Centuries-old flower and bonsai village in Ninh Binh struggles back to life to catch Tet sales season. As floodwaters recede, flower and ornamental plant growers in Vi Khe ward, Ninh Binh province, are working relentlessly to clean up and revive their farms in hopes of meeting market demand for the Tet holiday.
Due to the impact of tropical storms No. 10 and 11, prolonged heavy rains combined with upstream runoff caused river levels across Ninh Binh to surge, flooding many riverside areas. In Vi Khe, rising waters from the Hong and Dao rivers submerged over 43 hectares of flower and ornamental plant fields located outside the dikes, inflicting severe damage on local farmers.
Vu Thi Hanh, a resident of Vi Khe, shared that her family grew short-cycle ornamental plants such as golden chain trees, colorful foliage, and globe amaranth on two sào (roughly 720 square meters) of land beyond the Hong River dike.
"The flood came so fast I couldn't save anything," she said. "Months of effort washed away overnight. Last year, we lost over 100 million VND (about 4,100 USD), and this year, just as the plants were nearly ready for sale, it happened again. I couldn't sleep for days."
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