(VOVworld)- The 2016 Flower Street festival in Ho Chi Minh City will officially kick off at 7:00 pm on February 5, three days before the Lunar New Year (Tet), announced its organiser Saigontourist on December 21.

The festival, the 13th of its kind, will last eight days until 10:00 pm on February 12, one day longer than the previous events. Themed “HCM City: Peace, Prosperity and Development”, the flower street along Nguyen Hue street will spread from Le Thanh Tong to Ton Duc Thang with a total length of 720 metres. The Le Loi-Nguyen Hue intersection will be divided into three sections featuring different sub-themes: “Solidarity-Peace”, “ Dynamic-Creative” and “ Integration-Prosperity”. The area around Statue of late President Ho Chi Minh will be filled with 36 giant pots of yellow apricot blossom trees. According to Saigontourist, the festival this year will manifest an optimistic spirit and the belief in a bright future.