Nguyen Hue Flower Street uploaded online for first time
For the first time the beauty of Nguyen Hue street, usually Ho Chi Minh City’s most visited place during Tet (Lunar New Year), can be enjoyed online at duonghoanguyenhue.vn.
Hundreds of kinds of flowers and 26 statues of the animals are among the highlights of Nguyen Hue Flower Street (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - For the first time the beauty of Nguyen Hue street,usually Ho Chi Minh City’s most visited place during Tet (Lunar New Year), canbe enjoyed online at .
According to the organisers, engineers have used 360 VR Tour technology tobring the beauty of the flower street to users.
The use of advanced technologies at the street has created a new platform forthe city's tourism.
The street, with the theme ‘Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh – Hien Dai – Nghia Tinh’ (HoChi Minh City - a Modern and Humanitarian City) this year, portrays themetropolis as a pioneer and leader in helping build and develop the country.
The entrance features a display comprising a family of movable buffaloes.
Website duonghoanguyenhue.vn carries 360-degree images of Nguyen Hue Flower Street (Screen grab from website)
The organisers said due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s flower streetwould be open daily at 8am-5pm until February 15.
Another annual attraction in the city during the festival, the Tet Book Fair,this year with the theme ‘Knowledge Brings the Future Closer,’ has opened on MacThi Buoi, Nguyen Hue and Ngo Duc Ke streets in District 1, and will also go onuntil February 15.
The fair displays around 20,000 books on various topics from major publishersand distributors.
Visitors to these places need to follow the Ministry of Health's measures toprevent COVID-19, as well as its 5Ks message in Vietnamese: Khau trang(facemask), Khu khuan (disinfection), Khoang cach (distance), Khong tu tap (nogathering), and Khai bao y te (health declaration)./.
The HCM City administration has unveiled a draft design for the 18th annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street to celebrate the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
A calligraphy festival is underway at Vietnam Quoc Tu (Vietnam National Pagoda) in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City to welcome the Year of the Buffalo in the lunar calendar and preserve the country’s traditional culture.
The Ambassadors of the US and France to Vietnam have shared their experience of celebrating the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people – the Lunar New Year or Tet.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong sent his best wishes to the entire nation and the community of overseas Vietnamese at the sacred moment when the Year of the Buffalo began.
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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
Hundreds of kinds of flowers and 26 statues of the animals are among the highlights of Nguyen Hue Flower Street (Photo: VNA) 
Website duonghoanguyenhue.vn carries 360-degree images of Nguyen Hue Flower Street (Screen grab from website) 
