In these summer days, Hanoi has been given a facelift with different colours of typical summer flowers which have brightened up the capital city's streets.
In these summer days, Hanoi has been given a facelift with different colours of typical summer flowers which have brightened up the capital city's streets.
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| Violet ‘bang lang’ (Lagerstroemia speciose) flowers signal the start of summer in Hanoi. |
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| Cassia fistula is also commonly known as golden shower, purging cassia, Indian laburnum, or pudding-pipe tree. It is also the national flower of Thailand with the name dok khun, symbolising the Thai royal. |
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| Typical colours of summer flowers in the North. |
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| The clusters of golden shower flowers all over the streets create a beautiful scene. In Hanoi, golden shower trees are grown mostly on the roads along West Lake such as Nguyen Dinh Thi, Trich Sai and Quang Ba. |
(Source: VNA)
