Tay Tuu Flower Village, one of the capital's largest flower-growing areas with more than 700 hectares under cultivation, has suffered extensive damage following prolonged heavy rainfall.
Hundreds of hectares of flower fields remained submerged for four consecutive days, causing severe losses for local farmers.
Rows of chrysanthemums, lilies and roses that were approaching harvest have been waterlogged and ruined, forcing growers to uproot entire crops and absorb substantial financial losses.
By the morning of September 21, floodwaters had begun to recede, but much of the affected crop had already died. Farmers said the remaining plants had little chance of recovery.
Several areas remained under water, with residents wading through flooded fields to begin clearing operations. At the height of the flooding, water levels reached up to one metre in some locations.
As the water retreated, most plants were left flattened and withered. Farmers said their only option was to remove the damaged crops and prepare the land for replanting.
Quy Hao, a local grower, said her chrysanthemum crop was still more than a month away from harvest when the flooding struck.
“Everything has been destroyed,” she said, adding that nearly 2,000 square metres of flowers had been lost, resulting in estimated damage of around VND 100 million (USD 3,830).
On a 120-square-metre plot owned by Dang Thi Hong, an entire crop of young chrysanthemum seedlings planted on September 6 was wiped out.
She has hired two additional workers at a cost of VND 350,000 (USD 13) per person per day to remove the damaged plants and replant new seedlings.
In previous years, October and November would see Tay Tuu's fields burst into colour as the peak flower season approached. This year, however, much of the area has been transformed into muddy wasteland.
Nguyen Thien Tuan, who had spent months tending more than 700 square metres of chrysanthemums, said all of his plants had died.
To make use of the land, he plans to switch temporarily to growing leafy vegetables.
With just over four months remaining before the Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important sales period of the year for flower growers, residents are now racing to clear fields, restore damaged soil and replant crops in the hope of salvaging the upcoming Tet flower season.
The scale of the flooding has left many farmers facing one of the most difficult growing seasons in recent memory as they work to recover from the losses.
