Severe salinization and unseasonal rains have left farmers little to be hopeful of.
Flower boats from the Mekong Delta at Binh Dong Flower Market on Tau Hu Canal in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 on Sunday, five days before the Lunar New Year starts. They arrived several days later than in previous years and with much fewer plants following severe salinization early in 2016 and then unseasonal rains. |
A family from Ben Tre set up a booth for their kumquat trees at a pier along the canal. “With the salinity, the harvest is much poorer this year,” said a woman from the province. |
A farmer keeps his flowers fresh under the city’s hot temperature. |
Vo Van Phuc from Ben Tre waits for customers. Phuc came to the city on Friday but has sold little. “There has been too much rain in the province lately and a lot of flowers were damaged.” |
Tran Van Hai from Ben Tre has a rooster to keep him company. “I know business will be slow. Also, it’s the Year of the Rooster,” he said. |
There’s also little business here. |
Photos by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen
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