Near noon on January 1st, New Year's Day, despite the sweltering heat, more and more people flocked to the sunflower garden in the Saigon River park. Not only were the city dwellers there, but many also came from the provinces.

Ms. Le Thi Ngoc from Long An said: "On the first day of Tet holiday, my family and I took a bus to Saigon to visit and take pictures in the sunflower garden.

Currently, there is only the most prominent and beautiful sunflower garden here, nothing else, hopefully during Lunar New Year the park will have more beautiful scenery."

Dressed in a modernized ao dai, Ms. Vo Thuy Tien shared: "The weather was hot, sweat soaked our clothes, makeup and lipstick were all gone, but my sisters and I tried to go through the flower garden to take pictures. Although we were tired, we were very happy to have beautiful photos."

Saigon Riverside Park is about 600m long and 40m wide, stretching from the wharf to the Saigon River tunnel. It is designed to be friendly to nature, with lots of trees, lawns, walking paths, seats, lighting systems... with an investment of more than 90 billion VND.

On the occasion of New Year 2024, the sunflower field will have 15,000 blooming plants and the second batch, about 20,000 sunflowers will bloom in time for Lunar New Year.

Saigon Riverside Park starts from Ba Son Bridge to Saigon River Tunnel, Thu Thiem Ward, Thu Duc City.

The park is nearly 20 hectares wide with 13 main items such as: Community activity area, multi-purpose community activity yard, sunflower field, aquatic floating raft chain, stone park, fountain...

In particular, the sunflower field with an area of ​​over 5,200m2 along the riverbank and behind An Khanh Temple is the highlight of the week of activities welcoming the New Year in Thu Duc City.

In addition, the park space has more than 200 trees, lawns, miniature landscapes, walking paths, seats, artistic lighting systems...

Photo taken by PV in the flower garden: