On December 27, Mr. Le Van Long (residing in Quang Xuong district, Thanh Hoa province) rode his rickshaw around the spring flower markets in Thanh Hoa city to transport peach and kumquat trees for hire for customers.
Mr. Long used to be a construction worker. However, at the end of the year, he took advantage of going to the flower market to earn extra income. "Every year, at the end of the year, construction workers often have little work, so I take advantage of going to peach, kumquat, and flower selling points to hire people to transport flowers," Mr. Long said.
Taking advantage of the Tet holidays, Mr. Long went to the spring flower market to accept jobs transporting peach and kumquat trees (Photo: Thanh Tung).
According to Mr. Long, since mid-December, he has been working as a hired peach and kumquat transporter. On average, he receives 2-3 trips per day, and on good days, 5-6 trips. Depending on the distance traveled and the size of the tree, he receives a salary of about 200,000-300,000 VND per trip.
Every day, he starts work at 9am and returns home at 10pm. His job as a hired kumquat and peach blossom transporter is no different from that of a motorbike taxi driver. He has to travel to many flower selling locations to be on duty, and when there are customers, he invites them. Sometimes, he even has to help flower and ornamental plant shop owners carry and display the flowers.
Each trip transporting peach and kumquat trees for hire, Mr. Long earns an income of 200,000-300,000 VND (Photo: Thanh Tung).
"On a good day, I earn more than 1 million VND, on a bad day, I earn 500,000-600,000 VND, which is better than working as a construction worker," Mr. Long shared.
Like Mr. Long, Mr. Tran Van Ngoc (residing in Quang Thinh ward, Thanh Hoa city) said that since December 17, he quit his mechanical job to work as a hired laborer transporting peach and kumquat trees.
Peach and kumquat flower carriers wait for customers at Thanh Hoa city flower market (Photo: Thanh Tung).
Mr. Ngoc shared that he has been providing peach and kumquat transport services for more than 10 years. Previously, he often used a rickshaw to do his job. But in recent years, Mr. Ngoc has been using a three-wheeled vehicle for convenience.
According to Mr. Ngoc, although the job of transporting peach and kumquat trees for hire brings high income, it also has many potential risks. During the days before Tet, there are many vehicles on the road, making traffic accidents likely to occur.
Taking advantage of the days before Tet, peach blossom transport service workers earn millions of dong each day (Photo: Thanh Tung).
In addition, during the process of transporting trees to customers, if there is any negligence that causes damage to the tree, transporters like him must compensate the customer. "For large, old, expensive trees, I have to call more people to help.
"It's very difficult to transport big trees alone. Every time we go together, we split the remuneration equally," Ngoc shared.
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