Many commercial centers in Hanoi on the morning of May 2 welcome a large number of guests to play and eat. Including the Japanese brand supermarket system in Long Bien district, the shopping area is crowded with people starting at 11am. The checkout area is always crowded. Prices today are the same as usual. Visitors here wear 100% masks due to the development of the Covid-19 epidemic, which is at risk of a resurgence. According to a security guard, the number of customers flocking here on weekends is higher than on weekdays, especially today is a holiday, so the workload of supermarket staff increases several times. Resting area, using soft drinks is full at 11:45. Today, the majority of customers are families bringing children, the elderly or organizing relatives to go out. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh and his girlfriend, after shopping for clothes, went to a shop selling stuffed animals to visit. He said the purpose of coming here on a day off is sightseeing, walking is the main thing, not shopping or eating. Mr. Hoa (a resident of Long Bien district, right) enters an electronics store to buy technology products. Initially, he chose to buy a laptop with a price of 13 million VND for the purpose of watching movies online instead of the phone because of the large screen, but after someone recommended using a smart TV, he reconsidered. . The stalls selling fast food are full. The person who came after did not have a seat. Similar is the stall selling Vietnamese, Hong Kong, Thai hotpot… Man traveling with his family enjoying a quick lunch. The price of a hot pot here is from 300,000 VND, guests can choose according to the combo depending on their preferences and needs. Customers are especially crowded in the fast food area and have to wait in line for tens of minutes to get their turn. However, there are no seats inside, many people buy to take out to enjoy. The gaming area is also full, customers are mainly young people and young people. The machines work continuously, many young people have to stand next to them and wait for their turn. While the food stalls, supermarkets are crowded, the stalls selling household goods, fashion… are quite deserted. Trang, an employee at the shopping center, said that customers flock here often near lunch and dinner time, and normally on the floors there are only scattered people.

In the afternoon, the lake area in the urban area of ​​Exchange City (Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi) has many people coming to have fun and relax. As noted by Zing, most people voluntarily wear masks when moving or sitting in groups, keeping their distance. “Because of the complicated epidemic situation, this year’s holiday I did not take my family to travel, but came here to relax. Every time I go, I also let my children wear masks, wash their hands carefully to disinfect their hands to protect them from harm. ensure safety,” said Mr. Chanh (Phu Dien). The lawn area at the lake is chosen by many families as a camping place and for children to play. Anh Hung, a resident of an apartment complex near the lake, canceled his tourist ticket to Da Nang and brought his family here to have fun. “I heard that there was a new Covid-19 case, so I was a bit worried, I don’t want to go to crowded tourist areas. If I don’t go out on this occasion, then on other occasions, I want to prioritize family health,” he said. Ngoc Anh and Van Giang (students of the University of Finance and Banking) often come to the lake to play. Two female students commented that this area has been more bustling recently after many people checked-in online. The group of friends born in 1998 chose the area near the lake as a place to eat and chat. The members said that their waste is collected in plastic bags and will be put in the trash before leaving. Ha (student of Diplomatic Academy) and Thao (student of University of Economics and Technology) came to the lake to play for the first time. “The scenery here is quite beautiful, so on the occasion of the holiday, the two decided to come here to relax and take pictures. To be safe, we all put on masks when we finished taking pictures,” Ha said. The later in the afternoon, the cooler it is, the more bustling the lake area is. The lawn is the place for many activities such as kite flying and shuttlecock kicking. Many children enjoy having a large space to run around. Van (25 years old) took her daughter out to enjoy the fresh air and took advantage of her children’s fun moments. “I originally planned to go back to my hometown but decided to stay at the last minute. Tomorrow, I also plan to just take her to an open place like this instead of a closed, crowded space,” she shared. In addition to being a place for people in the vicinity to walk and exercise, the lake area has recently become a place where many young people go to picnic or take pictures to check-in thanks to the beautiful scenery. Many girls invest in costumes and props when they come to take pictures. Thang (from Tuyen Quang) and Quynh (from Thanh Hoa) took advantage of the holidays to take pictures and then post them on photography exchanges. From Da Nang to Hanoi at the time when the epidemic was complicated, Mr. Khoi and Ms. Hanh could not visit many famous tourist attractions of the capital. However, thanks to an acquaintance’s introduction, the two were satisfied with an afternoon stroll at the lake. The paths around the lake are filled with people exercising. Mr. Hong, guard of the lake area, said that this place often has security forces reminding people not to ride motorbikes on the grass and maintain general hygiene. “Amid the complicated epidemic situation, I also often remind people to wear masks to protect themselves and those around them,” he said.

