The HCM City People’s Committee plans to kick off a Tet Flower Festival on February 10 in Tao Dan Park in District 1 and will open 130 Tet flower markets around the city.

A Tet Flower Festival and 130 Tet flower markets will be organised during Tet 2018. – Photo tuoitre

The 12-day festival will feature an exhibition area (fish, tableaux and others), various activities (such as musical performances, calligraphy and activities for kids), and shopping areas, consisting of 40 stalls selling traditional goods and souvenirs.

Tickets are VNĐ30,000 (US$1.32) per adult. Kids under 12 year have free entry.

Around 1,000 free bus tickets and festival tickets will be given free to workers who cannot go home for Tet. 

In addition, around 130 Tet flower markets will be held all over the city during Tet, such as District 1’s 23-9 Park, Phu Nhuan District’s Gia Dinh Park and many other areas.

The city is considering new policies to aid flower markets, such as allowing large flower trucks to enter the city centre more freely, or allocating more spaces for Tet flower markets.

Farmers have been told to not allow their business activities to obstruct traffic. — VNS