Business is sluggish, traders cut down peach trees on the afternoon of the 28th of Tet
(Baonghean.vn) - Although there are still 2 days left until the New Year, due to poor business, some peach blossom shop owners in Vinh City have cut down their peach trees to pack up and return to their hometowns.
People cut down peach trees on the afternoon of the 28th of Tet. Clip: Nguyen Chau |
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| On the afternoon of January 19 (December 28), many shops selling Tet ornamental plants such as peach, kumquat, apricot, Dien grapefruit... in Vinh City and neighboring districts such as Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan... still had a large amount of trees in stock. Although there were still people going to see the trees, the number of people actually paying to choose ornamental plants was not much. Photo: NC |
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| It is easy to see that there are more sellers than buyers on the streets. Photo: NC |
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| Although there are only 2 days left until the new year, at many places, the number of trees remaining is very large. They are still struggling in the cold weather, hoping for support in the last days of the old year. In the photo: Along National Highway 46 through Nam Dan district, many ornamental tree gardens still have a large number of trees, very few people stop to ask to buy. Photo: NC |
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| At the peach blossom selling area around Vinh Citadel and Vinh football field, reporters recorded that some peach trees had all their branches and leaves cut off, lying on the ground or piled up. Although there were still 2 days left to do business, the owner of this peach blossom shop decided to stop selling and return to his hometown to prepare for Tet on the afternoon of the 28th of Tet. Photo: NC |
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| Sharing with reporters, Mr. Hong, a peach cutter, said that this year business is slow, there are many customers coming to look but very few buying. He imported more than 100 peach trees, started selling from the 15th of December until now, only a few dozen trees, with 2 more days left, but there is not much hope... In the photo: Peach trees were cut in half, thrown away even though there are 2 more days until the new year. Photo: NC |
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| "The past few days have been rainy and cold, so selling peach blossoms has been very difficult. I have to stay up all night hoping for buyers, but very few people come. While everyone is preparing for Tet, my family has not prepared anything yet. I had to stop doing business to go home and take care of my family for Tet, and try again next year..." Mr. Hong sadly said. In the photo: The peach blossom branches that were cut down are piled up around Vinh Citadel. Photo: NC |
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| According to many people, this year, due to unfavorable business and trade, Tet spending is more cautious than in previous years. For the ornamental plant market, many people choose to rent Tet trees to save costs, not buy them outright. If they buy, they also pay for trees with smaller values than in previous years. Therefore, many "huge" Tet trees, worth tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dong, are still lying around on the market. Photo: NC |
