The southern metropolis has unveiled its plans for the Nguyen Hue city flower road to celebrate the lunar New Year 2010 (Tet). The theme of the flower road will be “Sunrise Spring”.

The city also revealed other activities to celebrate Tet, including: the banh tet (southern rice cake) festival, firework shows on the New Year Eve and the Shining Street programme.

The Nguyen Hue flower road will open at 7pm, February 11, 2010 and close at 10pm, February 16, 2010.

The Banh tet festival will comprise a banh tet making competition, a banh tet offering ritual held at the Hung Kings Temple in District 9, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Ton Duc Thang Museum on February 13, 2010.

In addition, banh tet will be presented to poor families and disadvantaged children at social patronage centres.

Under the Shining Streets programme, four roads of Nguyen Hue, Le Loi, Dong Khoi and Le Duan will be decorated with lights and flowers.

The Moment to welcome the New Year programme will include light shows at the Sunwah, Palace, Fahasa and Duxton building, a music show in front of the Sunwah building and a show on Nguyen Hue road. The programme will start from 9.30pm of the New Year’s Eve night.

On New Year’s Eve, fireworkshows will take place at seven locations across the city.

VietNamNet/Dan Tri