A floating flower truthful at Binh Dong Wharf in HCMC, 2023. Picture by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
The annual floating flower truthful, certainly one of Ho Chi Minh Metropolis’s most-visited sights in Tet (Lunar New Yr), will open at Binh Dong Wharf in District 8 from Jan. 25 to Feb. 9.
The truthful goals to create a cultural area and a tourism vacation spot for native and overseas guests throughout Tet vacation. It additionally introduces particular sorts of flowers and fruits of the southern area and Vietnam.
Stalls and boats shall be displaying varied sorts of flowers and fruit from Mekong Delta provinces similar to Lengthy An, Vinh Lengthy and Dong Thap, and Da Lat of the Central Highlands.
Florists from HCMC and Da Lat will create miniature landscapes organized with flowers on the occasion.
Colourful floating lanterns shall be arrange as nicely.
Vinh Lengthy, which is thought for having essentially the most well-known and largest brick and pottery villages within the Mekong Delta, will showcase its broad number of terracotta merchandise.
The organizer may even create a zone the place calligraphy artisans provide works to guests with needs for a affluent and completely happy new 12 months.
As well as, the competition will embody music performances on boats alongside Tau Hu Canal, unicorn – lion – dragon dances, and a style present that includes Vietnamese conventional gown ao dai from Feb. 4-8.
Guests may even have a possibility to learn to make to he (toy collectible figurines which can be manufactured from rice dough), and conventional dishes for Tet similar to glutinous rice cake and candied fruits on the occasion.
The floating flower market on the Binh Dong Wharf is a well-recognized vacation spot for metropolis residents throughout Tet. It attracts sellers from Mekong Delta provinces who promote fruit and flowers to native individuals to organize for a very powerful vacation in Vietnam, which peaks on Feb. 10 this 12 months.
The floating flower truthful is acknowledged as certainly one of HCMC’s 19 annual signature festivities.