Tet flowers blossom in Ho Chi Minh city

Flower blossoms are being displayed everywhere in HCM City with dozens of flower fairs organized since the beginning of the month. The blooms are to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year) and sing the praise of the nation’s vitality. Vietnam News Agency photographers Hoang Hai, The Anh, Phuong Vy and Manh Linh capture colourful corners of the city.

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Gardeners shape the Nguyen Hue flower road with daisy and other plants. The road, themed “Vietnamese Heart”, opens to visitors for a week beginning this evening.

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Young ladies pose at the Spring Flower Festival, themed “Vietnamese Posture”, in the Tao Dan Culture Park. The event opened on Tuesday and will continue throughout the Tet holiday.

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Flowers are sold at a spring fair in Phu My Hung urban district. The fair had 700 stalls and also displayed bonsais and Tet specialties.

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“The spring path” in Phu My Hung. 

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 Local people shop at a flower market at Binh Dong Warf in District 8.

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Customers select bonsais at Binh Dong.

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Boats carry flowers and bonsais from west-southern provinces for sale at Binh Dong. Hundreds of thousands of flowerpots arrived this way.

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A corner of a Tet flower market in March 29 Park.

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Visitors contemplate flowers in the March 29 Park market.

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Peach blossoms are believed to help families gain good health and keep safe in the new year.

Source: VNS