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The Hanoitimes - Flower, a special tourist product, will help increase income for farmers and attract tourists to the capital. Hanoi has great potential for developing flower tourism. It is time for the city to pay attention to comprehensive investment in flower tourism and make it a specialty of the city and a special tourist product, contributing to increasing income for farmers and attracting tourists to the capital. Poor product Flowers at Quang Ba night flower market. Photo: Kinh te & Do thi Not only famous for its beautiful landscapes, Hanoi is also blessed by the typical flower seasons that make visitors fall in love. Every time when flower season comes, Hanoi puts on a new shirt. In Spring, peach blossoms cover the city in pink. In summer, it changes the colour into white of lilies and smells the pleasant scent of lotus. In autumn, it becomes “sweeter” with the scent of blackboard flowers. Mentioning about flowers in Hanoi, it is also about the traditional flower villages that become inspiration for poetry, such as Ngoc Ha, Nghi Tam, Nhat Tan and Quang Ba. Every year when Lunar New Year Festival arrives, Hanoi opens the Spring flower markets which are also considered as an attractive tourism resource of Hanoi. In addition to the traditional flower craft villages, in recent years, the suburbs of Hanoi have also developed strongly the profession of growing flowers and ornamental plants, forming specialized intensive production areas. This is a key condition for developing flower-eco tours. Ho Tay flower valley. Photo: Duy Khanh Despite the great potential for tourism, in fact, Hanoi has yet exploited this “gold mine” effectively. Some tours to the flower villages are mostly for sightseeing and are offered spontaneously by some households. Moreover, trade and tourism promotion for this type of product has not properly received attention. Chairman of the Management Board of the Institute for Culture …

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Nguyen Hue flower street in District 1, one of the biggest annual draws in Vietnam’s southern metropolis to herald Lunar New Year, Tet, is nearly ready after half-a-month of hard work. The 720-meter flower street stretches from City Hall on Le Thanh Ton Street to Ton Duc Thang Street by Saigon River. A day before its opening, the pedestrian street is a patchwork of bright colors.Tet flower street was designed with the expectation of giving people and visitors the feeling of a city full of vitality, dynamism and prosperity, in harmony with its core cultural values. Right at the entrance gate to the flower street is a family of buffaloes. On their backs are fellow herdsmen with conical hats flying kites and playing flutes, symbolizing the relationship between farmers and their faithful animals. A total 60 buffalo mascots in various poses and sizes – calves to muscled adults – styled with traditional materials including rattan, bamboo, melaleuca bark and lotus leaves will populate the flower street. The buffaloes are almost always in pairs and part of herds, signifying family and a close knit community. In the middle of the flower street are statues of herdsmen riding on buffaloes, a cultural feature of the southern delta, bringing both modern colors and preserving the traditional features of the countryside. A scene depicts the harvest of bumper crops, recreating the peaceful countryside atmosphere with buffaloes grazing on rice fields. All along the flower street, the buffalo mascot appears in pairs and in herds. The famous Dong Ho painting, "Boy Sitting on a Buffalo and Playing the Flute" also appears on the flower street. This is a very popular motif representing Vietnamese folk culture. The art of Dong Ho paintings originated in the eponymous craft village in Bac Ninh Province of northern Vietnam. This year's flower street mainly features organic materials, conveying a green message while promoting an environmentally friendly …

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The Hanoitimes - Visiting Hang Luoc flower market as Tet (Lunar New Year) approaching is an elegant hobby of Hanoiains. Hanoians enjoy visiting one of the oldest flower markets in Hang Luoc street, which is held annually on the occasion of the traditional Tet holiday. This is an elegant hobby of Hanoians before the Lunar New Year. Many visitors to the traditional flower market wear face masks as regulated to prevent Covid-19 transmission risks. Functional forces supervise the Covid-19 prevention rule compliance at the market. Local visitors not only shop peach flowers, kumquat and ornamental trees but also enjoy the Tet atmosphere at the market. The flower market in Hang Luoc street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter was established over 100 years. It is considered as the oldest flower market in the capital. Local sellers on the street are busily preparing flower pots for sales. Peach blossoms sold at the market come from the Nhat Tan Village, which is famous for its time-honored flower cultivation, and some outlying districts. A girl has her photos taken at the market. For Hanoians, visiting Hang Luoc flower market as Tet is approaching is an elegant hobby. …

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