Nguyen Hue Flower Street closed on Sunday evening, or the fifth day of the new lunar year, after seven days of serving people in Ho Chi Minh City.

From 9:00 pm on Sunday, hundreds of workers began cleaning the flower street. Security fences were erected to surround the entire Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street to ensure safety.

For large miniatures and sculptures, workers had to break welds and use saws to divide them into smaller parts. 

Flower pots were classified. Fresh and usable ones were distributed to parks in the city to continue serving the community.

A pair of snake mascots -- a male (Kim Ty) and a female (Ngan Ty) -- will be kept on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street until the end of February to continue serving local residents and visitors.

Some residents and visitors still lingered outside the fence to watch the workers clean the flower street, while others took the opportunity to record the last images of this year's Nguyen Hue Flower Street.

My Anh, residing in Tan Binh District, said she had just returned to the city from her hometown, and when she rushed to the flower street, she found that it was being dismantled. 

She regretted it, so she lingered to take photos with the flower street for the last time.

Saigontourist Group coordinated with local departments, agencies, and sponsors to construct and decorate the flower street under the direction of the municipal People’s Committee.

After seven days of free opening, from 7:00 pm on January 27 to 9:00 pm on February 2, Nguyen Hue Flower Street welcomed nearly 1.2 million visitors.

According to Saigontourist Group, the flower street with impressive highlights received countless compliments from visitors. 

Launched in 2004, Nguyen Hue Flower Street has become a highly-anticipated cultural symbol of Ho Chi Minh City during Tet and is in its 22nd edition this year.

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