Mr. Vo Trung Thanh was the first farmer in the Mekong Delta province to find out the method to imprint the word 'Tai (Wealth) and Loc (Fortune)' on pomelos and shape pomelos into wine gourds. For more than a decade, his shaped pomelos have been sought to buy by people across the nation on the occasion of lunar New Year. Currently, he also connects farmers in Hau Giang and Vinh Long provinces living alongside the Hau River to produce and supply shaped fruits for the market during Tet holidays. The price of wine-gourd-shaped pomelos fluctuates from VND300,000 to VND1.2 million per item, an increase of 10-20 percent over the same period last year. Of which, the prices of word-imprinted and Chinese-gold-boat-shaped pomelos strongly increased. According to some farmers, the prices of shaped fruits climbed as the success ratio of fruit shaping was low. Meanwhile, at flower growing areas in Can Tho city, farmers have been rushing to prepare for flowers to be sent to markets. The Pho Tho Flowers Cooperative in Long Tuyen ward in Binh Thuy district is the largest flower supplier in Can Tho city. This year, the cooperative grows and provides the market with 55,000 flower pots… Read full this story
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