Flower Market Heats Up As Tet Approaches

The market for flowers and bonsai trees is heating up as Tet (Lunar New Year) approaches.
In Ho Chi Minh City, most garderners also forecast an increase of at least 15 percent in the prices of flowers and bonsai for Tet. One month before Tet, flower shops in the city had already begun stocking up on flowers, with the most popular ones being roses, chrysanthemums, and ornamental trees.
The two biggest flower growing areas in the Mekong Delta, Vinh Thanh in Ben Tre province and Sa Dec in the province of the same name, also entered the race to prepare for Tet from one month ago. Pham Van Hieu, Chairman of Vinh Thanh district People's Committee, said farmers in the commune have prepared around 20 million flowerpots, and the area's specialty is bonsai trees shaped into animals.