January 21, 2025 | 23:31 (GMT+7)
Sa Dec flower village attracts visitors ahead of Tet
PANO - Thousands of visitors have flocked to Dong Thap province’s Sa Dec flower village on the threshold of the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday since many flowers here are blooming brilliantly.
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These days, thousands of tourists flock to this flower village every day. It is cool in the morning, sunny at noon and in the afternoon in Sa Dec at the end of the year. Many tourists wear scarves to pose for photos and to protect themselves from the sun. |
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Visitors tour the village by electric cars. Many wear traditional costumes, such as ao dai (traditional long dress of Vietnam), ao ba ba (typical outfit worn by women in the South) for the spring trip. |
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Dang Thanh Tuyen (left), from Vinh Long, and her seven-member family chose to visit the flower village on the weekend. Along with photo-taking, Tuyen's group also bought a lot of flowers, particularly small pots of flowers that are easy to carry and take care of. “The flower village is very beautiful. My group has many sparkling photo,” Tuyen said. |
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Multi-colored raspberry chrysanthemums shape a big heart with the words At Ty Spring (Spring in the year of the Snake). Sa Dec flower village is some 150km from Ho Chi Minh City. Tourists get here by motorbikes or buses. Most flower gardens are open free for tourists. Some charge from VND 10,000 to 50,000 per person. Visitors are direct consumers of flower gardens. |
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The flower village is also alluring for photographers. |
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Flowers grown on the water is the special thing of this flower village. To take care of the flowers, gardeners have to wade or row boats. Many tourists register to sightsee the flowers by boats. |
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The old space of Tet in some flower gardens attract tourists. Ngoc Mai, a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City, said that she had a wonderful year-end trip here with colorful blossoms and nice pictures. |
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The flowers are watered twice a day to keep them fresh and blooming longer. Local gardeners plant many red, orange, purple chrysanthemums to meet high demands. |
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This is how a corner of Sa Dec flower village looks like as Tet is around the corner. This hundred-years-old village lies by the Tien River, covers an area of nearly 1,000 hectares. Once planting only roses, this village is now famous for different kinds of flowers. It is home to 4,000 production households, 189 business households, and 17 cooperatives and cooperation teams with last year’s estimated production values of decorative flowers of VND 3.3 trillion. |
Source: Vnexpress
Translated by Mai Huong