Phat Diem Cathedral in Ninh Binh province is dubbed as the “Kingdom of Catholics” (Photo: baoninhbinh.org.vn) HCM City (VNA) – Christmas is on the air inevery corner of Ho Chi Minh City, the southern hub of Vietnam, with theeagerness of young people and the jubilant atmosphere overwhelming every streetacross the city.
Trade centres, restaurants and hotels along Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, HaiBa Trung street and Phu My Hung villa area as well as Major buildings likeDiamond Plaza, Saigon Centre, Parkson, Aeon Mall Tan Phu, Rex and CaravelHotels are decorated with colourful lights and ornaments and Christmas trees.
Especially, the bustling Christmas atmosphere has drawn crowds of Vietnamese youngstersand foreign visitors to Bui Vien pedestrian street.
Neang Savuthy from Cambodia said she is really excited at the Christmasatmosphere in Ho Chi Minh City. It is like a fairy tale and HCM City looks likea European city in the Christmas Day, she said.
Besides major parishes like Pham The Hien in District 8, Thogn Nhat and ThanhCong in Tan Phu district, and Tam Ha in Thu Duc district, small ones in TanBinh district and District 10 are also decorated with sparkling roads of stars.
Meanwhile in the north, from the early morning of December 24, thousands ofpeople in Ninh Binh province, which boasts a large population of Catholics,have flocked to churches and parishes to welcome the Christmas.
Of note, the Phat Diem Cathedral, dubbed as the “Kingdom of Catholics”, hasattracted crowds of people, including both Catholics and non-Catholics. By 7pm,the 1km road from the major street to the church was full of pedestrians.
The jubilant Christmas atmosphere is also overwhelming many other localitiesthroughout the country like the capital city of Hanoi and Nam Dinh province.-VNA
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