Hot cakes are an afternoon gift that is very popular with Hanoians. (Photo: Internet) The molded cake has its own characteristics in the richly mixed fish sauce, the soft and elegant sponge beans, soaked in flavor, minced meat mixed with fat cake flour, fragrant with the scent of coriander. Fragrant sautéed onions and coriander contribute to making the bowl of hot cakes many times more attractive. Especially on cold days, the food will be more delicious than ever. The molded cake “fascinates” diners in the layer of flexible cake, rich minced meat, coriander and fragrant fried onions. (Photo: Internet) People spread about castor cake – “ A popular dish but it is the perfect combination of many ingredients, bringing in the fullness of the five harmonious flavors. That food is not often enough to eat, for the Ha Thanh people, it is a gift from rice that people just want to have fun, just enough to feed the intention of wandering, sometimes craving… ” Although it is simple, everyone loves this dish. (Photo: Internet) Eating a piece of hot molded cake melts in your mouth, so much of Hanoi’s love is wrapped up in it. People eat banh cuon as a way to enjoy a cultural feature of Hanoi’s cuisine, as well as a special snack of Ha Thanh people, no matter how many years have passed, it has not changed. Or as a joke, if you eat it in the afternoon, you still have a belly for dinner. It’s not difficult to find banh mi in Hanoi. (Photo: Internet) Currently in Hanoi, there are many shops selling molded cakes, each of which has its own variation, depending on the taste of each person to evaluate which goods are delicious. However, no matter what type of change, it cannot be denied, if you go to Hanoi, you have to “walk” through the cake shop to count as having visited the capital.

As noted by PV, on streets and markets in Hanoi, small merchants sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients very early to serve the people.

This year, the real Korean New Year falls on Wednesday, so the housewives also get up early to buy floating cakes, and offer them to the family altar.

From the big street to the small street, from the big market to the toad market, people are always busy with buyers and sellers.

There are also a number of people who are not in the profession, but take advantage of the large facade and available cooking space to make vegetarian cakes for profit.

Ms. Hoa, who sells floating cakes at Nghia Tan market, shared: “The Korean New Year is really a special holiday of the year. Knowing I make cakes for sale, the sisters in the two paternal and maternal families also joined in to help. I love this traditional cultural beauty, so I just like the white cake to serve visitors and the people around “.

To prepare for the main holiday, Ms. Hang (Hanoi) and everyone in her family decided to make cakes overnight. “My sisters and I stayed up all night making cakes. Because this year Korean New Year really does not fall on a weekend, we have to take advantage of making it so that customers order cakes early, then they even take advantage of work to make it in time. “, Ms. Hang shared.

As noted, the shopping atmosphere at the local markets is much more bustling than this day.

Every row of floating cakes must have up to 2-3 people to serve.

Everyone hurriedly took advantage of buying ceremonies early in the morning so that they could work on time.

Carrying armpit bags carrying large and small bags of floating cakes, vegetarian food.

The set of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes have been cooked, customers just need to buy and arrange them to the altar.

According to research, the price of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes today are still the same price compared to normal days. A plate of floating cake costs 10,000-15,000 VND depending on the size of the plate. Vegetarian cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate.

With five colors drift cake will cost 20,000 VND / plate.

In addition to buying floating cakes and boiled vegetarian cakes, many housewives also buy ready-made cake dough to go home to cook for themselves.

The batches of cakes are continuously made evenly by the small trader to provide for customers.

Every Korean New Year is the same, despite the hard work, everyone, everyone in the family is always trying to make this holiday special, gather with family, join in the direction of the roots and express their sincerity. respect to the deceased./.

According to PV VTC News, from 6 a.m. on April 14 (March 3 of lunar calendar), many people were present at some places of making floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to buy cakes for the ceremony.

At Ngo Thi Nham street, a long line of people squeezed their feet to buy floating cakes and vegetarian cakes.

Many people cry to heaven because they have been waiting for an hour but still have not been able to buy the cake.

Sharing with PV, the owner of a floating cake shop on Ngo Thi Nham street said: “The number of visitors this year is higher than last year. We have to constantly add flour and mold to serve the customers buying ”.

“To serve the needs of customers, the store has prepared about 90kg of cake flour. Right from last night, the store has soaked cake dough. At 3 am, the store staff gets up early to do the dough, ready to serve every stage to serve customers ”, said the store owner.

Chen feet in the sea of ​​people waiting to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes on the real Korean New Year, Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung (in Ngo Thi Nham street, Hanoi) said: “I wait in line here for about 30-40 minutes. This year, I bought 2 kinds of whole vegetarian cakes. In my opinion, buying floating cakes, vegetarian cakes is a beautiful custom of my country. On this day, my family often eat the two types of cakes above instead of cooking as usual ”.

