Hi-tech floriculture in Hanoi and Bac Ninh and Lam Dong provincesyielded from several hundred million to billions of dong per hectare peryear. Insight by the Vietnam Economic News.
High economic efficiency
Nethouses, greenhouses, modern watering systems, temperature and lightcontrol systems, tissue culture laboratories and cold warehouses aresomething needed for hi-tech floriculture. With these conditions, manylocalities in Vietnam are now able to grow high-grade flower varietiessuch as lilies, gladioli, tulips, Cymbidium, butterfly flowers, andgerbera that couldn’t be cultivated in the country before.
Manylocalities across the country have developed hi-tech floriculture andbuilt their own flower product brands, contributing to rural andagricultural modernisation. Lam Dong province has become a highlight inthis regard. The province has about 2,416ha of hi-tech floriculturearea, mostly in the city of Da Lat and Duc Trong and Don Duongdistricts, with estimated revenue of 800 million VND - more than 1billion VND per hectare per year (1.6 times the country’s average).
InHanoi, hi-tech floriculture is a potential business for suburbandistricts of Dan Phuong and Tu Liem, bringing in revenue of 300-600million VND per hectare per year, while traditional flower productionoffers revenue of only 50-70 million VND per hectare per year.
BuiThi Bich from Phung township in Dan Phuong district, Hanoi, said thather family has two hectares of net house to produce flowers and a moderntissue culture laboratory. Without the net house, her family must stopgrowing flowers in the rainy season and now they can grow flowers allyear round. Her family hires tens of employees to grow flowers and paidthem an average of 5-7 million VND per capita per month.
In BacNinh province, the provincial Department of Science and Technology haspromoted hi-tech floriculture in many households and businesses since2005. The department’s deputy director, Nguyen Minh Tan, said that theprovince has so far had 40,000 square metres of hi-tech floricultureproviding revenue of 500 million VND - 1 billion VND per hectare peryear.
Replication needing funding
According to Dr. NguyenThi Kim Ly, Director of the Flower and Bonsai Center of the AgriculturalGenetics Institute, flowers grow with high technology, especiallyorchids, gladioli and lilies have attracted buyers as they carved a65-80 percent niche on the Tet (Lunar New Year Holidays) flower marketin Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. These flowers were not only solddomestically but also exported to many countries and territories aroundthe world including Singapore, China, Japan, North America and Europe.
BacNinh province’s Department of Science and Technology Deputy DirectorNguyen Minh Tan said that although hi-tech floriculture is potentialbusiness that can bring in a high economic efficiency it has a high costof hundreds of millions of dong and requires a large acreage of severalthousand square metres to several hectares of land so not all peoplehave the necessary conditions to do it. Seeds still need to be importedand sales remain difficult in northern provinces due to scatteredproduction.
Thus, apart from performance of authorities atdifferent levels in directing farmers to develop hi-tech floriculture,it is necessary to build connectivity between producers, investors andscientific institutions and between domestic and foreign partners inflower production and sales development.-VNA
High economic efficiency
Nethouses, greenhouses, modern watering systems, temperature and lightcontrol systems, tissue culture laboratories and cold warehouses aresomething needed for hi-tech floriculture. With these conditions, manylocalities in Vietnam are now able to grow high-grade flower varietiessuch as lilies, gladioli, tulips, Cymbidium, butterfly flowers, andgerbera that couldn’t be cultivated in the country before.
Manylocalities across the country have developed hi-tech floriculture andbuilt their own flower product brands, contributing to rural andagricultural modernisation. Lam Dong province has become a highlight inthis regard. The province has about 2,416ha of hi-tech floriculturearea, mostly in the city of Da Lat and Duc Trong and Don Duongdistricts, with estimated revenue of 800 million VND - more than 1billion VND per hectare per year (1.6 times the country’s average).
InHanoi, hi-tech floriculture is a potential business for suburbandistricts of Dan Phuong and Tu Liem, bringing in revenue of 300-600million VND per hectare per year, while traditional flower productionoffers revenue of only 50-70 million VND per hectare per year.
BuiThi Bich from Phung township in Dan Phuong district, Hanoi, said thather family has two hectares of net house to produce flowers and a moderntissue culture laboratory. Without the net house, her family must stopgrowing flowers in the rainy season and now they can grow flowers allyear round. Her family hires tens of employees to grow flowers and paidthem an average of 5-7 million VND per capita per month.
In BacNinh province, the provincial Department of Science and Technology haspromoted hi-tech floriculture in many households and businesses since2005. The department’s deputy director, Nguyen Minh Tan, said that theprovince has so far had 40,000 square metres of hi-tech floricultureproviding revenue of 500 million VND - 1 billion VND per hectare peryear.
Replication needing funding
According to Dr. NguyenThi Kim Ly, Director of the Flower and Bonsai Center of the AgriculturalGenetics Institute, flowers grow with high technology, especiallyorchids, gladioli and lilies have attracted buyers as they carved a65-80 percent niche on the Tet (Lunar New Year Holidays) flower marketin Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. These flowers were not only solddomestically but also exported to many countries and territories aroundthe world including Singapore, China, Japan, North America and Europe.
BacNinh province’s Department of Science and Technology Deputy DirectorNguyen Minh Tan said that although hi-tech floriculture is potentialbusiness that can bring in a high economic efficiency it has a high costof hundreds of millions of dong and requires a large acreage of severalthousand square metres to several hectares of land so not all peoplehave the necessary conditions to do it. Seeds still need to be importedand sales remain difficult in northern provinces due to scatteredproduction.
Thus, apart from performance of authorities atdifferent levels in directing farmers to develop hi-tech floriculture,it is necessary to build connectivity between producers, investors andscientific institutions and between domestic and foreign partners inflower production and sales development.-VNA
