The wife of President Vo Van Thuong, Mrs. Phan Thi Thanh Tam, and the wife of the President of the Philippines, Mrs. Louise Marcos, strolled through the flower market together as the Lunar New Year 2024 is approaching.

During the State visit to Vietnam by the President of the Philippines, Mrs. Phan Thi Thanh Tam and Mrs. Louise Marcos, the wife of the President of the Philippines, took a walk in the old town and visited the Hang Luoc flower market - a cultural feature of Hanoians in the days before the Lunar New Year. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The Old Quarter Management Board introduces the neighborhood and typical flowers during the Vietnamese Tet holiday. Every time Tet comes, Hang Luoc Street is bustling with people going out and shopping for Tet. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The President's wife, Mrs. Phan Thi Thanh Tam, introduced to the Philippine President's wife the peach blossoms sold at the flower market. The Hang Luoc Tet flower market has long been a unique activity of the people of the Old Quarter, as well as the people of the capital Hanoi. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The two ladies happily took photos with peach blossoms, the flower symbolizing spring, in full bloom. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

This year, the flower market is held on Hang Luoc, Hang Khoai, Hang Ruoi, Hang Ma streets, and the Phung Hung street mural space, with many fresh flowers, peach blossoms, and decorative items to serve consumers during the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The two ladies walked through the old streets, experiencing and admiring the streets of the capital on the days before Tet. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The two ladies stopped and listened to an introduction to the incense making profession, as well as the types of incense used during traditional Vietnamese holidays and Tet. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

These days, the market is always filled with traditional Tet colors thanks to Nhat Tan peach branches, Tu Lien kumquat trees and all kinds of flowers, items and Tet shopping atmosphere... (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

The two ladies stopped at a shop selling Tet decorative paintings and looked at a painting of the Dragon - the animal of the year of the Dragon... (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

...and experience art and culture at Phung Hung walking street. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

Both Vietnam and the Philippines have the custom of celebrating the Lunar New Year, so by visiting the Hang Luoc flower market, especially as Tet approaches, the President's wife, Mrs. Phan Thi Thanh Tam, hopes that Mrs. Louise Marcos will feel the bustling atmosphere, as well as the colors and fragrance of Vietnamese Tet flowers. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

Not only that, through the tour of Hanoi's Old Quarter, visiting the flower market and traditional product displays, Mrs. Phan Thi Thanh Tam hopes Mrs. Louise Marcos will understand more about the traditional culture, traditional products of the Vietnamese people, as well as the Tet shopping culture of the Vietnamese people every time Tet comes. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)