,” said Mrs. Hoa in HCM City.

 

Loan, the owner of a food shop in Hanoi, said that her company has stopped importing powdered milk from Japan. She said the need for Japanese powdered milk has fell sharply for a week. She said she will resume importing milk from Japan when the situation is back to normal.

 

Mrs. Kieu, 54, from HCM City, said that her husband was addicted to Japanse spawn but after the nuclear incident in Japan, she has not bought it again.

 

At supermarkets in HCM City, the volume of Japanese goods accounts for less than one percent of the total goods, mainly confectionery, drink, vegetable and dried fruit.

 

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Director Marximark Cong Hoa supermarket chain, said that there is a small quantity of Japanese goods in stock but the requirement is also low so it is no worry.

 

She said the latest batch of Japanese goods ordered on March 11 will be tested for radioactivity.

 

Nguyen Quoc Hung, manager of a supermarket specialized on Japanese goods in District 3, said that many customers asked about quality of Japanese goods but being explained that the goods were imported before the nuclear incident, they still bought the products.

 

PV