Shops in HCM City are racing to meet expected high demand for special gifts for International Women’s Day on March 8.
Chocolate-covered roses, imported from the Netherlands by Flower Box Co. especially for International Women's Day, are a new addition to the gift range, on offer at VND250,000 a stem in the HCM City flower market, which expects to blossom with business.
Chocolate-covered roses
Several shops in HCM City are selling clay gifts cast to order, such as hearts or cakes or vases, or a customer can make their own gift. Another unusual medium is using different types of beans to make vivid pictures.
One unique gift that continues to be popular is silk underwear, that looks like roses on a bush until they are unfolded. Prices range from VND40,000-120,000. But many shops in HCM City report they have sold out of this unusual item.
Chocolate-covered roses
Silk underwear that looks like roses
Clay products
A picture made from bean
