Featured events in HCM City this Lunar New Year holiday
VOV.VN - Soak up the holiday season with these picks of Ho Chi Minh City events.
Nguyen Hue Flower Street this year stretches 720 metres from City Hall on Le Thanh Ton Street to Ton Duc Thang Street by the Saigon River. |
The flower street opens at 7pm on February 5 and will remain open through 10pm on February 12. |
The flower street features five sculptures – Happiness, Saigon’s Memory, Life of Fish, Wind Ballet and Green Millennium History. |
A spring flower festival will run February 3-14 in Tao Dan Park in District 1. |
Organizers have announced some 3,000 flowers will display at the festival. |
Street of Calligraphers have already opened the Youth Cultural House. |
Numerous calligraphy artists in HCM City are showing their beautiful writings in both Chinese and Vietnamese characters at the event. |
HCM City officials are planning two fireworks displays, one at the Dam Sen theme park in District 11, and the other at the Saigon River Tunnel in District 2, both on February 8 from midnight to 12:15 am. |
A book festival runs February 5-12 on Mac Thi Buoi-Nguyen Hue-Ngo Duc Ke Streets in District 1. |
On February 1, Ho Chi Minh City opens 128 flower markets in 21 Districts. |