Nearly one month before the Lunar New Year Festival, people always begin to visit flower markets to select the most beautiful and fresh flowers to decorate their homes and bring luck for the whole year. After perusing a flower market, Kieu Dai Gia, a businessman, decided to spend VND1 billion (nearly $43,500) buying two pots of orchids to display at his house for Tet. According to Gia, the Lunar New Year is the most special festival of the year and flowers are a highlight in his home. “Visiting the flower markets with my family as the New Year approaches is a great pleasure, I can feel that Tet is drawing near. Besides, it helps me relax after a year of hard work. There are a great variety of flowers on the market, including imported ones, but I still prefer traditional flowers. Along with these two pots of orchids, I will buy a cherry blossom tree and a kumquat tree,” he said. About a month before Tet, the flower markets across the country become busier and more crowded. … [Read more...] about Nation awash with stunning flowers just before Lunar New Year festivities
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Stunning flower spots in Hanoi in early days of winter
Daisy gardens on the bank of the Red River, magnificent purple water lilies along the Yen stream on the way to Huong (Perfume) pagoda in My Dic district, and the sea of bright yellow wild sunflowers at Ba Vi national park in Ba Vi district are among the must-see flower spots in Hanoi during the occasion. Hanoi in the beginning of winter retains a lot of its graceful and poetic charm. Travelling around Phan Dinh Phung, Hoang Dieu, Thanh Nien, and Dinh Tien Hoang streets, one can see many well-dressed people passionately posing individually or in groups to capture beautiful moments of Hanoi these days. Flower farms in Nhat Tan ward, and other flower gardens in Tay Ho district on the bank of Red River welcome 500-1,000 visitors every day, who come to admire the beauty and scent of white daisies, which are only in full bloom once a year, as well as thousands of other types of flowers. The gardens’ owners also add more tourist services and arrange romantic spaces for visitors to … [Read more...] about Stunning flower spots in Hanoi in early days of winter
Photo gallery – Stunning flowers at Bulgarian Rose Festival – Hanoi Times
Hanoians were very much impressed with the beauty of rose flowers at the opening of the second “Bulgarian Rose Festival with Friends 2018” at West Lake Water Park on March 8. The event was organised by the Embassy of Bulgaria in Vietnam and the Agricultural Genetics Institute (AGI) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to celebrate the National Day of Bulgaria, and the 68th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.On display are different varieties of rose, including thousands of rose trees from Bulgaria and many Vietnamese varieties which have been grown for dozens of years, especially a 200-year-old rose tree, along with some other kinds of flowers.The festival attracted the participation of Vietnamese rose garden owners and rose trading companies to exhibit their products, such as those from Xuan Quan garden in the northern province of Hung Yen, Rose Park Company, Grin House, Ho Tay (West Lake) flower valley … [Read more...] about Photo gallery – Stunning flowers at Bulgarian Rose Festival – Hanoi Times
Over 2 million visits to HCMC flower, book streets on Tet
The flower and book streets in downtown Ho Chi Minh City each received more than 1 million visitors, including a large number of foreigners, during their seven-day Tet operation starting Jan 28. According to Tran Hung Viet, CEO of Saigontourist, organizer of the Nguyen Hue Flower Street, most visitors are locals in HCMC and from neighboring provinces as well as foreigners. The street, which sparkled with a variety of rare, gorgeous flowers and stunning decorative, rustic landscape, was almost never empty of visitors, even at midday and midnight. Though the quantity of flowers this year dropped compared to that in last year’s Tet, the flower fest, in its 11th year, had this year’s cool weather on its side, as the flowers were kept fresh longer. With the fest closing on Feb 3 night, traffic has resumed on Nguyen Hue street since 6am, Feb 4. Meanwhile, the book fest on Mac Thi Buoi, Nguyen Hue and Ngo Duc Ke streets in district 1, which also closed on Feb 3 night, also … [Read more...] about Over 2 million visits to HCMC flower, book streets on Tet
Artisans to decorate streets for flower festival
There will be a frenzy of flowers at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi next month, as craftsmen take over the centre with their artistic and floral creations. The five-day event Flower Street Festival – Hanoi 2009, will welcome famous artisans and craftsmen from Hanoi’s traditional villages to present their artwork made from hundreds of thousands of flowers, as well as their traditional products. The five-day event Flower Street Festival – Hanoi 2009, will welcome famous artisans and craftsmen from Hanoi’s traditional villages to present their artwork made from hundreds of thousands of flowers, as well as their traditional products. From December 31 to January 4, the festival will take over a 600m-long stretch of road, from the intersection of Dinh Tien Hoang-Hang Bai-Trang Tien-Hang Khay to Ba Kieu Temple alongside HoanKiemLake. The colourful flower beds will be designed by some of Hanoi’s most famous florists, including Mai Hanh, Duc Hai and Nguyen Ba Muu. The … [Read more...] about Artisans to decorate streets for flower festival