PANO – Ho Chi Minh City’s annual spring flower festival in Tao Dan Park, District 1, has ended after a 12-day operation to meet the demand of locals and visitors.

This year’s event attracted more than 700,000 visitors, a 20% increase against last year.

At the closing ceremony held on February 14th, the organizers presented 2 special, 41 gold, 73 silver, 97 bronze and 119 consolation prizes to artisans with outstanding works.

Artisans Pham Tan Tai from An Giang province and Trinh Van Si from Lam Dong province won special prizes for the best ochna integerrima and orchid, respectively.

Translated by Chung Anh