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.

Another cat mascot being hauled away.

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

A worker carries a rooster mascot out of the street.

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

A welder cuts a steel frame.

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

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.

Damaged flower pots are loaded onto trucks to be discarded.

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.

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."

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

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.