Quang Ba is regarded as the largest marketplace for fresh flowers in Hanoi and the capital city’s only night flower market. |
The market is packed with people on the 29th day of the 12th lunar month, two days before Tet. |
A flower stall with a wide variety of roses, which are favoured by many this year. |
Customers are choosing bouquets of Geraldton waxflowers, each costing 150,000-200,000 VND. |
A lily seller is busy wrapping one of the most sought after flowers during Tet. |
Daisies and winterberries on sale at a stall. |
A stall selling chrysanthemums. |
Orchid flowers are also a favourite flower for Tet. |
Peach blossoms are an indispensable part of Tet. |
An old lady with a branch of peach blossoms grown in Quang Ba. |
Peach blossoms herald the arrival of spring. |