'We are just days away from that time of year when Vietnam shuts down and the usual hustle and bustle of the cities becomes a quiet, pleasurable ghost town'
Sunday, February 07, 2021, 14:52 GMT+7
Boats carrying flowers and ornamental plants are seen at the spring flower festival at Binh Dong Wharf along Tau Hu Canal in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 on February 6, 2021. Photo: Ngoc Phuong/ Tuoi Tre
A spring flower festival gathering ornamental plants from around 500 nurseries in Mekong Delta provinces on Saturday kicked off at Binh Dong Wharf along the Tau Hu Canal in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8.
The event features a wide range of ornamental plants, including many types of flowers favored by Vietnamese people for Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year, which begins on February 12 this year) such as apricot blossoms, marigolds, bougainvillea and more.