Hanoi floriculturists are busy with growing high-quality flowers, branding and documenting them for export.
Each year, local farmers supply an average 1,000-1,100 million flowerbranches, 1 million pots and 1-1.2 million ornamental plants to themarket, of which over 85 percent are put on sale in Hanoi andneighbouring areas, while some 10-12 percent make their way to othercities and provinces.
About 3-5 percent of Hanoi ’s floweroutput, mostly roses, chrysanthemum and gladioluses are exported toChina and Cambodia.
In addition, peach blossom andkumquat trees, which are traditional decorations for the Lunar New Year,have also found their way abroad, particularly to countries with largeVietnamese communities such as Russia , Germany and the US.
In flower-growing areas in Tu Liem, Me Linh and Tay Hodistricts, farmers can earn around 300 million VND (14,200 USD) perhectare each year. Top-quality roses even rake in 1-1.2 billion VND(470,000 – 570,000 USD) per hectare per year.
Thanks to highprofits, the acreage of flower cultivation has been growing over years,from 2,100 hectares in 2011 to 2,650 hectares in 2012 and 2,700 hectaresthis year.
Some 50 large-scale cultivation areas of over 20hectares have formed in outlying districts of Tu Liem, Me Linh, Tay Ho,Dan Phuong and Thuong Tin.
Compared to 2010, the acreage oflilies has jumped from 2.75 to 80-100 hectares while that ofhigh-quality roses surged to 150 hectares from 23 hectares.-VNA