Earning billions from growing ornamental citrus trees

For many years, the garden of Mr. Nguyen Van Truong's family in CD Quan Trach village, Lien Nghia commune (Van Giang) has been known by bonsai lovers, who have come to buy them. With more than 1 hectare of citrus ornamental trees such as kumquat, orange, tangerine, lemon, and grapefruit, each year it brings in an income of about 1 billion VND.

Mr. Nguyen Van Truong, Lien Nghia commune (Van Giang) takes care of ornamental grapefruit trees

Coming from a family with a traditional profession of growing kumquat, Mr. Truong soon learned and became familiar with the work of planting, caring for, and pruning trees. Grasping the tastes of customers, in recent years, he has converted some areas of ornamental trees on rice fields to growing in pots and jars. Plants grown in pots, and jars are difficult to care for and are susceptible to diseases due to the small space, little soil, and frequent dryness in the sun and flood in the rain. Therefore, he takes careful, meticulous care, watering, and fertilizing appropriately, while accurately identifying pests and diseases for effective prevention.

Currently, Mr. Truong maintains growing more than 1 hectare of citrus ornamental plants. On average, his family sells thousands of trees of all kinds each year. Of which, this year he has about 200 pots of large, perennially rooted tangerines, grapefruits, and oranges with beautiful shapes and forms, many fruits, and evenly distributed...

This year, despite the unfavorable weather, with many years of experience in growing ornamental plants, Mr. Truong family's garden is still green, with beautiful shapes and forms. Although there are still more than 2 months left until the Lunar New Year 2025, he has sold about 40% of his family's ornamental plants at a higher price than last year. Small kumquat trees cost from 500,000 VND/tree or more; large, long-standing pots of tangerine, orange, lemon, and grapefruit trees, which are carefully shaped, cost from 10 million VND/tree or more. Growing citrus trees brings Mr. Truong’s family an annual income of about 1 billion VND.