On Valentine’s Day, famous businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, such as Ho Thi Ky market (District 10), Nguyen Van Cu street (District 5) are filled with flowers. Mostly roses, from fresh flowers to wax flowers, are arranged into beautiful heart shapes.
Large bouquets of flowers arranged in the shape of hearts, decorated with words such as: Love, beloved wife... are sold along Nguyen Van Cu Street (District 5).
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On Valentine's Day, roses are sold mainly at Ho Thi Ky flower market (District 10).
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On Nguyen Van Cu street this morning, there were a variety of Valentine's Day gift items for sale such as flowers, teddy bears, chocolates... However, the flower stalls were all in a rather sluggish situation, with more sellers than buyers.
Flower sales are quite sluggish, sellers have to sit and wait for customers to buy.
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Sitting and arranging bouquets of flowers to attract customers, Mr. Vo Minh Thien, from Dong Nai, who is selling flowers on Nguyen Van Cu Street, said that this year's Valentine's Day, business is quite slow, not as good as previous years.
“The prices of flowers here range from a few dozen to a few hundred thousand dong. Customers mainly choose bouquets with an average price of about 200,000 - 300,000 dong. Today is cloudy so I am quite worried, because if it rains I won’t be able to sell. From morning until now I have only sold to a few people, I think today is a weekday, everyone has gone to work so it is quite quiet. Now I just hope that this evening when everyone goes out I will sell more,” Mr. Thien shared.
Large sized wax and paper flower bouquets are beautifully decorated.
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Many bouquets are made of money
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Teddy bear products are also sold on Valentine's Day.
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Although she lives in Thu Duc City, on holidays, Ms. Nguyen Hai Van brings flowers to Nguyen Van Cu Street to sell. Ms. Van said that she has been in the flower business for 7-8 years, but business is getting more and more difficult. “This year's Valentine's Day business is very bad, from yesterday until now I have only sold 2-3 large bouquets of flowers. Yesterday it rained so sales were slow, I can only wait for today. Even though the prices are lower than every year, people keep coming in to ask and bargain, even though I have reduced the price, but I begged them but they still won't buy,” Ms. Van said in frustration.
Ms. Van said that business on Valentine's Day was quite sluggish.
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According to our observations at Ho Thi Ky flower market, the flower business situation has improved somewhat, at some stores, shippers come to pick up flowers continuously. Holding a bouquet of sunflowers she just bought, Le Phuong My Ngoc, a student at Ho Chi Minh City University of Health Sciences, said: “Today is Valentine's Day but I don't have a lover yet, so I bought flowers for myself. This morning the flower market was not too crowded, so I was quite comfortable choosing flowers. After buying flowers, I plan to go to the Zoo with a group of friends.”
Bouquets and baskets of roses in a variety of colors are sold at many different prices.
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Accompanying My Ngoc, Pham Vu Phuong Thao, a student at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Health Sciences, shared: “This morning we took the bus from the university village to here to buy flowers. There are many types of fresh flowers sold here, especially roses, but I chose sunflowers because I like them more. This is considered a gift for myself on Valentine's Day, even if I don't have a lover, I can still make myself happy.”
Roses are the most popular flower on Valentine's Day.
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A bouquet of roses of very large size
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Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Si, an employee at Tuong Vi flower shop, said that on Valentine's Day, fresh roses are the best sellers, a bouquet of flowers ranges from 300,000 to 500,000 VND, larger bouquets cost nearly a million VND. "The number of customers today is only a few, not many, I am expecting more buyers tonight," Mr. Si said.
A flower basket made from lots of chocolate
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Ms. Do Quyen, owner of Do Quyen flower shop in Ho Thi Ky market, also said that this year there are fewer customers buying flowers than usual. “Today is a holiday so the price of fresh flowers has increased by 10% compared to normal. On this occasion, my shop mainly sells roses and hydrangeas. The price of a bouquet of flowers ranges from 350,000 to 500,000 VND,” Ms. Quyen said.
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