Dynamic students sell flowers on October 20th holiday

(Baonghean.vn) - On this occasion, all the streets around universities in Vinh City are filled with mobile flower shops of students.

Chung - a student of food technology at Vinh University, said: "We sell in groups, all of us are friends in the same department. This year is the first year of doing business, so it is still strange and difficult, but everyone is interested and excited about this. We have more income and gain life experience."

Flower prices range from about 100 - 200 thousand for a bouquet or basket. Depending on customer requirements, they can be higher, about 500 - 600 thousand for a bouquet or basket.

Flower shop of a group of students from Vinh University.

Mr. Luc - Head of the Green Journey Nghe An organization, shared: “We are a volunteer organization, selling flowers to raise funds for upcoming charity programs to raise funds for the poor. The main force is still students from universities in Vinh city. In addition, there are also high school students who are currently members of the organization. We sell at quite affordable prices, only fluctuating between 100k - 200k because the main target is still students”.

The students added that in addition to students, many passersby also come to buy. “Because we are students, we can grasp new and beautiful flower designs that suit our tastes. The prices are quite affordable, not too expensive like in shops, so our customers are very diverse, not just students. In addition to selling flowers directly at the location, we also accept orders and ship flowers upon request, so the results are very good,” said Ha Trang, a flower seller at Nghe An Pedagogical College.

Handmade flowers are made by students to sell during the holidays.

This year's flower market is not only about fresh flowers but handmade paper flowers are also very popular. Linh Dan - a student at Nghe An University of Economics, said: "Most of my customers, after consulting, understand that fresh flowers fade quickly, do not last long and are quite expensive during holidays, so they choose paper flowers. They last forever, add a little perfume to make them fragrant, and give them with a teddy bear to make them more luxurious and meaningful than fresh flowers."

Dan added: “Making paper flowers is much harder than making fresh flowers. Cutting steel and paper requires meticulousness and also wrapping them in a “quality” way. Customers who want flowers on the right day have to order in advance, they can’t buy them right away like fresh flowers, so on each holiday I can only make about 15-20 bouquets.”

Unique and eye-catching paper rose models

Like Dan, Thanh Phuong - a student of K55 Vinh University, shared: “I and another friend have been making paper flowers for 2 years now. Because paper flowers are cheap, unique and last a long time, customers are very supportive. The price of each bunch is from 60k - 400k, depending on the number of customers ordering. During the selling process, there are many difficulties, especially the time issue, sometimes customers rush, but paper flowers require high care, take a long time to make and are time-consuming. Therefore, on holidays, when there are many orders, I sometimes have to stay up all night to make flowers on time.”

Despite many difficulties, the October 20 holiday falls in the middle of the week, but students have cleverly arranged their study schedules so that even if they do business, it will not affect their studies.

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