According to the plan, this year, Ho Chi Minh City will have a Spring Flower Festival and 7 city-level Spring Flower Markets. In localities, there will be district-level Flower Markets to serve people during the Lunar New Year. Accordingly, the Spring Flower Festival will be held at Tao Dan Park (District 1). With the theme "Brocaded mountains and rivers, happy spring", Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival will focus on activities such as displaying flowers, ornamental birds, ornamental plants, ornamental fish, etc. as well as organizing art programs.

Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival

Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival with an expected display scale of over 2,620 artifacts such as: apricot blossoms; bonsai; miniature landscape - rockery; orchids; frangipani; ornamental fish - aquarium... During peak days, Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival also organizes bird singing contests, organizes lion and dragon dance performances; traditional martial arts; performances of folk stage art forms; folk games and calligraphy. Of the 7 city-level Tet Flower Markets, 3 Spring Flower Markets hosted by Ho Chi Minh City Green Parks and Trees Company Limited will be held at 23/9 Park (District 1); Le Van Tam Park (District 1), Gia Dinh Park (Phu Nhuan District). Spring Flower Markets at Saigon Riverbank Park, "Above and below the boat station" Spring Flower Market (District 8), Binh Dien Spring Flower Market (District 8) and Phu My Hung Flower Market (District 7) will be implemented by localities and some enterprises.

Spring Flowers at Binh Dien Market

According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the goal of organizing Spring Flower Festivals and Spring Flower Markets is to introduce and promote to the city's residents to visit and enjoy flowers, ornamental plants and unique works of art made from ornamental plants by artisans. Spring Flower Festivals and Spring Flower Markets will create opportunities for artisans, flower and ornamental plant growers, and professional associations to exchange and share experiences in the art of planting, caring for, and crossbreeding beautiful and unique flowers and ornamental plants.

Tourists take photos at Phu My Hung Flower Market

In addition, the Spring Flower Festival and Spring Flower Market also aim to introduce and promote agricultural models, flower models, ornamental plants, ornamental fish, ornamental birds, etc., while simultaneously introducing Ho Chi Minh City's tourism products to domestic and foreign tourists, aiming to build and develop agricultural tourism and green tourism for Ho Chi Minh City.