Just nearly one month left to the Year of the Dragon, kumquat trees shaped like this animal are being hunted by consumers who want to display them to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) or present as a gift.
Ben Tre (VNA) – Just nearly onemonth left to the Year of the Dragon, kumquat trees shaped like this animal arebeing hunted by consumers who want to display them to welcome the Lunar NewYear (Tet) or present as a gift.
With 12 years of growingornamental plants, Tran Van Ninh's family in Hung Khanh Trung B commune, ChoLach district, the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has produced 25 pairs ofdragon-shaped kumquat trees to supply to the market on the Tet occasion.
Ninh said making this kind of product isvery elaborate, with many stages. On average, one person can make apair of small trees a day. As for the large ones, it takes three people to make one each day. Prices of dragon-shaped ornamental kumquats sold to tradersrange from 2-4 million VND (81.58-163.17 USD) a pair.
Nguyen Duy Tan, also in Cho Lach district,said that it takes 7-8 months from the graft stage to make dragon-shapedkumquat trees.
This year, in addition to selling totraders, many gardeners have actively introduced their products on e-commercechannels and social networks.
According to the Department of Agricultureand Rural Development of Ben Tre province, in recent years, the profession ofproducing and trading ornamental plants has continuously developed in terms ofthe number of households and the supply to the market. To date, BenTre has 7,907 households producing and trading ornamental plants, including 6,421 inCho Lach district. Every year, the province supplies the market with 10-12million ornamental products of all kinds, mainly apricot, bougainvillea, and animal-shaped trees./.
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A dragon-shaped kumquat tree (Photo: VNA) 
