Every year, during the Tet flower season, freelancers, including students, can earn extra income to cover the Tet holiday by pruning branches and picking buds for chrysanthemums.

Seasonal workers are caring for Tet flowers at a flower garden on April 30 Street, Hoa Cuong Bac Ward, Hai Chau District.

About a month before Tet, chrysanthemum growers in Da Nang are busy recruiting seasonal workers to promptly supply flowers to the Tet market. Seasonal workers are mostly freelancers, students, and underemployed workers.

The average wage for each worker ranges from VND160,000 - VND200,000/8 hours/day depending on the subject and level of work completion. Wages can increase to VND300,000/day near Tet.

Mrs. Luong Thi Ha, the owner of a flower garden in Hoa Xuan Ward, Cam Le District, said that this year she planted 3,000 pots of chrysanthemums. In January 2024, she began recruiting seasonal workers to care for and prune branches and leaves, aiming to ensure that their flowers bloom on time and meet increasing demand when the Tet holiday arrives.

On average every day, Mrs. Ha's garden recruits 15-20 seasonal workers, even up to 30 people at the peak of the Tet flower season.

Every year, the majority of seasonal workers are students. However, this year, seasonal workers at the garden are mainly underemployed workers. They are in charge of cutting off dead leaves, pruning branches and picking buds.

Meanwhile, bustling working atmosphere has been recorded at Mr. Nguyen Quang Son's flower garden in Hoa Cuong Bac Ward, Hai Chau District over the past few days. Whether it's sunny or rainy, dozens of seasonal workers still work to keep up with the schedule of supplying flowers to the Tet market.

According to Mr. Son, the job requires carefulness and diligence. In the process of working together, he himself also created comfort and happiness for the workers. Therefore, many seasonal workers have worked with him through many Tet flower crops.

Taking advantage of the end of the rice harvest, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Xuan, 54, hailing from Quang Nam Province goes to Da Nang to earn extra income to cover Tet.

Trying to do gardening for the first time, student Tran Duc Loi hailing from Quang Nam Province who is studying at the Da Nang University of Architecture, said that the work is not difficult but requires carefulness and diligence. Loi has been doing this job since the beginning of January and will work until the last day of the 12th lunar month in order to earn money to pay tuition.

Nearly 10 seasonal workers are working at Mrs. Luong Thi Ha's flower garden based in Hoa Xuan Ward, Cam Le District. Seasonal workers have been recruited by the garden owner since early January. At peak times, the number of workers can increase to 30.

Tran Duc Vinh, hailing from Nam Dinh Province, who is the second year student at the Da Nang University of Architecture, has been pruning branches and picking buds for more than 10 days. Vinh plans to use the money he earns to cover his living expenses, and to buy train and bus tickets to go home to celebrate Tet.

Seasonal workers are in charge of cutting off dead leaves, pruning branches and picking buds. In the coming days, they will paint flower pots, transport flowers, and sell Tet flowers.

Reporting by THU DUYEN - Translating by M.DUNG