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Nightly livestream shopping habit wipes out office worker's savings

Initially intending to spend VND800,000 on a few household items, Thanh Mai ended up placing 13 orders totaling over VND3.2 million after a month of watching sales livestreams, draining nearly all of her planned monthly savings.

Nightly livestream shopping drains Vietnamese office worker's savings

A 28-year-old office worker in Vietnam planned to spend just $31 on kitchen essentials. A month of nightly shopping livestreams left her with 13 orders worth more than $123 and most of her monthly savings gone.