The apricot blossom route is located on the DT631 axis, passing through Thanh Liem yellow apricot growing village, one of the five yellow apricot growing villages in Nhon An commune, An Nhon town (Binh Dinh province). With a length of 406 m, the route is being completed with a total of 60 yellow apricot blossom trees, to create a landscape highlight and also to enhance the value of the local flower. From this route, people are encouraged to grow and take care of apricot blossoms themselves on other sections and routes.
Yellow apricot blossom road in Nhon An commune, An Nhon town (Binh Dinh province). (Photo: Pham Kha/VNA)
Mr. Phan Long Hung, Chairman of Nhon An Commune People's Committee, said that the commune government and the Women's Union of Binh Dinh province have invested about 700 million VND to pave the sidewalk and plant yellow apricot flowers on this road. The road is expected to be inaugurated right before the Lunar New Year of Nham Dan 2022.
Mr. Phan Van Sau, a yellow apricot flower grower in Thanh Liem apricot growing village, shared that the villagers were very happy and supported the construction of this yellow apricot flower road. If well cared for, the yellow apricot flower road will be a beautiful highlight for the whole Binh Dinh province.
Artisan growing Tuan Ngoc apricot (a yellow apricot variety) in Thanh Liem craft village, Binh Dinh province
Nhon An commune is famous nationwide for its yellow apricot blossoms, which is also the main occupation of the whole commune with a total of more than 1,500 households living off growing apricot blossoms, with an average annual income of about 400-500 million VND/household. From these apricot blossom craft villages, many other villages are also developing large-scale yellow apricot blossom growing in neighboring communes such as Nhon Phong and Nhon Hanh, both in An Nhon town.
