Flower road closes, receives 800,000 visits
Print Nearly 800,000 people visited the flower-bedecked Nguyen Hue Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City during the seven days the flower show was open to the public.
It was closed at 10pm yesterday – the fourth day of the lunar new year with a street performance.
Over 100,000 people visited the Road yesterday
Tran Hung Viet, deputy director of Saigontourist and chief organizer of the flower show, told Tuoi Tre that on New Year's Eve, more than 100,000 people visited the road and enjoyed a fireworks display there.
Currently, hundreds of workers are cleaning up to return the Nguyen Hue road to normalcy. The job is expected to be finished by 6pm today.
A performance on Le Loi Road to conclude the flower show
This time, the flower festival was themed “New Heights” during the Year of the Cat.
It was divided into various segments this year like “Vietnamese Spirit,” “southern Tet holiday,” “New Heights,” “Peaceful Spring,” “Time of the Season,” and “Humane Garden.”
Under the segment themed “southern Tet holiday” from Le Loi to Nguyen Thiep Streets, organizers created a festive atmosphere using traditional Tet images like the cylindrical glutinous rice cake, watermelon, and flowers with a pair of happy wooden cats.
“New Heights” from Nguyen Thiep to Huynh Thuc Khang Streets was decorated with garlands, multi-colored lanterns, kites, and bamboo flowers, all symbols of the country’s unity and development.
Orchids, stylized lotus petals, baskets of flowers, small boats of flowers, a house of roses and others featured in “Peaceful spring” between Huynh Thuc Khang and Ngo Duc Ke Streets.
“Time of the season” from Ngo Duc Ke to Hai Trieu featured rice paddies, ceramic flowerpots, Tet-themed paintings, and cards.
A foreign tourist posing with two performers walking on stilts during a performance yesterday
