A colorful date palm garden has recently become a new hotspot on the tourist map of Sa Dec City in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, around 165 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City.

Sa Dec flower village in Dong Thap and ornamental flower village in Cho Lach District of Ben Tre are bustling not because of flood of visitors but flower growers are busy preparing for the upcoming Lunar New Year, which will begin on January 25.

The city of Sa Dec in Dong Thap Province is not only well known for its bewitching ornamental plants and bonsais, but also for its specialty dish hủ tiếu: noodles with pig’s bones, fresh shrimps and many other accompanying flourishes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors at Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta will be amazed at the immense plains, blooming lotus ponds, the flower village of Sa Dec and the Lai Vung pink mandarin gardens.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Mekong Delta are racing against time to transport flowers to HCMC for sale in the run up to Tet, the Lunar New Year holiday, during which the Vietnamese have a long tradition of displaying flowers

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cai Mon flower village in Ben Tre and the Sa Dec flower village in Dong Thap are the main flower planting areas in the southwestern region. Two months before the lunar New Year, the villages are very bustling.

 Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam has won the 2013 Asian Townscape Awards given by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The people, landscapes, and the daily life in the southwestern region appear very romantic through the eyes of amateur photographers, who participated in the photo contest “Tracking the Lover.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Thuy Le is an ancient house, a tourist attraction in the Mekong Delta Province of Dong Thap.

VietNamNet Bridge - Going to New Year flower markets is a habit and traditional culture of many Vietnamese people. From north to south, the flower markets of each region have their own characters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, the house owned by Huynh Thuy near Tien River in Sa Dec in Dong Thap Province has become a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists.