The flower market that never sleeps in Saigon
Saigon today changed much. I left Saigon in 1975 when the US goes up now, no great flower market. Already return visit to his homeland, when I need to buy roses wife donated her birthday, I had the opportunity to visit the flower market. Especially well. Many States, fresh and cheaper in the Ben Thanh market much.
Ho Thi Ky flower market is the wholesale market Dalat flower, so the night life is very busy, when the car from Dalat with flowers come, for distribution to the florist probably around Saigon.
Although this is the flower market, but apart from DaLat travel guide, here are selling everything as other markets, such as food and drink and some other miscellaneous goods.
“These days, Ho Thi Ky night flower market (Ward 1, District 10, danang) atmosphere very busy, since it has become the city of flowers, not only business but also serve visitors concerned.
Right from the gate (Ly Thai), the air was celebrated every year with different staging colorful decorative lights, banners, banners. Spread around the narrow streets of the neighborhood 1 (Tran Binh Trong, Ho Thi Ky, Ly Thai), large and small alleys are clean coated cement, lime someone lane limited because here, in addition to fresh flowers will also showcase more bonsai trees, ornamental plants for visitors.
Activities of the flower market starting 18g pm to 6am the next day, but is busiest from 1 – 3g morning, when the float frozen, crating flowers from Da Lat, Hanoi and the provinces flock. Loading force line breaks, move the flower to each counters, kiosks have forked shift / night (four hours / shift) on peak days as many volumes.
Surprisingly, nearly 80% of the people behind the counter, who made the ancillary services are men. Work porters, sled, down and up every course to healthy male, but who are the people selling flowers eyebrow whiskers. Many days walking around the night flower market, we realized, customers buy flowers mainly women, girls. Is it so that family firms maximize workforce male? Men stand florist soft but not offered but there is spoiled, take care of her, and she was “upon the other.”
One corner of the night flower market in Ho Thi Ky
Prior to the shift, a group of 10 young trolley People Go Cong, Tien Giang sleep in hammocks strung stall. Nguyen Van Tung Thanh Son, Phu Quoc (Tan and West, Cong, Tien Giang) said: “We make capital out of the lake but should follow up this acquaintance Tet money. The work day and night to sleep, enlisted roll out free hour sleep. Earnings per product, pushing many goods, money, every little bit of money, food and accommodation the employer “.
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In another group, two 17-year-old boy with Nguyen Van Minh, Nguyen Van Hieu (home Phu Yen) said: “We are in grade 10 but poor families should do before considering further vocational training . Both new Saigon year – six months, income 1,500,000 / person / month. This New Year right side all night to sell 29, 30 am back home, hoping to keep the car’s Eve with family “.
They just Ut Union (C1-3 kiosks) that sells accessories, pottery, basket, said: “Fresh Flower Market now developed a full range of floral services: souvenirs, flowers follow orders and all the fake flowers, 24/24 hours. In the New Year, the peak time is about seven days, from day 23 onwards lunar, who went as pilgrimage. “
According to Ban Ho Thi Ky management market, there are about 100 households markets business, the average household has five – seven women workers, Tet “suction line, the suction”, each household uses 13-15 divers, labor mainly outside the province.
Order situation is quite good, not so complex security guards markets mainly concerned hygiene, like “environmental police”, because the amount of garbage from the flowers emit a very loud night (1 -5 tons / day) .Tuy day, depending on season and time, the flower market average receiving a thousand barrels of flower types (a bundle of 150 barrels), New Year’s Day two – three thousand barrels, then spread out the market the focal point of the city and go to the western provinces.
The flowers “kinky” expensive ride “cold car” requires pressure on the transit time of porters should also be quick so more. Tran Van Tien (who has over 10 years of moving flowers at the market) said: “Moving heavy flowers not only cumbersome but requires careful and thoughtful. Negligence may be a little down the barrel of flowers. Average four / trolley 8-10 barrel price from the 5.000VND – 10,000 / barrel. Themed transfer Tet flower looks just as much flower, pushing prices higher should do almost no holidays, 1st – 2nd has the market again. Ordinary income lowest VND 50,000 / night / person, but the New Year is a few hundred thousand VND/night “.
Morning sun, the flower market traders in Ho Thi Ky prepare the flowers left in the night, regrading welcome the dawn. The cleaning, garbage flowers must be cleared before dawn.
New Year, while the other family reunion warm New Year’s Eve, the workers in the flower market new night rush “Shopping Festival” and wait for the bus to promptly return home late, or silently Eve together work. They almost no tension despite his New Year serve Tet …
In another group, two 17-year-old boy with Nguyen Van Minh, Nguyen Van Hieu (home Phu Yen) said: “We are in grade 10 but poor families should do before considering further vocational training . Both new Saigon year – six months, income 1,500,000 / person / month. This New Year right side all night to sell 29, 30 am back home, hoping to keep the car’s Eve with family “.
They just Ut Union (C1-3 kiosks) that sells accessories, pottery, basket, said: “Fresh Flower Market now developed a full range of floral services: souvenirs, flowers follow orders and all the fake flowers, 24/24 hours. In the New Year, the peak time is about seven days, from day 23 onwards lunar, who went as pilgrimage. “
According to Ban Ho Thi Ky management market, there are about 100 households markets business, the average household has five – seven women workers, Tet “suction line, the suction”, each household uses 13-15 divers, labor mainly outside the province.
Order situation is quite good, not so complex security guards markets mainly concerned hygiene, like “environmental police”, because the amount of garbage from the flowers emit a very loud night (1 -5 tons / day) .Tuy day, depending on season and time, the flower market average receiving a thousand barrels of flower types (a bundle of 150 barrels), New Year’s Day two – three thousand barrels, then spread out the market the focal point of the city and go to the western provinces.
The flowers “kinky” expensive ride “cold car” requires pressure on the transit time of porters should also be quick so more. Tran Van Tien (who has over 10 years of moving flowers at the market) said: “Moving heavy flowers not only cumbersome but requires careful and thoughtful. Negligence may be a little down the barrel of flowers. Average four / trolley 8-10 barrel price from the 5.000VND – 10,000 / barrel. Themed transfer Tet flower looks just as much flower, pushing prices higher should do almost no holidays, 1st – 2nd has the market again. Ordinary income lowest VND 50,000 / night / person, but the New Year is a few hundred thousand VND/night “.
Morning sun, the flower market traders in Ho Thi Ky prepare the flowers left in the night, regrading welcome the dawn. The cleaning, garbage flowers must be cleared before dawn.
New Year, while the other family reunion warm New Year’s Eve, the workers in the flower market new night rush “Shopping Festival” and wait for the bus to promptly return home late, or silently Eve together work. They almost no tension despite his New Year serve Tet …
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