Rental service for selling flowers and ornamental plants for Tet is in high demand

Stroll around the streetsVinh CityAt present, it is not difficult to see that flower and ornamental plant shops have begun to open their doors. After a year of hardship due to the pandemic, gardeners are now struggling to find a suitable location to sell their products to attract customers during Tet, making up for a year of gloomy business.

The locations for selling flowers and ornamental plants for Tet in Vinh City are now fully rented by garden owners. Photo: QA

If in previous years, at the beginning of December, garden owners would focus on renting space to sell flowers and ornamental plants for Tet, this year, from the middle of the 11th lunar month, this service has flourished, beautiful locations in Vinh City have all been booked, forcing those who are "slow" to find places far from the center.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hong, owner of a garden house in Dong Vinh ward, Vinh city, these days is wandering aroundLenin Avenueto find a place to rent for Tet. At this time last year there were still a few vacant spots, but this year most of the good locations have been rented.

Mr. Hong said: “This year, garden owners have been looking for locations early, even since the 10th lunar month, people have already made deposits. Although I went at this time, it was earlier than previous years, but there were still no suitable locations. Some locations have small areas, not enough to store goods. The rest are far from the center, afraid of not having customers, so I did not dare to rent…”.

After renting the premises, the garden owner will erect a fence to mark the business location. Photo: QA

As for Mr. Phong, a gardener in Nghi Phu commune has just rented a 30 m2 plot of land.², is focusing on transporting goods to sell on time for Tet, shared: "This year, the Covid-19 epidemic has had a heavy impact, so everyone is "concentrating" on this Tet holiday to recover some of the losses. The number of garden owners looking to rent space has increased compared to previous years, even some garden owners in Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan have returned to Vinh City to rent, if they are slow, they can only find a location in the central communes or have to sell at their own garden...".

According to a survey, despite being affected by the epidemic, the rental price of flower and ornamental plant business premises in Vinh City is still high. Depending on the location, area and familiarity with the owner, the rental price is not fixed. On average, to have a location to sell Tet flowers, garden owners have to spend about 10 - 30 million VND. Usually, garden owners will pay the premises in one lump sum or can pay the owner at the end of the "Tet selling season".

Finding a business premises to rent at this time is very difficult. Photo: QA

Due to the increasingly limited land fund, renting a space at this time is not easy. For those who have rented a space, they all have the same feeling of restlessness and anxiety because the input costs are too high. It is known that in addition to the rental price, the garden owner also has to spend from 10 to 20 million VND to build a temporary garden, a roof, not to mention the capital to import flowers, ornamental plants, labor costs...

"This year, Covid-19 is complicated, people's income has decreased, I'm afraid that people no longer need to buy Tet ornamental plants as much as previous years. In addition, the epidemic is still latent, many people are afraid to go out, so the number of customers will decrease compared to previous years. We have to calculate carefully or we will lose money..." - a garden owner worried.

Due to the high demand for selling flowers and ornamental plants for Tet, while the space is not enough to meet the demand, encroachment on traffic safety corridors for flower and ornamental plant trading is very common, especially during Tet. Vinh City's functional forces will increase patrols and control of this issue. In addition, the city will also direct wards and communes to grasp information and promptly handle any situation.underwritelike Tet 2021.

Garden owners are busy transporting goods to their business locations to sell for Tet. Photo: QA

Previously, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2021, in the area of ​​72m road in hamlet 18, hamlet 19, Nghi Phu commune (Vinh city), some subjects threatened and collected money.protection for flower and ornamental plant traders.

Faced with that situation, under the direction of the Provincial Police Director, Vinh City Police established a special project to promptly arrest the above group of subjects. On January 28, 2021, Vinh City Police arrested 3 subjects including: Le Viet Dung, Nguyen Van Manh and Pham Van Tu for the act of extortion of property, confiscating 11 million VND and many related exhibits.