HCM City: Nguyen Hue flower street to celebrate Lunar New Year
A flower street will be opened on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City from February 13 – 19 to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018.
A view of Nguyen Hue pedestrian street (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - A flower street will be opened on Nguyen Huepedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City from February 13 – 19 to welcome thetraditional Lunar New Year (Tet) 2018.
The annual event, themed “Khat vong vuon xa” (aspiration for furtherdevelopment), aims to present a city of development and integration, yetpreserving its traditional culture.
The 720metre-long flower street will be decorated with different flowers followingthree sub-themes of the spring in the city, integration and development, andlooking forward to the future.
Meanwhile,the area around the statue of late President Ho Chi Minh will be covered with yellowapricot (a typical flower during Tet in the south) and peach (a typical flowerduring Tet in the north).
Imitationsof domestic dogs will be on display at the welcome gate as sacred animals inthe Year of the Dog, while real visual photo-shooting technology will servevisitors.
This is the15th version of the flower street to celebrate the traditional LunarNew Year in the city.-VNA
The southern economic hub of HCM City has been ranked 32nd on a list of the 65 best main streets in the world in Cushman & Wakefield's 27th "Main Streets Across The World" report.
The number of foreign visitors to Ho Chi Minh City this year is estimated at 4.7 million, fulfilling this year’s target and up 7 percent from 2014, according to the municipal People’s Committee.
Every Saturday, Hoang Van Huong, a resident of HCM City’s Binh Thanh district, takes his 11-year-old granddaughter to enjoy free traditional music performances on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street.
Ho Chi Minh City will hold several activities to mark the 126th birth anniversary of the late president Ho Chi Minh, which falls on May 19 (1890-2016).
The HCM City Department of Tourism, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a free fashion and technology festival on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street next month.
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Quang Duc pottery is known for its wide range of forms, including wine bottles, jars, lime pots, vases, plant pots, incense burners and candle stands. Decorative motifs are equally rich, featuring mythical creatures, pastoral scenes, floral patterns, deer, peacocks, bats and more.
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For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
A view of Nguyen Hue pedestrian street (Source: VNA) 
