Hang Luoc Flower Market opens once a year on the occasion of Tet Holiday has been a major attraction in Hanoi for more than a century.
Crowds flock the market on Hang Luoc Street visitors to see the thousands of different flowers and blossoms and to buy some to enhance their own Tet decorations in their homes, or as a gifts to wish others luck and good fortune for the coming Lunar New Year.
A highlight this year will be a photographic exhibition showing historical Hanoi, at the ancient Vinh Tru Pagoda.
The market is open through the New Year holiday
Flowers are brought in from Hanoi's outlying districts
Ornamental Kumquat trees fetch VND150,000
Garden owners spend hours shaping ornamental trees
Fake flower stalls try to fool buyers and syphon off the profit of hard working growers
“Made-in-Vietnam” lucky red envelops
Photographers delight in the colour-drenched market
Many foreigners buy peach blossoms and ornamental trees to join in the Tet celebrations
A photo exhibition on Hanoi's past at Vinh Chua Pagoda a bonus for the Hang Luoc Flower Market