Glad to be able to buy floating cakes to worship the family, Ms. Thoa (in Cau Giay district, Hanoi) shared: “Every year, I come here to buy floating cakes and vegetarian cakes for my family every year. This year does not wait as long as every year “.

Floating cakes at stores cost about 15,000 VND / plate, vegetarian cakes 20,000 VND / bowl. Most of the stores sell both cooked cakes and pastries to customers who buy them to make them themselves.

Beautiful five-color floating cake attracts the attention of many customers.

However, the white floating cake is still the type most customers choose to buy.

On this day, many families also buy sugar, green beans, glutinous rice flour, sesame … to make their own floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to offer to their ancestors.

The Vietnamese custom of offering floating cakes and vegetarian cakes reminds the story of “wrapping a hundred eggs of Au Co’s mother”. Floating cake represents 50 eggs hatched into 50 children to the forest following their mother. Vegetarian cake represents 50 eggs that hatch into 50 children following their father into the sea.

Therefore, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese people mainly means towards the origin, commemorating the merits of the dead.

According to cultural experts, when March comes, the weather starts to heat up, preparing to turn into summer. Vietnamese people in the past have created floating cakes, vegetarian cakes which are cool and cool dishes. This dish is sweet, very suitable for hot days.

The use of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to worship also brings many good meanings, showing the wet rice culture. Both cakes are made from fragrant glutinous rice flour, the fruits of hard work can be offered to grandparents and ancestors.

A section of West Lake embankment on Quang Khanh Street has been used by people living around this area to grow clean vegetables for about 2 years.

The vegetable garden here is plentiful and diverse in varieties from leafy vegetables, short-term vegetables to spice vegetables. Because it is close to the edge of the lake, the watering problem is always solved.

Mr. Luu (security guard at an apartment in Quang Khanh, Tay Ho) said that there are several families here growing vegetables together. Every day, in the early morning and late afternoon, people will water and take care of vegetables.

The soil is poured into concrete holes like the rock-hole cultivation of the Ha Giang people.

Vegetables here are grown according to the season, depending on the type of vegetables that will be harvested after a few weeks.

Leafy vegetables such as spinach, spinach, amaranth … give quick harvest but quickly run out. Therefore, people here like to intercrop spices because they produce more and last longer.

In addition to watering, people here have to constantly catch worms, and snails destroy every day.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa, from Vinh Phuc (as a housekeeper for a family on Quang Khanh street) regularly watered and cared for the vegetable garden twice in the morning and afternoon.

Ms. Hoa said that people had to buy land for 5,000 VND / bucket and then pour it into the rocks to grow vegetables.

“Growing vegetables like this is very difficult because the amount of soil is less, the nutrients are also low, so the vegetables grow slowly but not too large. But when growing by themselves like this, we are more assured because the vegetables are self-grown” – Ms. Hoa adds.

Taking advantage of about 100 meters of the embankment to grow vegetables, Ms. Hoa has enough vegetables for herself and her host family. Sometimes the vegetables grew too fast, she even had to give them away.

Without using chemical fertilizers or plant protection drugs, vegetable growers here have to take care of themselves from weeding, catching deep to applying microbiological fertilizers to ensure absolute clean vegetables.

The bright white flowers are arranged in large bunches waiting for customers to buy. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

In April, the blooming lilies season, these days, everywhere in Hanoi, it is easy to see bicycles full of lilies on the street.

In spite of Lily so many but the price early flower season Not cheap, buyers are still eager, ready to pay their bills because this flower season only lasts for more than a month.

Thanks to the high consumption, that person flower farmer do not fall into the situation of the season of devaluation.

Noted, at many routes of Hanoi such as Thuy Khue Street, Phan Dinh Phung, Lang Ha, Thanh Nien, Giang Vo, Tran Xuan Soan, Hoang Dao Thuy, Mai Xuan Thuong, Ba Trieu, Nguyen Cong Tru … Lilies has begun to go down the street to serve the needs of the people. Hardly anyone can resist the pristine beauty, the gentle scent of the trumpet.

Many passersby are willing to stop by the flowerbeds along the road to choose to buy some beautiful lilies at the beginning of the season.

Lilies, also known as lilies or juniper flowers, usually bloom in early April and until mid-May is the end of the season. When blooming petals turn white, giving off a gentle scent, so this flower is dubbed “Queen of April.” This is also the flower that signals summer.

