At noon on March 7, a reporter from NNVN was present at the Ho Thi Ky (District 10) flower market and found that flower baskets and bouquets of various designs, sizes and colors are being sold here by flower shops that are on sale for the occasion stand by International Women’s Day 8/3.

Impressive to us is the “huge” bouquet of wax roses with 100 flowers arranged in a heart shape by the shopkeeper with the word 8/3 in the middle which looks very pretty. Once he quickly inserted each red rose into the heart-shaped frame, Mr. Phan, the owner of A.Phan Fresh Flower Shop, said this is a flower basket that a customer ordered for 3 million dongs a few days ago. “Most of my customers have booked in advance, now we are trying to complete the orders received. I’ve been doing this job for 30 years, the customers are quite familiar, so they order very early. Now I’m not afraid to take orders to do it,” Phan said.

According to Mr. Phan, the price of flowers on March 8 is more than double that of weekdays and higher than that of Valentine’s Day on February 14. Currently, the fresh flowers he has imported for the occasion are also three times the usual.

Note that the price of fresh roses ranges from 25,000-50,000 VND/decorated red rose. “If you buy a small decorated rose, the price is VND 25,000/flower, and the large flower is VND 50,000/flower. Roses are chosen by more people, so we import more than other flowers,” said Ms. Hong, a trader at Ho Thi Ky flower market.

And the flower shop (Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3) also has many lines of imported roses in large sizes and bright colors. “The price of flowers on the holiday has increased compared to weekdays, purchasing power has dropped by about 30% this year, compared to the same period last year by about 30%,” said a representative of the flower shop.

Mr. Ly Phu Qui, director of Dam Sen Service Cooperative (Dam Sen Flower Market, Ho Chi Minh City) said that the supply of roses for March 8 this year is due to the number of roses being refrigerated in Ho Chi , plentiful be Minh City Ho Chi Minh City and Lam Dong Gardens brought to Ho Chi Minh City for much consumption. Flower prices have increased, but not dramatically. Specifically, the price of roses and raw flowers increased by about 20% compared to weekdays, ranging from VND 400,000-500,000/bunch of 50 Da Lat roses and VND 200,000-300,000/bunch of 50 Hanoi roses.

In addition to traditional fresh flowers, wax flowers, flowers made of folded paper or feathers… are also chosen by many people as gifts for their loved ones.

Along the two sides of Nguyen Van Cu Street (District 5), many young people display all kinds of gifts like wax roses, teddy bear flowers, bubble flowers…at prices ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 VND/dish. “I started selling flowers this morning. Because I’m still at school, during the holidays I go with my friends to import flowers to sell, tinkering with all kinds of shapes. Most of them are handmade, so each gift for lovers and loved ones is “unique”, so many customers love it. I sell through two days 7 and 8/3,” said Thanh Tam (student).

“March 8 is an opportunity for men and women to show our hearts to women. Now the company has asked me and my colleagues to choose flowers that they will give to the sisters of the company tomorrow. The company I specialize in, so the number of women is quite large, so nowadays the boss is very keen to encourage women to stick together and stay loyal to the company,” said Phan Thanh Tam. (resident in Binh Thanh) while selecting flowers.

Also on this occasion, many attractive 8 March gift campaigns were launched by shops, supermarkets and shopping centers.

For example, Takashimaya department store has a 30-50% discount on cosmetics, shoes and bags. As for the GO! supermarket system, Big C has a “beautiful beauty 8/3” program, up to 49% discount on beauty care products, the sales program at the same price, with many particularly attractive special gifts.