VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of the central province of Binh Dinh on February 6 offered incenses and flowers at the monument dedicated to Emperor Quang Trung to mark the 222nd anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory over Chinese Qing invaders.

Authorities of Tay Son District – the homeland of Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue) – recalled the struggle against the foreign invaders of the Tay Son insurgent army, which was launched in the late 18th century and led by three brothers Nguyen Nhac, Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Lu.

Upholding the ancestors' patriotic tradition, generations of residents in Tay Son District and Binh Dinh Province as well promised to accomplish all the socio-economic, national defence and security targets set by the district and provincial-level Party Congresses.

Following the incense and flower offering ceremony, delegates and local residents burnt incenses at the Tam Kiet Temple.

* Flower Street attracts 800,000 residents, visitors

The HCM City's annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street attracted nearly 800,000 local and foreign visitors during the Tet holiday (Lunar New Year), organisers said.

After it opened on January 31 (December 28 in the lunar calendar), the flower street welcomed more than 100,000 city residents as well as visitors from neighbouring provinces and foreign countries each day, said Tran Hung Viet, deputy general director of Saigontourist and head of the 2011 Tet Festival organisation board.

This year's flower street, in its eighth annual edition, was themed Tam Cao Moi (New Heights), reflecting the city's aspiration to post greater socio-economic achievements.

Apart from floral bonanza in different spring themes, highlights this year included the 5m-high Cau Mua (Worshipping for Good Crops) Flower Tower that visitors could climb and get an overview of the whole street.

The flower street was closed for clearing on Sunday and reopened to traffic on February 7.

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