Ong Do Nghi street attracts people with two straight and tall areca rows. “Green silk ribbon” of the West Ong Do Nghi route connecting the center of Tan Tru town with Duc Tan commune (Tan Tru district, Long An province) stands out in the middle of rice fields, green dragon fruits cut by two rows of tall areca kings. From a distance, the king areca row looks like a “green silk ribbon” winding, crossing the rice field. Just been concreted, Ong Do Nghi street is nestled between two straight rows of king’s areca, body as big as a hug. During 2km leading to Duc Tan commune, pedestrians are shaded by foliage of more than 300 areca stumps. The “nestled” road between the two rows of king areca trees is planted evenly. Local people said that the areca king on both sides of the road was planted nearly 30 years ago. Each areca tree root is planted a certain distance apart to form a natural fence. From the day areca was planted, people together take care of and protect to this day. Currently, the two rows of areca are soaring, the foliage is intertwined to create shade for the road. The winding road, running through the rice paddies, green dragon fruit gives people passing through here a sense of peace and tranquility. With the age of nearly 30 years old, the tall areca trees, the intertwined foliage cover the road. The people here said that the attraction and beauty of the road change in each time of the day, each season of the year. Early in the morning, the road attracts people to pass through by the scenery of two rows of areca hidden in the misty morning mist. At noon, the sun rises, the rows of areca cast long shadow into a strip of dark blue curling on the green, eye-catching green surface. In the afternoon, many people love the view of sunset through the king’s areca leaves. The road becomes pride, the symbol of Tan Tru town. Visitors on the road before and after Tet will have the feeling of going through the golden strip with the aroma of ripe rice fields. On other occasions of the year, a road like “green silk ribbon” curves across the green rice fields, and the dragon fruit garden is in bloom with yellow or red flowers in color of ripe fruit. “Path to happiness” In recent times, the areca king street has become famous in the distance, attracting tourists by its poetic beauty. From the very beginning of the street, visitors were attracted by the signboard reading “The way to happiness”. From a distance, the road is like a “green silk ribbon” squeezing through the rice fields, green dragon fruit. Locals say, the road is as meaningful to them as the name itself is. On the way home, Mr. Nam (45 years old, living in Duc Tan commune) said: “I am a resident here, walking on this road every day, but I still find it very beautiful. The feeling of walking under the king’s areca leaf, gliding through the straight areca trunks on the two sides of the road is very fond ”. According to Mr. Nam, the local people are “very excited” when the road is concreted clean and has a beautiful landscape. This place becomes a place to rest, stay cool, avoid the sun after every hour of working tired fields for people. To have this clean, beautiful, poetic road, the local people together protect and take care of the king’s areca row. “In the afternoon, surrounding people also come here to exercise. Some go for a run, others ride a bike, go for a cool walk to enjoy the fresh air ”, Mr. Nam shared. The green road is also chosen by many young people, couples choose to be a place of love, wedding photography. At weekends, this place also attracts many tourists to admire the scenery, experience the fresh air, check-in the most unique street in the West. Currently, local people put decorative lights along the road. Every day, people often come here to exercise, take a walk, breathe fresh air. Mr. Long, a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City to “see” the happy road, shared: “The road is very beautiful. People say that the king areca row has been planted since 1992. If that is true, it is not easy to have 2 rows of beautiful areca like this “. “Because, more than a decade ago, the king’s areca was very valuable, there was even a fever about this ornamental plant. People around the road must be diligent, unanimous in protection and care to have this intact and beautiful areca goods, ”Mr. Long said. The road becomes an attractive destination for nature lovers. On weekends, young people often come here to “live virtual”. The path of happiness is also the place where many couples are in love. Watch more video: Beautiful flower wall attracts Saigon girls to check-in Posts, photos: Nguyen Son

