VietNamNet Bridge - Two weeks before the lunar New Year the weather is very warm, causing peach flowers to blossom early. Gardeners in Nhat Tan village, Hanoi’s most famous peach flower village, have suffered losses and are worried they will not have peach flowers to sell during Tet holiday since the trees have bloomed very early.



 

 

Ms. Hoang Thi Bay, who has more than 800 peach trees, said the peach garden is her family’s main source of income, but most of the flowers have bloomed early this year and she has had to sell the trees at very low prices.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Another peach grower, Ms. Ly, said she has had to sell peach branches to traders to transport to Saigon for only VND100,000 to VND200,000 per branch.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Mr. Trinh Xuan Cuong annually goes to Nhat Tan village to buy beautiful peach trees and take them to the Nhat Tan flower market to sell.

 

 

 

 
 

 A peach flower seller at Nhat Tan flower market.

 

 

 

 
 

 

In the past three years, student Dam Thi Quyen from the Hanoi Tourism College has become a peach seller every Tet holiday. She also buys peach branches from Nhat Tan village and takes them to markets to sell in order to earn money.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Mr. Doanh, from Nhat Tan village, only sells and leases big peach trees. This kumquat tree is sold for VND6 million ($300). The peach tree is leased at the cost of VND15 million ($700) for the Tet holiday.

 

 

 
 

 

Mr. Tran Van Hoang in Tu Lien has 1,000 kumquat trees. He has sold over 30% of the trees, at prices of VND300,000 to VND1 million ($15-$50)/tree.

According to kumquat growers in Tu Lien Ward, this year the price for kumquat tree will increase by 10-15% compared to last year due to a supply shortage. The trees are divided into three types: small ones at VND400,000-VND600,000; medium trees at VND1.5 million ($70) and big ones at VND5-6 million.

 

 

 

 
 

This flower vendor sells bundles of peach flowers for VND10,000-VND30,000.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Than, who has 2,000 peach trees in Dai Mo (Nam Tu Liem District), said this year her family will incur losses as the trees have bloomed early.


VNE