Posts Tagged ‘ flowers ’

City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

January 20, 2012
City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

  The Tet flower road will return to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City this Friday, highlighted by a giant dragon blowing blooms, as the city starts celebrating the Year of Dragon. With the Lunar New Year starting Monday next week, work to transform Nguyen Hue Street into a street of flowers began on January 10. The 12 meter long, [...]

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Floral mystique 

August 16, 2011
Floral mystique 

  Every part of the lotus creeper is useful, but to make the best tea, it takes a very special flower and very special knowledge Is there a lingering fragrance? Or is it wishful imagination? There are no lotuses, for sure. All the lotus ponds near the West Lake in Hanoi are now completely covered [...]

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Amy Winehouse family 'bereft' as police probe death 

July 26, 2011
Amy Winehouse family 'bereft' as police probe death 

  The family of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse said Sunday they have been left "bereft" by her loss at the age of 27 as grieving fans left tributes outside the London home where she was found dead. Police said the death of the Grammy award-winning soul diva — who immortalized her struggles with drink [...]

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Flower festival to re-beautify Da Lat 

June 26, 2011
Flower festival to re-beautify Da Lat 

An area of Da Lat Flower Festival 2011 near Xuan Huong lake. The Da Lat Flower Festival 2012 will take place in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong’s Da Lat town from Dec 30, 2011 to Jan 3, 2012.   Themed “Da Lat, the flower festival city”, the event will feature nine distinguished programs [...]

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In Hanoi, spring blossoms on Hoang Hoa Tham street 

January 2, 2011
In Hanoi, spring blossoms on Hoang Hoa Tham street 

Lotus seed pods sold by vendor on Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Hanoi. Tet (Lunar New Year Festival) is never complete without spring flowers. In the north, when the spring comes and hundreds of species of flowers come into bloom, it is time to buy flowers and bonsai to welcome the New Year. Hoang Hoa [...]

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Disquiet on a tranquil front 

November 22, 2010
Disquiet on a tranquil front 

  Amidst serene beauty, a national park is losing its treasures Taking flight: White storks at the Xuan Thuy National Park in Nam Dinh Province, 150 kilometers southwest of Hanoi. Many flora and fauna species at the park are said to be on the verge of extinction. Squawk The tranquility of a world at repose [...]

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Flowers on the water

February 8, 2010
Flowers on the water

Dong Thap Province’s 100-year-old flower village offers travelers history, horticultural wonders, and peace and quiet Farmers in Sa Dec Flower Village take care of their daisies. Driving into Sa Dec, you can see what looks like endless rows of potted flowers on wooden racks nearby the rice fields.As the Tet (Lunar New Year) draws closer, [...]

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Countdown for New Year begins

February 6, 2010
Countdown for New Year begins

Artisans work at the calligraphy market on Pham Ngoc Thach Street in HCM City’s District 1.LookAtVietnam – Traditional Tet favourites like calligraphy markets and flower fairs have begun in HCM City in the week before the lunar New Year.On Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai streets in front of the Labour Cultural House, [...]

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Flower, ornamental tree prices scale new heights

January 27, 2010
Flower, ornamental tree prices scale new heights

LookAtVietnam – The flower and ornamental tree market has been steadily humming for the last several days, three weeks before Tet.   Imported flowers dominating market “Seventy percent of flowers and ornamental trees are from China,’ said Nam, the owner of Giang Nam Floral Shop in Hanoi Nam said that flowers from China are diverse and fit the [...]

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Dalat flowering on

January 16, 2010
Dalat flowering on

In 1893, Yersin headed for the unexplored central highlands of Vietnam, where he discovered an evergreen mountain paradise dotted with lakes and waterfalls. The French émigrés living in Vietnam at the turn of the 20th century were desperate to escape the sweltering heat of the lowlands – Bana, Sapa, Tam Dao and Dalat were all [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...