Although local residents had prepared in advance, the rapid and prolonged rise of floodwaters left hundreds of households growing flowers for the Lunar New Year (Tet) market in Da Nang with nothing. Local authorities are now striving to devise recovery solutions and support affected communities.
The Ha Dong flower village in Dien Ban Bac Ward, Da Nang City specialises in growing potted chrysanthemums for the Tet market. Located in the lower reaches of the Vu Gia–Thu Bon river system, the area was severely impacted during the late-October floods, which wiped out the crops of hundreds of flower-growing households as chrysanthemums suffered root rot and gradually died.
Nguyen Thi Que of Dien Ban Bac Ward, said that in late August 2025 her family planted more than 1,000 pots of chrysanthemums of various sizes. However, the rising and persistent floodwaters submerged the entire crop.
"We were warned of major flooding, so my family moved all the pots and raised everything higher. We do this every year because the water usually only rises about 0.5m. But this year it rose nearly 2m, so we couldn't move anything further. After more than three months of work and hundreds of millions of VND invested, now nothing is left — and even if we plant again, it won't be in time," Que said.
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