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The plan for selection of Vietnam’s national flower with lotus as the winner was submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 3. Pink lotus flower Since early 2011, the lotus has always been the favourite to come out on top over other candidates such as apricot, peach or bamboo in the campaign [...]
Floating markets are the character of the Mekong Delta. In the early New Year, flowers are special products of these markets. The most famous floating markets include Cai Rang in Can Tho, Nga Bay in Hau Giang and Chau Doc in An Giang. source form: vietnamnet
The five-day annual Flower Festival in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat just concluded on January 3 but it did not seem to meet the expectations of visitors hoping to see a more sophisticated festival. After spending 3 days visiting and attending the “Da Lat – The Flower Festival City” festival, Ngo Lan Phuong [...]
While apricot farmers in Ho Chi Minh City are greatly concerned by their trees’ early blossoming, their counterparts in some Mekong Delta provinces are worried their flowers will not bloom in time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Even worse is the fact that the ratio of flowers damaged during the planting process due to [...]
After receiving the majority votes for the lotus as national flower, the pink lotus was featured at another exhibition in Danang, on April 26. Pink lotus has been a focus of the one-week exhibition, which is represented in photography, painting, pottery, handicrafts, and ao dai designs. The event also featured other candidates in the race [...]
Ho Chi Minh City Spring Flower Festival 2012 will be held at the International Square in District 3 and Tao Dan Park in District 1 from January 18 to 28, 2012. Ho Chi Minh City Spring Flower Festival will feature various kinds of flowers. (Photo: KK) The annual festival will feature around 6,000 exhibits of [...]
Two highlights of the Da Lat Flower Festival this year will be the floral parade, entitled Flower and Light, organised by the provincial cultural centre, and a flower show by the Da Lat Flower Association. Photo: Internet The festival will be held from December 31 to January 3 in the highlands province of Lam [...]
A floral species, named ‘manglietia crassifolia’, has just been found in Hoang Lien National Park, Sapa District, in Lao Cai, the northern border Province, by Vu Quang Nam, a Vietnamese botanist from the Forestry University and two Chinese scientists. The strange tree is of 15 metres in height with a trunk diameter of around 20 [...]
An exhibition and a referendum to choose the national flower is being held at the 23/9 (September 3) Park in Ho Chi Minh City. Lotus (Photo:Tuoitre) Fifty thousand votes were received during the event to choose the national flower. Visitors can also go to websites www.cinet.vn and www.quochoavietnam.com.vn.to to vote their choice. The Lotus, plum [...]
Vietnam’s national flower, the lotus, is being honored at an exhibition organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Culture House’s Fine Arts Club to mark Independence Day, September 2. “The national flower” showcases more than 50 paintings and many poems about the lotus created by members of the club. “A lotus always scents and [...]