The village has been attracting thousands of visitors as Vietnam’s Lunar New Year celebrations approach. Flowers from a local park not only beautify the local area, but also contribute to brightening up other locations and events, with Sa Dec still one of the county’s biggest suppliers of flowers and plants. Colorful all year long, Sa Dec is a provincial city in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, in southern Vietnam. The city has maintained its position as an important economic port, as well as an agricultural and industrial trading center of the region. Sa Dec Flower Village is 150 kilometers to the southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, close to the quiet Tien (Front) River, which supplies the area with a consistent, cool breeze. Even though most people expect blossoming flowers to be on display only during Tet, the Vietnamese way to refer to the Lunar New Year festival due in less than four weeks, and spring, the village surprises visitors with its bright colors and beautiful decorations all year round. Main supplier of flowers Thanks to the devotion and creativity of the people who look after it, Sa Dec Flower Village includes a wide variety of flower types which contribute to the character of the garden. The village dates back to the 18th century, when it was gifted to the people by the emperor of the reigning Nguyen dynasty. Having fallen in love with the flowers’ bright colors, people in the area at the time would regularly decorate… [Read full story]
Sa Dec Flower Village in spring blossoms By Mong Binh in Dong Thap Every day farmers Phuong and Luom prune buds and branches off their pots of flowers while their neighbors water their flowers to enable their plants to fully develop in shape and beauty before selling them for decorations during Tet. Such scenes can be seen in Sa Dec, a renowned flower village in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, about 140 kilometers from HCMC, in the run up to the Lunar New Year. Elsewhere in the more than 100-year-old flower village farmers are busy pruning and watering…... [read more]
Situated near the Mekong River, the Sa Dec flower village in the city of the same name is famous for its flowers that bloom all year round, thanks to its rich soil that is fertilised by the river’s alluvial deposits.Less than 150 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City, Sa Dec is becoming a flower capital of the southwestern region.According to local residents, the village was established more than 100 years ago by migrants from central Vietnam. As nature lovers, these new migrants decorated their houses with lots of ornamental trees and flowers and, as time passed by, many families grew…... [read more]
Less than 150 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City, Sa Dec is becoming a flower capital of the southwestern region. According to local residents, the village was established more than 100 years ago by migrants from central Vietnam. As nature lovers, these new migrants decorated their houses with lots of ornamental trees and flowers and, as time passed by, many families grew more and more flowers and gradually the villagers made growing flowers their means of livelihood. As visitors step into the village, they are treated to thousands of different coloured flowers, helping them to forget the hassle of the…... [read more]
Sa Dec Flower Village located near the Tien River has been well known as the kingdom of flowers with immense flower fields. These days, it has become even more hectic with flower sales for Lunar New Year (Tet). Covering 60 hectares, Sa Dec Flower Village has thousands of varieties of exotic flowers and strange plants. About 1,500 households in Sa Dec engage in flower farming. Unlike several other flower cities nationwide, Sa Dec’s fields yield flowers all year round.... [read more]
Electric cars have already taken thousands of foreign and local visitors to Sa Dec flower village in the Mekong province of Dong Thap after the service was launched on January 10. Six cars, each able to carry seven passengers, glide along the 2km flower street, allowing visitors to see the abundant flowers and take photos. A tour of the village costs VND40,000 (US$1.7) for adults and VND20,000 for children.... [read more]
