Market for school materials picks up
Published: 21/08/2009 05:00
The starting of the new school year is drawing near. This is the “busiest” time on the market for school materials with the sales volume rising.
Essential aids to learning, both local and imported with new and eye-catching designs, such as paper-cases, fountain pens, pencil cases, rulers, compasses soared by 5 percent from last year. In supermarkets, sales of these products have increased by 35-40 percent compared to the same period last year. In recent years, the designs of locally made products have been much improved. However, Chinese products are still superior to Vietnamese products of the same kind because of the cheaper prices. For example, the best fountain pen with a fairly good design is sold at VND26,000, just half the price for one made in Vietnam fountain of the same kind. Chinese pencil cases of different kinds look very nice but cost from VND20,000-100,000 each. This year, domestic notebooks have flooded the market. Apart from white notebooks, there is a new range of anti-dazzle notebooks, just VND500 higher than the price of a popular one. Currently, a 72-page notebook costs from VND3,500-VND8,000, and a 120-page notebook from VND6,000-VND12,000 depending on the quality of paper. All textbooks and school materials have been designed and produced with much care about students’ health. Market for textbooks remains stable The 2008-2009 school year was the final year that the training and education sector replaced textbooks. Therefore, this year, textbooks are mostly re-published editions. When the new school year draws near, the market for textbooks become hectic. In general, the prices of textbooks are still the same as last year. However, some re-published textbooks have increased in price. For example, a set of textbooks for first grade students cost from VND60,500 to VND67,500 and a physics workbook for eighth grade students from VND2,000 to VND7,000. According to Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, head of the Tien Phong Bookstore in Hanoi, the market for textbooks and school materials is more bustling than last year. Some items have discounts of 5-10 percent. Currently, the price of a set of textbooks for students from first to twelfth grade fluctuates from VND70,000-VND215,000 each. Ms Hien says that the market for textbooks started to heat up a month ago for fear of a shortage of textbooks, which might happen like last year. However, thanks to a stable supply, the sales volume has shot up by 20-25 percent over last year. The best-sellers are textbooks for first grade students. In July alone, the bookstore sold more than 700 sets of textbooks for first grade students. VietNamNet/VOV
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