There is an overwhelming festive atmosphere throughout Vietnam toherald the arrival of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival,the country’s biggest holiday in the year. Flower and bonsai markets addglowing, spring colours to the scene.
In Ho ChiMinh City , as many as 68 flower markets opened on February 3, sellingvarious kinds of flowers and decorative trees for Tet. Among them, threelarge markets are located in the September 23 Park, Le Van Tam Park andGia Dinh Park. The rest is in districts surrounding the city.
Baskets of flowers, transported from Mekong deltaprovinces, are lining up at nearly 500 booths at Binh Dong wharf and PhuDinh port, creating a colour feast for the eyes. They also feature theunique trade of floating markets.
Popular yellowapricot, dao (peach) and quat (kumquat) are befriended by a wide rangeof imported flowers, such as red apricot, over 100-petal yellowapricot, and bonsai trees, which are pruned to symbolise happiness,peace, luck and prosperity.
Flower growers andtraders said that prices remain the same with last year, except forsome, which slightly increase by 5-10 percent.
PhuMy Hung Spring Flower Fair offers over 500 pavilions of flowers andbonsais to meet customers’ Tet needs. Besides, it designs 200 otherbooths to sell specialties hailing from different regions in Vietnam .
Southern Dong Nai province is also filled with afantastic environment of a spring flower fair, with more than 250 boothsdisplaying numerous kinds of flowers, bonsais and precious decorativespecies grown nationwide.
In the central provinceof Thua Thien-Hue, streets are coloured with a sea of flowers ofdifferent types, with the yellow of chrysanthemums dominating.
Decorating their homes with chrysanthemum, which is traditionallysymbolised for immortality and prosperity, during Tet, is a tradition ofHue residents.
Meanwhile, people in centralBinh Dinh province are flocking to Quy Nhon city-based spring flowerfair, which kicked off on February 3, to choose the most fresh andbeautiful flowers for their homes.
Peach, oftengrown in the north, is found, along with bright chrysanthemums,forget-me-not, kumquat, at over 200 kiosks there.
In the capital city, a huge array of exotic flowers is decoratingNghi Tam street, the main supply route of flowers in Hanoi sinceearly February, showing off their beauty and colours and attractingcrowds of people to view.
One of thehighlights of the holiday season is a six-day flower show and trade fairat the Centre for Art and Cultural Exhibitions at 2 Hoa Lu Streetwhich began on January 31.
The pre-Tet festiveatmosphere, coupled with colourful flower markets nationwide, isexpected to bring in happiness, luck and success to the nation in theyear of snake in the zodiac cycle.-VNA
In Ho ChiMinh City , as many as 68 flower markets opened on February 3, sellingvarious kinds of flowers and decorative trees for Tet. Among them, threelarge markets are located in the September 23 Park, Le Van Tam Park andGia Dinh Park. The rest is in districts surrounding the city.
Baskets of flowers, transported from Mekong deltaprovinces, are lining up at nearly 500 booths at Binh Dong wharf and PhuDinh port, creating a colour feast for the eyes. They also feature theunique trade of floating markets.
Popular yellowapricot, dao (peach) and quat (kumquat) are befriended by a wide rangeof imported flowers, such as red apricot, over 100-petal yellowapricot, and bonsai trees, which are pruned to symbolise happiness,peace, luck and prosperity.
Flower growers andtraders said that prices remain the same with last year, except forsome, which slightly increase by 5-10 percent.
PhuMy Hung Spring Flower Fair offers over 500 pavilions of flowers andbonsais to meet customers’ Tet needs. Besides, it designs 200 otherbooths to sell specialties hailing from different regions in Vietnam .
Southern Dong Nai province is also filled with afantastic environment of a spring flower fair, with more than 250 boothsdisplaying numerous kinds of flowers, bonsais and precious decorativespecies grown nationwide.
In the central provinceof Thua Thien-Hue, streets are coloured with a sea of flowers ofdifferent types, with the yellow of chrysanthemums dominating.
Decorating their homes with chrysanthemum, which is traditionallysymbolised for immortality and prosperity, during Tet, is a tradition ofHue residents.
Meanwhile, people in centralBinh Dinh province are flocking to Quy Nhon city-based spring flowerfair, which kicked off on February 3, to choose the most fresh andbeautiful flowers for their homes.
Peach, oftengrown in the north, is found, along with bright chrysanthemums,forget-me-not, kumquat, at over 200 kiosks there.
In the capital city, a huge array of exotic flowers is decoratingNghi Tam street, the main supply route of flowers in Hanoi sinceearly February, showing off their beauty and colours and attractingcrowds of people to view.
One of thehighlights of the holiday season is a six-day flower show and trade fairat the Centre for Art and Cultural Exhibitions at 2 Hoa Lu Streetwhich began on January 31.
The pre-Tet festiveatmosphere, coupled with colourful flower markets nationwide, isexpected to bring in happiness, luck and success to the nation in theyear of snake in the zodiac cycle.-VNA
