On-site assessments reveal that numerous peach and kumquat trees had already withered and shed their leaves before the floodwaters fully receded, leaving farmers in despair.
Despite the water level beginning to drop, the extensive damage casts a somber shadow over Hanoi’s traditional flower-growing villages as they prepare for the Tet holiday.
The image captures peach trees that have withered and lost their leaves due to prolonged exposure to floodwaters, symbolizing the farmers’ struggles.
Riverside fields are heavily inundated, submerging peach rows up to half their height, causing irreversible damage to the crops.
Ha, a peach farmer in Phu Thuong, laments, “My family cultivates nearly 1,000 peach trees, and almost all have perished. We’ve suffered losses estimated at VND500–600 million (US$20,000–24,000). A year of hard work has been washed away.”
Trinh, a kumquat grower near the Red River, shares a similar plight. His family planted around 1,100 kumquat trees, but only managed to save about 200. The rest are now wilted, muddy, and irreparably damaged.
As the floodwaters recede, kumquat trees are left with wilted leaves and fruit, coated in mud, a stark reminder of the devastation.
Not only ground-planted trees but also potted ornamental kumquat trees, unable to be relocated in time, have withered completely, adding to the farmers’ losses.
Residents of traditional flower-growing villages like Tu Lien, Nhat Tan, and Quang An are devastated, witnessing their year-long efforts vanish just weeks before the Tet harvest, their primary annual income source.
In September 2024, Super Typhoon Yagi also wreaked havoc, causing widespread flooding in Hanoi and inflicting damages of up to VND64 billion (over US$2.5 million) on peach and kumquat growers.

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