As Vietnamese Women's Day approaches on October 20, Me Linh flower village - known as the rose growing capital of Hanoi - appears unusually gloomy and desolate.
''Due to the super typhoon No. 3 Yagi, farmers lost their crops, rose fields all failed to bloom, many branches died and dried up,'' Ms. Ha - a flower grower in Me Linh - sadly and helplessly said.
According to Ms. Ha, the entire field of several sao only bloomed sporadically, so farmers had to cut off the remaining flowers to sell at low prices to earn money for fertilizer.
Mr. Duc (Me Linh, Hanoi) has more than 1 hectare of rose field that can be harvested. However, even with a bed of several hundred roses, he can only pick about a dozen roses to sell.
''Every year on October 20, farmers here work continuously to cut flowers to sell. But this year, after searching hard, I could only find a few flowers,'' Mr. Duc shared sadly.
Because the flowers are not beautiful, he can only sell them for 3,000 - 3,500 VND/rose. Currently, he is also trying to cut off the top part to focus on taking care of them and restoring them for the next crop.
Ms. Tuyen’s family, who has been growing flowers here for 20 years, also suffered a crop failure. Ms. Tuyen said that last year, on October 20, they could earn nearly 20 million VND in profit. However, this year the situation is much more difficult. After the storm, the entire flower field was severely damaged and had to be replanted, not in time to harvest on Vietnamese Women’s Day.
According to Lao Dong, many flower fields are abandoned. At this time, people in the fields mainly spray pesticides to take care of the plants to recover for the Tet season. The current price of roses in Me Linh flower village ranges from 3,500 - 4,000 VND/flower. However, the supply is not enough to meet the market demand.
