Mention to the floriculture, often refer to Ngoc Ha village the first, the village has a long-standing history of flower planting, maybe from Tran dynasty and became well-known in Thang Long during French colonial time, according to some historical documents. Head to the small village belonging to Ba Dinh district, Hanoi seems to go astray in “nation of flowers” with fields bursting forth in colors of reds, yellows, pinks and purples of various flowers including roses, daisy, violet, gladiolus, butterflies, lilies and carnation, pensée and gladiolus flower…
On occasion of Tet holiday, when sweet songs of springs are sung, Ngoc Ha is colorful and crowded. No matter what road you went, you just admire flowers after flowers. In the crossroad, a number of flower shops have been opened, which also sell flowers from the village.
For Ngoc Ha’s villagers, floriculture is not only a career to earn money, but to preserve an elegant hobby of thousand- year civilization capital.
