Bustling workshops making mascots on Nguyen Hue Flower Street

On January 15 (16th day of the lunar calendar), at the flower street mascot model production workshop in Thu Duc City (HCMC), workers were busy completing the final stages to hand over to the Nguyen Hue Flower Street construction unit.

Artisans and workers are rushing to complete the poses and expressions of the snake mascots to hand over to Nguyen Hue Flower Street - Photo: QUANG DINH

This is where the mascot "Miss Ty" was created, more than 50m long and more than 10m high.

According to Mr. The Binh - representative of the design and construction unit, due to the large size of the mascot and the elaborate drawings, the workshop needed more than 40 - 50 days to complete this mascot with the participation of more than 50 workers.

"We have to make sure every detail from the mascot's demeanor to its shape achieves a balance between artistry and friendliness," Mr. Binh shared.

Meanwhile, at the workshop in District 12, where the mascots "Kim Ty - Ngan Ty" and robots - the main highlights of this year's flower street - are being constructed, the shape of the "Ty couple" has become clearer. Workers are completing the steps of spraying paint and decorating the mascots' bodies at the entrance gate of Nguyen Hue flower street.

According to the design, the pair Ngan Ty (female, 25m long) - Kim Ty (male, 42m long) have three intertwined curves on their bodies, forming a base more than 11m wide, with a height from the body adjacent to the flower base to the top of the head of over 6m.

The owner of this mascot manufacturing facility said that there are more than 30 workers working hard to soon hand over to the city to install the flower street.

It is expected that on the 17th day of the lunar calendar, the large-scale models will be gradually handed over. Also at this workshop, the Bong robot model is being completed with a strong and graceful shape, the face is an LED screen with a happy expression, a bright smile and a meaningful message.

The construction of Nguyen Hue Flower Street is also taking place urgently, lasting until 12:00 on January 25. The flower street officially opens to serve the spring travel needs of Ho Chi Minh City residents and tourists from January 27 and lasts until February 2.

Bustling biggest Tet kumquat street in Hoi An

These days, Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in Hoi An City (Quang Nam) is dyed yellow with thousands of kumquat pots displayed by garden owners on the street to serve people's Tet needs.

Along both sides of the road in Cam Ha commune and Thanh Ha ward, Tet kumquat pots with prices ranging from a few hundred thousand dong each to pots costing millions of dong are offered for sale by garden owners. Traders from all over the country such as Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh flock here to buy kumquat in large quantities and then load them onto trucks to transport back to sell.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh (50 years old, Cam Ha commune) said that this year his family has brought to the market hundreds of large and small pots, with giant kumquat pots being offered for sale for tens of millions of dong. "We sell many pots for 15-20 million dong, these are giant pots, 2-4m high, with abundant fruit" - Mr. Thanh introduced.

This year, the entire Hoi An kumquat area brought to the market more than 70,000 pots, the market price of kumquat generally increased by 10 - 15% compared to previous years, most of the people have sold wholesale to traders in the garden more than 70%, the rest is kept for retail to players. The current lowest price of kumquat is a few hundred thousand to a few million VND/pot.

In addition to selling, garden owners in Hoi An also have a service of renting out giant kumquat pots for people to enjoy during Tet, and then returning them to the garden after Tet. Rental prices vary, from a few million to tens of millions of VND depending on the tree and size.

The demand for kumquat trees for Tet is high, so on Nguyen Tat Thanh street, the profession of transporting ornamental plants, kumquat trees, and Tet flowers to homes has flourished with all kinds of vehicles such as pedicabs and rickshaws. "I have been doing this job for several years now, every Tet season like this I have extra money to cover expenses and prepare Tet for my family" - said Mr. Son, a person who specializes in transporting ornamental plants here.

Beware of money exchange services on social networks during Tet

New currency exchange service is being advertised by many individuals on social network Facebook

The Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) has just warned people when participating in new currency exchange services on social networks. Fraudsters are taking advantage of the opportunity, playing on people's psychology and needs to commit fraud with extremely sophisticated tricks.

This agency recommends that people be vigilant when transacting with strangers, and absolutely do not exchange money via social networks to avoid becoming "prey" and aiding fraudulent acts.

People should only use money exchange services from banks, financial companies or reputable businesses with legal operating licenses.

For services on social networks, before making a transaction, people should check feedback from previous customers, reviews or legal certificates of the service.

At the same time, compare the exchange rate difference with the market, do not immediately believe in services with exchange rates that are too high compared to the market.

In particular, people should be wary of services that require money transfers before receiving goods. When detecting bad guys storing or circulating counterfeit money or other fraudulent or profiteering acts, users should promptly report to the nearest police agency for measures to prevent and handle according to the provisions of the law.

According to the Information Security Department, many people have participated in new money exchange transactions, but when they received the exchanged money, it was not as promised, and they even received counterfeit money.

There are many cases where after people have transferred money, the account owner of the website providing the money exchange service has blocked contact and disappeared, "breaking" the customer's deposit. However, many people who have "fallen into the trap" of scams and had fake money exchanged consider it "bad luck" and do not dare to report to the authorities for fear of being prosecuted for buying and selling fake money.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nhon-nhip-cac-xuong-che-tac-linh-vat-duong-hoa-nguyen-hue-20250116092302016.htm