Lunar New Year Saigon 2024: There is a very different Saigon during Tết, the city is sparsely populated and bustling spring colors are everywhere.
The year 2024 according to the Eastern calendar is the year of the Dragon. This lunar year begins on February 10, 2024 and will end on January 28, 2025 according to the Gregorian calendar.
In the cultural traditions of Eastern countries, the dragon image represents power and the desire to dominate. In addition, dragons are also a symbol of divinity and spirituality. Therefore, people born in the year of the Dragon are often described as having high energy and strength, being attractive, charismatic as well as possessing power and wealth.
If you travel to Saigon during Lunar New Year in 2024, don’t forget to visit the places introduced by Vietnam Tour Operator in the article below, they will definitely not disappoint you.
Nguyen Hue Flower Street
Firstly, Nguyen Hue Flower Street has always been the center of Lunar New Year decoration in Ho Chi Minh City. So it’s no wonder that the best place to visit during Tet in Saigon, admire the scenery, take photos, and see the most beautiful Tet flowers is always Nguyen Hue flower street. The most attractive entertainment destination in Saigon will not last too long, so take advantage of this beautiful flower street to visit during Tet!
Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival
As usual every year, Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival continues to be held in the spring of Quy Mao 2023. This is a familiar address that Saigon youth invite each other to go to every Lunar New Year.
Coming to the Tet holiday destination in Saigon – Tao Dan Flower Festival, you will enjoy many attractive artistic activities. From bonsai, bonsai, apricot flower, fish competition, flower competition, etc. to lion and dragon performances, extremely attractive art performances such as water puppetry, amateur music,…
Thay Do Street
Thay Do Street (Teacher Street) has become a familiar destination for Saigon’s young people during Tet. An ancient Tet space is recreated extremely realistically and vividly in the heart of the city. Walking around with loved ones, family, and friends, admiring flowers, taking photos, and asking Thay Do’s letter are wonderful experiences that don’t exist on normal days in Saigon.
Recently, the themes of traditional Vietnamese craft villages combined in decoration in Thay Do Street space have been eagerly awaited by young people. With silk villages, pottery villages, rattan villages and extremely unique incense villages.
Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival
And then, the annual Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival is held at Ban Nguyet Bridge – Phu My Hung urban area, District 7. Hot topics always change here every year and have an extremely unique decoration style.
The theme of decorative flowers not only constantly changes, always promoting creative thinking but also meticulous attention to detail. Therefore, Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival has quickly become a place to visit and enjoy, attracting a large number of young people and tourists to visit Saigon during the Lunar New Year 2024.
Watch fireworks
Not watching fireworks in Saigon on New Year’s Eve would be a pity if you were in the city on this occasion. Let’s go out on New Year’s Eve and welcome the moment of turning over the old year to the new year in beautiful fireworks display areas. That is the Saigon River Tunnel, Dam Sen Cultural Park or Landmark 81 Building,…
The place to go for Tet in Saigon to watch fireworks and admire the beautiful flower streets has never been so easy and comfortable. Because Saigon during Tet is extremely sparsely populated, the streets are airy and decorated beautifully and very poetically. Surely you will be captivated by the romantic beauty of the city during Lunar New Year in Saigon 2024.
Bui Vien Western Street
Enjoying Tet in Saigon, gathering friends is the most fun and unforgettable time of the year at Bui Vien Street somewhere. Although Tet, Bui Vien Western Street is not as crowded as usual, it is still extremely interesting. Especially on Tet days when you come to Bui Vien street, you will witness the extremely unique and sophisticated East-West cultural interference. You will admire Vietnamese folk culture performances in a very unique European street style.
Lunar New Year Book Street Festival
Next, Ho Chi Minh City’s “Knowledge Connects the Future” journey has continued continuously for the past 10 years. The Book Street Festival program during the Lunar New Year 2024 received a lot of attention from young people in Saigon. According to annual practice, the book fair will be held on three routes: Mac Thi Buoi, Ngo Duc Ke and Nguyen Hue in District 1.
Coming to these attractive book streets, you have the opportunity to enjoy tens of thousands of good books. A cultural space rich in knowledge on the first day of the new year will bring many interesting experiences for young people. There are also very attractive painting exhibitions and exhibitions related to the Spring theme waiting for you to admire.
September 23 Park
You want to go out during Tet in Saigon and take sparkling pictures to show off on social networks. Let’s move to September 23 Park, one of the places that holds the largest Spring Flower Festival in Ho Chi Minh City. This flower market is planned to have up to 800 lots, gathering thousands of colorful flower species from all over the country.
Especially if you want to buy bright pink peach branches typical of Tet in the North, the Spring Flower Market on September 23 is a great place for you to choose the most beautiful peach branches for Tet. During Tet, many interesting cultural activities and performances take place at this park.
Dam Sen Cultural Park
Dam Sen Cultural Park is one of the most attractive Tet entertainment venues loved by many young people. This park not only has many beautiful scenery for you to take virtual photos. With the hot trend invisible bridge, it will give you extremely magical photos of gliding on the water.
One of the trends of Saigon youth this year is to visit and take photos at Dam Sen Park. So young tourists celebrating Tet in the city will be very excited to check-in at the wonderful projects inside this park. Don’t miss it!
Conclusion for Lunar New Year Saigon 2024
Tet is an occasion for traditional Vietnamese families to reunite for dinner, visit relatives together, go to holidays together, wish the New Year at the beginning of the year… praying for a peaceful, lucky, prosperous and peaceful new year.
Nowadays, with modern life, during Tet holidays, young people have the habit of traveling or going to entertainment centers to welcome the new year.
If you travel to Vietnam and celebrate Lunar New Year 2024 in Saigon, please participate in the activities we mentioned above and feel the sparkling beauty of this exciting city. You will love this city even more!
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