Quang Ba flower market among 15 places to celebrate Lunar New Year

(VNF) - Quang Ba Flower Market, Hanoi, Vietnam is one of the 15 destinations tourists should come and celebrate Lunar New Year, according to an article released by CNN.

Quang Ba Flower Market, Au Co Str., Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam; open daily from about 3 a.m. (Source: Internet)

One essential must-have for Vietnam's Lunar New Year, or Tet, is a bunch of flowers and Hanoi's Quang Ba flower market works at a frenetic pace during the festival.

Shoppers seek out the most eye-catching bouquets (usually peach blossom or ochna integerrima, the bright yellow blossom favored during Tet) amid the whirr and screech of the city's ubiquitous motorcycles, all transporting bright bunches of flowers on their pillions.

The sights and sounds mixed with the fragrance of street food makes for a heady New Year sensual overload.

From eye-catching bouquets to peach blossom. (Source: Internet)

Other destinations named in the 15 places to celebrate Lunar New Year list include Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong; Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Nuanquan Town, Hebei province and Ditan Park, Beijing (China); Chinatown, San Francisco and Disney California Adventure Park/Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles (U.S.); Sydney (Australia); Raohe Night Market/Wu Lao Guo and Raohe Night Market, (Taipei); Central London, London (England); Studio City (Macau); Maggie Choo's, Bangkok (Thailand); Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle (Singapore); Allas Sea Pool, Helsinki (Finland) and Los Glaciares, Patagonia (Argentina)./.

On January 18^th, U.S. Ambassador in Vietnam, Ted Osius visited the Quang An Flower Market also in the Tay Ho District of Hanoi to buy flowering peach branches for Tet. (Source: VTC News)

Minh Phuong