The floating flower fair, one of the Ho Chi Minh City’s most-visited attractions in Tet (Lunar New Year), will open at Binh Dong Wharf in District 8 from January 25 to February 9 (or the 15th day – 30th day of the last lunar month).
The “Tren Ben Duoi Thuyen” (On the Wharf - In the Boat) Floating Flower Fair in District 8 is one of HCM City’s most-visited attractions during Tet. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The floating flower fair, one of Ho Chi Minh City’s most-visited attractions in Tet (Lunar New Year), will open at Binh Dong Wharfin District 8 from January 25 to February 9 (or the 15th day – 30th day of the last lunar month).
The TrenBen Duoi Thuyen (On the Wharf – In the Boat) fair aims to create acultural space and a tourism destination for local and foreign visitors during Tet holiday.
It also introduces special kinds of flowers and fruits of thesouthern region and Vietnam.
The fair will include stalls and boats displaying various kinds offlowers and fruit from Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces such as Long An, VinhLong and Dong Thap, and Da Lat city of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands)province of Lam Dong.
Florists from the city and Da Lat will create miniature landscapesarranged with flowers at the event for visitors to have beautiful photos.Colourful floating lanterns will be set up as well.
Vinh Long, which is known for having the most famous and largestbrick and pottery villages in the Mekong Delta, will showcase its wide varietyof terracotta products.
The organiser will also create a zone where ‘ong do’ (calligraphyartisans) can offer calligraphy works for visitors in the hope of having aprosperous and happy new year.
In addition, the festival will include performances of ‘taitu’ music on boats along Tau Hu cannel, unicorn – lion – dragondances, and an ‘ao dai’ (Vietnamese traditional dress) fashion showfrom February 4-8.
Visitors will also have an opportunity to learn how to make ‘tohe’ (toy figurines that are made of rice dough), and traditionaldishes for Tet suchas ‘banh tet’ (cylindrical glutinous rice cake) and ‘mut’Tet (candied fruits) at the event.
The floating flower market at the Binh Dong Wharf is a familiardestination for city residents during Tet. It attracts sellers from provinces of Long An, TienGiang, Ben Tre, Vinh Long and Dong Thap who sell fruit and flowers to localpeople to prepare for the most important holiday in Vietnam.
The Floating Flower Fair is recognised as one of HCM City’s 19annual signature festivities./.
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The “Tren Ben Duoi Thuyen” (On the Wharf - In the Boat) Floating Flower Fair in District 8 is one of HCM City’s most-visited attractions during Tet. (Photo: VNA) 
