Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

By Dinh Van   January 26, 2023 | 08:47 pm PT
More than 300 workers cleared flowers, miniatures and mascots that had been installed for Nguyen Hue Flower Street Thursday night.
Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

It had been open for eight days and received more than 1.2 million visitors, thought to be the highest number ever.

In this photo, workers remove a five-meter cat mascot made by styrofoam. It took them 30 minutes.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

Another cat mascot being hauled away.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

A worker climbs up a bamboo structure to remove a flower pot.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

A worker carries a rooster mascot out of the street.

Besides cats to mark the Year of the Cat, Nguyen Hue Flower Street also featured the other 11 animals that make up the Vietnamese zodiac: mouse, buffalo, tiger, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig.
Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

Workers recover planks laid on a 30-meter-long wooden bridge above a flowerbed.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

A welder cuts a steel frame.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

A miniature in the shape of a lotus flower waiting to be collected.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

Workers put flower pots on a truck to send to parks across the city, including April 30 near the Notre Dame Cathedral, and September 23 near Ben Thanh Market.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

Damaged flower pots are loaded onto trucks to be discarded.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

Some workers use tricycles to remove flower pots.

The entire place was cleaned to make way again for the Nguyen Hue Square by Friday morning.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

Nhi (in conical hat), 41, rolls up a strip of grass. She said she has been cleaning up behind the flower street for five years, but this time there was more work to do because it was organized on a larger scale.

"In past years the cleaning would be done by 1 a.m. but now I think it will take us until 5 a.m."

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

"Mao" is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "cat."

Nguyen Hue Flower Street cleaned up as Tet holidays end

Ha, 48, takes the last photo at the 2023 flower street before it is dismantled.

"The flower street this year was more lively compared to last year but I think the decoration style was the same and there is no breakthrough in making it more attractive," she said.

 
 
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