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Check-in the beautiful pink lily street in Soc Trang-Travel

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 10:00 AM (GMT+7)

Many young people in the West often invite each other to Soc Trang on these days to take pictures on the road with nearly 200 beautiful pink trumpet trees.

About 3 years ago, many people in the West often called Chau Thanh town, Chau Thanh district (Soc Trang) the town of pink lilies. The reason for this name is because from late March to early April every year, this town along National Highway 1 has a road more than 700m long covered with a pink color of pink lilies.

Flower street “unique” in Soc Trang

Chairman of Chau Thanh District People’s Committee Ngo Thanh Toan said that in 2009, this district was separated from My Tu. Local leaders at that time planted many pink lilies on the road to the administrative area. For National Highway 1, Chau Thanh town has 70 10-year-old sesame buds with red flowers along the embankment of Tra Quyt river.

According to Mr. Toan, the local rose trumpet was planted 2 times with nearly 200 roots. In which, the first phase was 10 years old, the second phase was intercropped 3 years ago and started to flower.

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A woman poses on a motorbike at the famous pink lily street in Soc Trang. Photo: Ham Yen.

This is a woody tree, 3-15m high, originating from the Americas. Pink lily is shaped like a bell, 5 lobes develop evenly at the top, pink in color, grows in clusters, each cluster of 4-7 flowers.

To increase the beauty and poetic of the “unique” flower street in Soc Trang, Chau Thanh District People’s Committee placed many stone benches under the trees. These stone benches quickly became a place for young couples to sit and talk and take souvenir photos.

Ms. Thanh Tra (25 years old, living in Phong Dien district, Can Tho city) said that for 2 consecutive years, she and her friends rented a car from the Western capital to Soc Trang to check-in with pink lilies. Many students from Ho Chi Minh City to their hometown Ca Mau and Bac Lieu also do not forget to stop by this flower street when passing Chau Thanh town.

Female student Tran Thi Hong Hoa (20 years old, from Ca Mau) said that when she heard the news that the pink lilies in Soc Trang were in full bloom, this young woman had 3 times with her classmates riding motorbikes to Chau Thanh to check-in. After taking souvenir photos, Hong Hoa and her friends continued their journey to Soc Trang city to enjoy the famous noodle soup of this Southern land.

There will be a festival of pink lilies

Talking to reporters, Mr. Ngo Thanh Toan said that in the early days of this April, the locality received many unseasonal rains, causing pink lilies to fall a lot. In the next few days, when the sun is warm again, the pink trumpet will continue to bloom for the second time.

Mr. Toan said that Chau Thanh is the gateway district of Soc Trang province, just over half an hour by car from the western capital, Can Tho. Therefore, the locality has a plan to develop Chau Thanh into a district tourismtogether with Ke Sach, Cu Lao Dung… of Soc Trang province.

Chau Thanh District People’s Committee is advising the District Committee to issue a resolution on tourism to build a synchronous tourism infrastructure and facilities system, connecting with regional and inter-regional tourist sites and attractions. .

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Many female students love to check-in at the pink lily street after school every hour. Photo: Ham Yen.

Currently, Chau Thanh has an investor to build Gieng Tien tourist area in Phu Tan commune. The locality is calling for investment, encouraging all economic sectors to invest, develop tourism, strengthen vocational training in tourism services, contribute to sustainable job transformation for rural workers.

As planned, at the end of March 2023, Chau Thanh District People’s Committee will hold a pink lily festival at the entrance to the administrative area.

At the pink lily festival, in addition to activities to introduce and promote tourism potential to attract investors, the locality also organizes cultural and sports activities and introduces specialties of Soc Trang and other local businesses. OCOP products (the rural economic development program in the direction of developing internal resources and adding value).

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