Tourist attractions and flower festivals in Ho Chi Minh City are about to welcome visitors as the Lunar New Year (Tet), the largest traditional festival of the Vietnamese people, approaches.
HCM City (VNA) – ▨Tourist attractions and flowerfestivals in Ho Chi Minh City are about to welcome visitors as the Lunar NewYear (Tet), the largest traditional festival of the Vietnamese people, approaches.
The sites have a tendency of opening to the public sooner thanprevious years and COVID-19 preventive measures are in place. A 2022 flower festival will be hosted at Novaland Gallery inDistrict 1 in downtown HCM City. Folk games and an event to make chung cake - a square glutinous rice cake that is served during Tet - will also be arranged. Another held in Tao Dan Park is slated from January 27 to February6. Tet flower markets will open across six locations of the metropolis between January 25 and 31. Artisans are busy preparing decorations for the downtown NguyenHue Flower Street, usually HCM City’s most visited place during Tet, notably a 3-metrewelcome gate featuring tigers, the zodiac animal of the upcoming lunar year.
Perspective of the Nguyen Hue Flower Street during the 2022 Tet (Photo: VNA)
The 19th edition of the flower street during Tet also pays tribute topeople across the country, especially frontline workers, who supported HCM Cityin the COVID-19 fight, head of the organising board Truong Duc Hung said.
The Nguyen Hue Flower Street is scheduled to open from January29 to February 4.
🌞 This year's Lunar New Year holiday will last from January 31 through February 4, with the Lunar New Year falling on February 1./.
As Vietnam has achieved high COVID-19 vaccine coverage, tourists are ready to book their trips for the upcoming Tet (Vietnam’s traditional New Year) holiday which lasts for nine days.
As many as 200 gift packages worth 1,250,000 VND each were delivered to disadvantaged workers in the central province of Phu Yen on January 12 under a programme to support people in disadvantaged circumstances to have a warm Lunar New Year (Tet), which was held by Phu Yen Labour Confederation.
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Flower festival at Novaland Gallery (Photo: VNA) 
Perspective of the Nguyen Hue Flower Street during the 2022 Tet (Photo: VNA) 
