Ancient bonsai tree

The hobby of keeping billion-dollar ancient bonsai trees is always favored by Vietnamese tycoons every Tet holiday. Many people are willing to spend a lot of money to buy them for Tet.

Mr. Hoang Dinh Chinh (Van Giang district, Hung Yen ) has over 300 large and small ornamental grapefruit trees, many of which are ancient trees, with an estimated total value of nearly 30 billion VND. There is a 100-year-old ancient grapefruit tree that Mr. Chinh has put in a pot, named "Homeland's Roots", and a customer offered 500 million VND.... Photo: Minh Ngoc/ Dan Viet.

The ancient bonsai tree for Tet is a grapefruit tree over 100 years old named "Homeland's Roots" which was grown in the garden for 3 years, then put in a pot. Photo: Minh Ngoc/Dan Viet

One of the billion-dollar ancient bonsai trees that is causing a fever in the bonsai market before Tet is a 100-year-old tamarind tree in Saigon. Photo: Tintuc.

This giant tamarind tree is considered by the garden owner to have a flying shape and is being sought after by many tycoons for more than 3 billion VND. Photo: Dan Viet.

At first glance, the "old tree" looks old, but its leaves are still very lush and its fruit is abundant. Photo: Dan Viet.

Mr. Thong's cypress tree in Thu Duc district, Ho Chi Minh City, is about 150 years old and has been offered a price of up to 1.2 billion VND, but he still refuses to sell it.

The over 100-year-old star fruit tree with a frontal shape in the Southern bonsai garden ( Ben Tre province) is considered by many bonsai experts to be one of the rare masterpieces. Photo: Tintuc.

Uncle Tu (Tan Hiep district, Kien Giang province) also owns a 40-50 year old apricot tree, with a diameter of over 1m, worth 500,000,000 VND.

This year, the market is facing many difficulties, prices are down, every year a mai tree like this costs from 700,000,000 - 800,000,000 VND. "Because it was just taken from the garden and re-potted, the mai tree has few flowers, I trimmed the branches to only have the embryo, next year I take care of it, nourish it so that the flowers will be more beautiful" - said Mr. Tu. Photo: An Giang Newspaper

The special feature of this bonsai is its unique curved base. Photo: Zing.

Along with that, each canopy layer is heavy with fruit. Photo: Zing.

A pair of over 100-year-old star fruit trees from a Southern bonsai garden in Ben Tre weighing nearly 3 tons is valued at over 1.2 billion VND. Photo: Dan Viet.

The star fruit bonsai has a beautiful upright shape. Photo: Dan Viet.

Star fruit growing right on the rough trunk of an ancient tree is very unique and strange. Photo: Dan Viet.

The 80-year-old 5-petal yellow apricot tree owned by Mr. Nguyen Nhat Khanh (42 years old, Thu Duc district) was offered a price of up to a billion VND. Photo: Vietnamnet.

The ancient apricot tree is 3 m tall, has a "straight" shape, with lush branches growing close to the base, spreading out in the shape of a hand reaching out to ask for blessings from heaven. Photo: Tintuc.

Another 5-petal yellow apricot tree with a “super wind” shape is being sold by Mr. Khanh at his garden for 800 million VND. Many experienced bonsai players estimate that this tree must be at least 100 years old. Photo: Vietnamnet.

A 200-year-old apricot tree owned by a Dong Thap garden owner is being displayed at the spring flower market in 23/9 Park in Ho Chi Minh City, and has also shocked the public when its owner "shouted" out 2.7 billion VND. Photo: Vu Son.

The whole apricot tree from root to tip is full of buds, making everyone excited and surprised.

Mr. Ut Hoa's star fruit tree (Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province) has a rough base, a diameter of more than 3m2, is nearly 200 years old, he quoted a price of 500,000,000 VND.