This year’s 720-metre flower street, with the theme Khat Vong Vuon Cao (Aspiration for a Bright Future), extends from the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in front of the People’s Committee building down Nguyen Hue pedestrian street to Ton Duc Thang Street. The Flower Street will have three sections: Mua Xuan Thanh Pho (Spring in the HCM City), Hoi Nhap va Phat Trien (Integration and Development), and Vuon Toi Tuong Lai (Reaching to a Bright Future). As usual, to celebrate the Year of the Dog, the entrance of the street will be decorated with 2-metre dog statues modeled after the Phu Quoc dog. Statues of puppies with bobbing heads will also be featured. Traditional Vietnamese Tet will be seen through calligraphy, banh chung (square glutinous cake), banh tet (cylindrical glutinous cake) and Tet pole (traditionally a decorated bamboo was erected in front of a house to chase demons). A three-floor flower tower will be built and decorated with butterflies and lanterns. The images of fishing boats filled with fish will be set up to pray for a fruitful harvest. At the end of the street will be a waterfall of different kinds of flowers, carrying wishes for a peaceful and wealthy 2018. More than 100 kinds of flowers, including chrysanthemums, roses, orchids, azalea, lotus and cactus, will be used in arrangements on the streets. Tran Hung Viet, general director of Saigon Tourist and head of Nguyen Hue Flower Street’s organisation board, said: “This year’s flower street will portray HCM… [Read full story]
The preparations on Nguyen Hue Flower Street kicked off on January 10, to present to the public the City's most spectacular display of fresh flowers, which will be officially opened on January 21. This year's theme "Vietnam, my country" will be presented in four sections. Uncle Ho's yellow apricot garden; Dragon statues; Flowers and Vietnamese traditional cakes 'Banh Tet' (cylindrical glutinous rice cake) and 'Banh Chung' (square glutinous rice cake); and a couple of giant dragons made of bamboo and knitted and braided dried water hyacinths. Each dragon will be 26 metres long and 5 metres high. Colorful flowers and…... [read more]
At 10pm on February 13, the 4th day of lunar month, Nguyen Hue Flower Street was finally closed after receiving visitors for a week during Tet Lunar New Year Festival. Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City received more than one million visitors during the week long Tet Festival this year, according to the organizing board. This year the number of tourists were much more than last year, and besides Ho Chi Minh City people also arrived from the southern provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and the Mekong Delta provinces. The 700-meter long flower street was decorated…... [read more]
City extends operation time of Nguyen Hue Flower Street By Dao Loan in HCMC The HCMC People's Committee has decided to display Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2010 in downtown HCMC for seven days from February 11 to 17, one day longer than originally scheduled, to serve the demand of viewers, said the organizer. The yearly Nguyen Hue Flower Street is a part of six main festivities in the downtown area to welcome the New Year. Other festivities include the Banh Tet (traditional sticky rice cake) making contest, fireworks displays, a music program and decorations along other streets, all entrusted to…... [read more]
The annual Nguyen Hue flower street officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on January 28. Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and President Truong Tan Sang attended the opening ceremony. Themed "Ho Chi Minh City - My beloved city", the event carries a message of an a ctive, innovative and enthusiastic city to tourists. The street is divided into three main sections - integration and devel opment, sentime ntal integration and aspiration . The street begins with horse s at full gallop pull ing a wagon full flower as a sphere clock. B ig apricot flower s as…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - Launched in the 2004 Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, the Nguyen Hue flower road has become the Tet culture in Saigon and is an indispensable activity in the city each Tet.With the theme "Vietnam's Heart," the road this year highlights the idea of popularity and the country's position. The flower road will open for the public from February 7 to 13. The Nguyen Hue flower road from 2004 through 2013: The Nguyen Hue flower road appeared for the first time in 2004, as acontinuation of the flower market of Nguyen Hue which had existed…... [read more]
