Hanoi (VNA) – To you, it may smell like a flower, but to farmers in northern Vietnam , it is the sweet smell of success. Floriculture has helped to improve the fortunes of farmers in northeastern Vietnam ’s mountainous region, bringing material benefits to farmers in Le Loi commune, Hoanh Bo district, in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh , despite the fact that flowers are not viewed as traditional cash crops in the region.
Le Loi farmers have been embracing the growing of flowers for the past decade. Following the harvesting of the summer-autumn rice crop, the farmers hurry to begin their flower crop, so that they have blooms in time for the Lunar New Year festival (Tet). They supply flowers not just to vendors in Ha Long city and other localities in the province, but also to flower-sellers in Hanoi .
In the run up to Tet, the commune becomes alive with visitors from other areas, searching for the perfect way to say it with flowers.
Vu Thi Oanh, Chairwoman of the communal People’s Committee, said that previously, local residents were extremely poor, subsisting on rice and other industrial crops, which had a low yield in the alum-rich soil. Some local residents survived by fishing in the Bang river. There was just the one television in the commune and not a single motorcycle.
After discovering that flowers can thrive in the local soil, floriculture has rapidly expanded to become a major source of income for many families in the region. Le Loi commune currently has more than 30 ha of land devoted to various types of flowers.
As a result, the living conditions of local residents have undergone massive improvements, with spacious houses and modern household utensils becoming the norm. Moreover, local cultural and historical relics, as well as roads, irrigation networks and other social welfare projects have been upgraded or constructed.
The provincial Agricultural Extension Association plans to teach farmers in Le Loi commune to grow flowers in specialised areas in order to improve their yields.
Le Loi farmers have experienced great success in the growing of non-indigenous flower varietals. For example, the Indonesian gladiolus has been produced successfully and has brought huge benefits to farmers across the region.-Enditem
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