In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year 2024, many vendors at flower markets had to stay up all night, sleeping fitfully to guard against theft of Tet flowers. Some people had to light fires to repel mosquitoes.
Most of them are people from the West, bringing flowers to the city to sell until New Year's Eve to earn money to go home for Tet.
According to Dan Tri reporters at the spring flower market in 23/9 Park (District 1), many vendors took advantage of park benches to hang mosquito nets to sleep.
Nguyen Ngo Trong Nghia (17 years old) followed his family to Ho Chi Minh City to sell Tet flowers. Nghia was assigned by his family to look after the apricot orchard.
"This is the first time I've come to Saigon to sell flowers. I hope to sell out soon so I can go home for Tet," Nghia said.
"We know that at this hour there are no more customers coming to buy flowers, but we still have to stay awake to watch. The flower market is right next to the road, so it's better to be careful," said Mr. Sang (from Tien Giang ).
In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, 23/9 Park is bustling with trucks carrying flowers from the Western provinces. The vendors here have to stay up all night to unload the flowers from the trucks.
At 0:00, the atmosphere at 23/9 Park is still very bustling. Flower pots and kumquat pots brought up from the Western provinces signal that Tet is very near.
Recorded in an alley on Phan Huy Ich Street (Go Vap District), the later it gets, the fewer people come to buy flowers, but the vendors still try to take turns staying up to watch over the flowers.
Mr. Le Van Nhan (37 years old) took a break next to a makeshift hammock. He said that for the past 5 or 6 years, at the beginning of December, his family has brought flowers to Ho Chi Minh City to sell.
"Every year, at the beginning of December, my brother and I bring flowers to Ho Chi Minh City to sell. This year's flower market seems slower than usual, but we hope to sell all the flowers so we can return home early for Tet," Nhan shared.
Not far away, Ms. Le Thi Diem Kha (42 years old, from Dong Thap ) had to light a fire to chase away mosquitoes while watching the flowers.
"With so many flowers, there are a lot of mosquitoes. I have to light a fire to reduce the mosquitoes. The cold is bearable, but I can't sleep when the mosquitoes bite me," said Ms. Diem Kha.
According to many traders, this year's flower harvest is good but prices have dropped. Some types such as chrysanthemums and marigolds are priced at only half of last year's price.
Many traders stay up all night to transport and take care of thousands of flower pots transported from the West to be sold the next morning.
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