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A vegetable garden grown using the hydroponic method at the HCM City Agricultural Hi-Tech Park. (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)

HCM City eyes 25,500 USD agricultural output per hectare by 2025

Though Ho Chi Minh City’s farmlands continue to disappear due to rapid urbanisation, productivity has increased over the years, reaching 575 million VND (22,615 USD) per hectare last year, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Kumquat – enduring symbol of Tet

Kumquat – enduring symbol of Tet

During the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, it is a tradition for Vietnamese families to put up ornamental plants outside and around their houses to liven up the atmosphere while expressing a wish for good luck, happiness, and prosperity in the new year.
Hanoi to open over 90 spring flower markets ahead of Tet

Hanoi to open over 90 spring flower markets ahead of Tet

A total of 91 spring flower markets are set to be launched throughout Hanoi for the purposes of shopping, sightseeing, and entertainment for visitors to enjoy in the build-up to the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.
Kumquat – enduring symbol of Tet

Kumquat – enduring symbol of Tet

During the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, it is a tradition for Vietnamese families to put up ornamental plants outside and around their houses to liven up the atmosphere while expressing a wish for good luck, happiness, and prosperity in the new year.
Vietnam Airlines offers Tet plant transport services

Vietnam Airlines offers Tet plant transport services

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will transport branches of peach blossoms and ochna flower as check-in baggage on its domestic flights from January 17 to February 15 (the 15th day of the new lunar year).
Mekong Delta prepares flowers for upcoming Tet

Mekong Delta prepares flowers for upcoming Tet

Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, growers in the two biggest flower villages in the Mekong Delta -- Cho Lach in Ben Tre province and Sa Dec in Dong Thap province -- have been preparing new varieties of flowers for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
Expensive imported flowers a hot item for Tet

Expensive imported flowers a hot item for Tet

As the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday is approaching, people in Ho Chi Minh City and across the country are opening their wallets to buy special ornamental plants and imported flowers to decorate their homes for the nation's biggest festival.
Unfavourable weather worries flower growers

Unfavourable weather worries flower growers

As Tet draws near, flowers and other decorative plants are in high demand. However, due to flooding and other poor weather, flowers and decorative plant farmers in Hop Ly commune, Trieu Son district
Once-a-year market offers luck for sale

Once-a-year market offers luck for sale

From the afternoon of the 7th day of the first lunar month (February 22), people flock to the northern province of Nam Dinh for a unique market which is held only once a year to sell - guess what - bad luck as well as to buy good luck for the year to come.
Ornamental plants - indispensable part of Tet

Ornamental plants - indispensable part of Tet

During the days just before Tet, it is easy to see motorbikes carrying all sorts of ornamental plants, while streets which are used to selling ornamental plants and flowers become crowded.​
Ornamental plants - indispensable part of Tet

Ornamental plants - indispensable part of Tet

During the days just before Tet (Lunar New Year), it is easy to see motorbikes carrying all sorts of ornamental plants, while streets selling ornamental plants and flowers become crowded.
Ornamental plants - indispensable part of Tet

Ornamental plants - indispensable part of Tet

During the days just before Tet, it is easy to see motorbikes carrying all sorts of ornamental plants, while streets which are used to selling ornamental plants and flowers become crowded.
Early Tet atmosphere at Nhat Tan flower village

Early Tet atmosphere at Nhat Tan flower village

Gardeners in Nhat Tan flower village on the edge of Hanoi's West Lake are busier these days tending to a variety of flowers so that they can bloom on time for the Lunar New Year holiday