Ho Chi Minh City opens Nguyen Hue Flower Street for the Year of the Snake 2025

On the evening of January 27, the Organizing Committee of Nguyen Hue Flower Street solemnly held the opening ceremony of Nguyen Hue Flower Street Tet At Ty 2025 with the theme "Brocade and flower country, happy spring in peace".

Attending the opening ceremony of Nguyen Hue Flower Street were Politburo member, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia; Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen; Former Vice President Truong My Hoa; Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai; Party Central Committee member, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Nghi and former leaders of the Party, State, Ho Chi Minh City, and representatives of consulates general of countries in Ho Chi Minh City.

Before performing the opening ceremonies of Nguyen Hue Flower Street for the Lunar New Year 2025, the leaders and former leaders of the Central and Ho Chi Minh City respectfully offered flowers at the President Ho Chi Minh Monument, and solemnly commemorated the great leader of the nation.

lanh dao 1.jpg — Leaders and former leaders of the Central and Ho Chi Minh City attended the opening ceremony of Nguyen Hue Flower Street for the Year of the Snake 2025. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

Nguyen Hue Flower Street Tet At Ty 2025 started construction on the morning of January 9 and was completed at noon on January 27. After the opening ceremony, the flower street will officially come into operation, serving visitors to enjoy the spring. The flower street will be open to visitors until 9:00 p.m. on February 2 (the 5th day of Tet).

Ho Chi Minh City leaders visit Nguyen Hue Flower Street for the Lunar New Year 2025. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

This year, Nguyen Hue Flower Street turns 22, considered a cultural symbol of Tet in Ho Chi Minh City.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street Tet At Ty 2025 is designed with 3 segments: Solidarity, Transformation and Development, showing the historical stages of the Vietnamese people overcoming all hardships, still singing the song of solidarity to gain independence, unify the country, transform and develop, confidently step into the new era, "the era of the Vietnamese people's rise" .

Many tourists take photos with the mascot couple Kim Ty and Ngan Ty at the gate area of Nguyen Hue Flower Street, Tet At Ty 2025. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

On a road length of more than 600m, the Tet Flower Street was elaborately constructed, with many large and small construction items, using up to 109,000 flower baskets of various types and many environmentally friendly materials. There are about 90 Ty mascot designs created over the past months, showing diversity in shades and shapes, bringing impressive and interesting experiences to visitors. Among them, the most prominent are the Kim Ty couple, 42m long and Ngan Ty, 25m long, over 6m high, with the upper back covered with about 6,300 reflective mica scales, combined with LED lights running along both sides of the belly, sharp eyes with a diameter of 10cm.

Central and Ho Chi Minh City leaders take souvenir photos with the mascot Lady Ty at Nguyen Hue Flower Street, Tet At Ty 2025. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

In the Flower Street, there is also a mascot named Lady Ty, a typical Southern character, wearing a scarf and conical hat, modeled after a king cobra with its head raised, its whole body covered in green, more than 50m long and over 10m high.

In recent days, before the Flower Street officially opened, this mascot lady Ty was recorded by many people, posted on social networks, and received many positive reviews.

The miniatures of Nguyen Hue Flower Street this year continue to exploit familiar elements such as terraced fields, roofs made of bright yellow corn; miniatures celebrating major holidays in 2025 with the theme Celebrating the 50th New Year - Celebrating the Unification Spring are decorated with brilliant flowers; the image of the metro train marking the first year the metro has been put into operation, also marking another step forward for the City in the process of entering a new era; the exhibition space honors the beauty of friendship on the traditional Vietnamese New Year and international friends

Previously, at 5:00 p.m. the same day, the 2025 Tet Book Street Festival also officially opened with the theme "Brocade and flower mountains and rivers, happy spring".

Delegates visit the exhibition area at the Tet Book Street At Ty 2025. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

This is the 15th time this cultural event has been held. Located parallel to Nguyen Hue Flower Street (on Le Loi Street), this year's Tet Book Street Festival is inspired by Metro Line 1, a project that is symbolic of the city's development in recent times.

The festival was attended by 22 publishing units with more than 68,000 copies of books of many genres, from literature, history, politics to children's books, science and technology. In addition, at the book street, there is also a light technology exhibition area displaying rare and precious book covers, bringing a vivid visual experience to visitors.

“The festival also has a dedicated space to display the covers of books that won the 2024 National Award, honoring outstanding works in the publishing field,” said Mr. Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member and Head of the Central Propaganda Department, is viewing a work by researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu. Photo: DUNG PHUONG

The 2025 Tet Book Street Festival will take place from January 27 to February 2. This is a must-see destination for those who love books, art and want to immerse themselves in the meaningful Tet atmosphere.

>> Some photos at the opening ceremony of Nguyen Hue Flower Street, Tet At Ty 2025. Photo: DUNG PHUONG