Hi-tech flowers popular ahead of Tet

With typical characteristics including big flowers, equal blooms, thick and colourful petals, these foreign-originated flowers grown via hi-tech methods have been attracting more consumers on special occasions.

"This year, these kinds of roses are proving real favourites with buyers. We provide a wide range of flowers at a reasonable price, so we’ll sell a lot." - Le Thi Thu Hang, Flower Farm Owner, Gia Lam District, Hanoi.

During this flower season, the Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute has created several new flower varieties from foreign species. Cross-breeding methods help create new varieties including roses and tulips originally sourced from Europe that now also suit the Vietnamese climate.

"We have created many new flowers varieties which suit Vietnam’s natural conditions. This is to meet market demand and in the long term provide exports without violating copyright regulations." - Dr. Nguyen Van Dong, Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Thanks to the success in creating new varieties, Vietnamese consumers have been able to purchase these flowers at reasonable prices in recent years.

"Imported roses used to be sold at very high prices before. But now, as they are cultivated in Vietnam, the prices are more reasonable. This year, I decided to buy this flower basket for Tet." - Do Thi Van, Bac Ninh Province.

Hi-tech flower cultivation has helped provide more choice. With reasonable prices, hi-tech flowers have attracted growing numbers of consumers looking to brighten up their homes during the Tet holiday period./.