VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi’s Quang Ba Flower Market attracts a large number of customers as well as tourists who admire the diversity of flowers.

Located along Yen Phu Dyke in Tay Ho District, the market opens at dawn. In the mist of the morning, the flowers at Quang Ba are regarded as the most beautiful and freshest in town and come from many places such as Quang Ba, Nghi Tam, Nhat Tan, Dam-Cau Dien, Dong Anh, Soc Son, Me Linh, Sapa and Dalat.

People sometimes go to the market just to relax on the weekend or enjoy the atmosphere of the buyers and sellers and get away from the deafening noise and stifling smoke and dust of the traffic. The fresh air in combination with the colorful roses, daisies, orchids and many other flowers ease the soul and make life more beautiful.

This night flower market is held all the year round without any days off. When Tet holiday is coming, visiting the night flower market is a pleasure of many Hanoians. 

Quang Ba market gathers at about 2 a.m. All flower buying and selling activities take place in faint light from several scattered food stalls nearby. 

At that time, people from Hanoi’s neighboring provinces, mostly from the city of Hai Phong, come there to buy flowers and load them o¬n trucks. 

Flowers come from many places, such as Quang Ba, Nghi Tam, Nhat Tan, Dam-Cau Dien, from areas farther away like Dong Anh, Soc Son, Me Linh or much farther like Sapa in the Northern mountainous region or Da Lat in Central Highlands.

Quang Ba market becomes more crowded and busier than ever o¬n Tet Holiday. Besides frequent customers including flower shop owners in Hanoi, many unexpected visitors, mostly young people, go there to seek the Tetatmosphere through the cheerful colour of flowers. 

When the sun is rising from the horizon and colourful flowers are in every corner of Hanoi, it is time for Quang Ba market to draw to an end. 

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