Uniqueness of apricot blossom street wows visitors in HCM City

Uniqueness of apricot blossom street wows visitors in HCM City

For many years, Pham Ngoc Thach Street in district 1 has been decorated with brilliant yellow apricot blossoms two months before Tet. Plastic apricot branches which are each 2 metres high can be found on the pavements, making the street an ideal destination for guests to take photographs. Hand-made flowers signal a new spring has come. The apricot symbolises the traditional Tet festival in the southern region. The campus of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House, has been transformed into an apricot garden. Mini scenes recreate the bustling atmosphere of rural areas ahead of Tet. Girls in charming Ao dais (Vietnamese traditional long dress) take photographs. Girls in charming Ao dais (Vietnamese traditional long dress) take photographs. Ngoc Hoa models in an Ao dai, she poses for photographs every year to preserve memories of Tet. Playing with pig-shaped balloons A mother and her 9-month-old daughter prepare to celebrate the young girls first Tet. Posing with red envelopes Friends take photographs together as a way of saying farewell to the old year. An old scene with ornaments and furniture is recreated on Pham Ngoc Thach Street, attracting many visitors.

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For many years, Pham Ngoc Thach Street in district 1 has been decorated with brilliant yellow apricot blossoms two months before Tet.

Plastic apricot branches which are each 2 metres high can be found on the pavements, making the street an ideal destination for guests to take photographs.

Hand-made flowers signal a new spring has come. The apricot symbolises the traditional Tet festival in the southern region.

The campus of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House, has been transformed into an apricot garden. Mini scenes recreate the bustling atmosphere of rural areas ahead of Tet.

Girls in charming Ao dais (Vietnamese traditional long dress) take photographs.

Girls in charming Ao dais (Vietnamese traditional long dress) take photographs.

Ngoc Hoa models in an Ao dai, she poses for photographs every year to preserve memories of Tet.

Playing with pig-shaped balloons

A mother and her 9-month-old daughter prepare to celebrate the young girls first Tet.

Posing with red envelopes

Friends take photographs together as a way of saying farewell to the old year.

An old scene with ornaments and furniture is recreated on Pham Ngoc Thach Street, attracting many visitors.