Quang Ba flower market at night (Photo: dantri.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Quang Ba flower market in Hanoi is one of the top 13 places to celebrate Lunar New Year, according to the US’ Cable News Network (CNN). “Known as Tet in Vietnam, Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in the country. Dodging motorcyclists while visiting a local flower market is part of the fun of celebrating the festival in Hanoi,” a CNN article wrote. It explained that one essential must-have for Vietnam’s Lunar New Year is a bunch of flowers, with Hanoi’s Quang Ba flower market working at a frenetic pace during the festival. People seek out peach blossom ahead of Tet (Photo: hanoitv.vn) “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,” it added.
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