“On flowers, under flowers” The two sides of the road leading to the center of Tan Tru town (Tan Tru district, Long An province) are dragon fruit gardens, green rice fields. In particular, many gardens are covered with vacant land with colorful carpet of ten o’clock flowers. On these gardens, people do not let the dragon fruit beds grow weeds or leave them empty. Instead, they planted many varieties of ten o’clock flowers of different colors and sizes of flowers. Hung’s dragon fruit beds are covered with colorful flowers ten o’clock. Many kinds of flowers in ten o’clock with colors purple, pink, red, yellow … are planted along the straight rows of dragon fruit by the garden owner. Only a few days, this flower with vigorous vitality has covered the bare land on the soil of dragon fruit cultivation. When the flower is ten o’clock not yet flowering, from a distance, these dragon fruit gardens are like a jade green carpet. At the time of blooming, the green carpet turns into a “checkerboard” with red, purple, and yellow stripes from the ten o’clock flowers. The soil is rich in nutrients, so the flowers at ten o’clock grow very well, giving flowers dense, large flowers, eye-catching colors. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hung (45 years old, living in Tan Tru district), the owner of a dragon fruit garden intercropped with flowers for ten hours, said he planted this flower in the garden all year round. “The moment the dragon blooms, under the tree, the flowers will produce flowers at ten o’clock. It can be said, at this time, my dragon fruit garden “on flowers under flowers” looks very eye-catching. Not far from Hung’s newly harvested orchard is a field with a dragon fruit garden in bloom. This place is also covered by garden owners with ten o’clock flowers for yellow, purple, red flowers … Anh Hung said that the ten-hour planting of flowers in the dragon fruit garden is very simple. “The land of Tan Tru is very much like ten o’clock, the garden owner just needs to ask for trees to cut them into small pieces and spread them on the garden. After a few days, ten o’clock will cover the soil and give brilliant flowers”, shared Hung. Seen from the road surface, the green dragon fruit garden stands out with purple, red, and yellow dots from the ten o’clock flower. In particular, small waterways for watering dragon fruits are also covered by this vibrant flower, blooming yellow flowers. Against weeds, creating landscape Near noon, ten o’clock flowers bloom brightly, covering the dirt trench between the rows of dragon fruit trees to form a long long strip of pink. Anh Hung said, normally, dragon fruit garden owners only use straw to cover and cover around the base of dragon fruits. The upper soil, between the beds, is often left empty by the garden owner, and weeds are overgrown. “Instead of letting weeds grow, absorbing the nutrients of the dragon fruit, I plant the flowers for ten hours. This flower is easy to grow, thrive without the need for care and fertilizer. Just planting for a while, they have grown into a carpet, covering the bare land so that weeds cannot grow ”, shared Mr. Hung. At the time of the flowering of the dragon fruit, together with the ten o’clock flower, the field of planting this fruit tree creates a very special “flower under the flower” scene. According to him, this is an effective, inexpensive and very safe way to combat weeds because there is no need to use chemical drugs to kill weeds. “In addition, planting flowers for ten hours on such soil beds is also for the purpose of making plants and dragon fruit clean, not clinging to soil or swollen. Because, when the flowers cover the bare land, the rain falls, the earth and mud do not shoot up, they stay on the body, flower, and dragon fruit ”, Mr. Hung added. Local people said that at any time of the year, almost the dragon fruit garden next to Hung’s house was also brilliant at ten o’clock. Even the garden is so beautiful that many people jokingly say it is a flower garden, not an orchard. Seen from the road surface, this field of dragon fruit stands out with the tiny yellow, purple and red dots from the ten o’clock flower. Hung said: “I plant flowers in the dragon fruit garden all year round, so there are always flowers to see. When the fruit is harvested, the flowers grow to cover the path. If I feel bad, I can use my hand to move the ten o’clock rope to pick dragon fruits ”. “If unfortunately not preserved, the flowers are damaged, then after a few days, they grow again, giving normal flowers. Due to the planting of flowers in the dragon fruit garden, there are ditches for irrigation and sufficient nutrition, so the flowers at ten o’clock grow very well, giving big flowers and beautiful colors, ”added Mr. Hung. The small trench used to water dragon fruits is also covered with ten o’clock yellow flowers, creating a beautiful landscape. Local people said that more and more garden owners planted this flower in the dragon fruit garden. This is both effective against weeds and creates a beautiful landscape at almost no cost. A local resident shared: “Every day, walking on this road has very beautiful moments. Early in the morning, when the ten o’clock flower is not yet blooming, the road looks like splitting the immense green patch of rice fields and dragon fruit gardens. Near noon, when the ten o’clock flower beds in the dragon fruit garden bloom, the pedestrians seem to be walking in the middle of a colorful flower garden. Currently, more and more people grow flowers for ten hours in dragon fruit gardens. Posts, photos, clips: Nguyen Son