Mr. Nguyen Van Binh, owner of a flower garden in Tay Tuu, Bac Tu Liem district, said in 2020, due to translation COVID-19 Loudspeaker is sold for 100,000-120,000 VND / bundle of 50 flowers but there are no customers to buy it, but this year it just started in the harvest season, so the price is quite high.

Currently, the wholesale price of short cotton lilies ranges from 200,000 to 250,000 VND / bundle of 100 flowers, for long cotton, the selling price is up to 300,000 VND / bundle of 100 flowers, retail buyers at 20,000-40,000 VND / dozen (depending on into cotton compartments or long cotton). Every day, a household cuts thousands of flowers. Flowers cut wherever they are brought to be consumed there, during the day they are all clean.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hanh, owner of a flower shop in Ngo Thi Nham street, Hai Ba Trung district, said that in addition to selling lilies according to flowers, many people also sell flowers by branches, 50,000 VND / 10 branches, customers buy 20 branches at the price. 90,000 VND. To have a satisfactory lilies, flower players often buy 15-20 flowers or more, it costs VND 40,000-90,000 for our trumpets and VND 60,000-100,000 for western flowers.

Although the selling price is quite high, the purchasing power is still increasing strongly, Ms. Pham Thi Thu, a small trader at Quang Ba flower wholesale market, said that small traders can sell 500-700 cotton, the big one sells 3,000-4,000 cotton / day. The consumption was large, so on this occasion, many small businesses gathered their capital to trade in lilies, while other flowers stopped selling.

The price is high, the purchasing power increases, so the growers are happy to make a big profit. Mr. Dang Van Vinh, a lilies-growing household, shared that his family is currently renting 4 acres of land in Ha Mo (Dan Phuong) to plant lilies, on average, his family will bring about 100 bouquets of flowers a day. Quang Ba flower market has a trade of 150,000-170,000 VND / bunch, it is expected that this year’s flower harvest season after subtracting costs, is expected to profit 15-20 million / sao, calculating the total revenue is estimated at 100 million VND per season. Bell.

After the COVID-19 epidemic, flower prices are stable and the weather is favorable, this year’s lilies season may last longer than every year, making flower growers believe in a good harvest regardless of the main flower selling price. service will be mitigated./.

Every April, without an appointment, the people of the capital cannot help but be amazed at each flower carriage full of trumpet buds. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Across the streets and alleys of Hanoi, this flower weaves and creates a unique flavor of April. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

In the capital, lilies are sold a lot along the streets of Thuy Khue, Phan Dinh Phung or Kim Ma, …. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

The white flowers, emitting a mild scent become a unique feature of Hanoi every April. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Just saying goodbye to the season of lotus flowers and rice flowers for a long time, the people of Hanoi were relieved to see the purity of the lilies’ buds. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Lilies or lilies is a flowering plant species of the genus Lilium, the lilies family. It is native to the Ryukyu Islands, south of Japan and Taiwan (China). (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

This is a flower that is loved by the people of the capital because of its beauty, its own scent and has an affordable price. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Only 25 – 30,000 VND / 10 flowers, one can plug a vase of lilies to scent the whole room. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

The trumpet is also considered a flower signaling the coming of summer. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

This flower is also known as the ‘flower of April’ because the lilies bloom only once in April every year. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Although not bright and fragrant like many other flowers, the simple white color creates a very pure beauty for lilies. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

With the pristine white color of the flowers and the green color of the leaves, stems, the lilies on the flower beds create an irresistible charm. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Hanoi was in a hurry and stuffiness in the early summer days, suddenly becoming more poetic and romantic when there were stalls selling lilies. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

The bright white flowers are arranged in large bunches waiting for customers to buy. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Lilies season usually starts from the end of March and lasts until the end of April. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Lilies can also be played for a long time, people buy flowers from the time they are buds and bring them home for about 3 days to bloom, then they can play for 4-5 days and still fresh. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Many people prefer to buy flowers that have already bloomed to take pictures. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

On a corner of Phan Dinh Phung street, there appeared a few rows of lilies already in bloom. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

In Hanoi, lilies are commonly grown in the flower village of Tay Tuu, Quang Ba, so that flowers can bloom in April, flower growers have to plant tubers in September and October earlier. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

At this time, many flower lovers also take advantage of photos to capture the beautiful moments. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

For the Hanoians, this is a gentle and pristine flower like a girl in Hanoi, simple but elegant. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Perhaps that is why, for a long time, the trumpet has entered the musical and musical poetry, and has become a symbol of the early summer days of Hanoi. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

The lilies season also coincides with the falling crocodile leaves, making Hanoi more unique. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

Many people who go to Hanoi for work or travel on this occasion can also find and buy a bunch to bring. (Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)

(Photo: Minh Son / Vietnam +)