Milk flowers blossom in Hanoi’s autumn

Have you ever heard about milk flowers blossom in Hanoi? If not, we highly recommend you booking UK to Vietnam flights and take a look at this traditional symbol of Hanoi's autumn.

There're many songs and that mention their charming fragrance.Walking along Hanoi’s streets and besides its lakes, you breath in the beautifully sweet fragrance of Hoa Sua, or Milk Flowers. The streets where milk flower abound such as Phan Dinh Phung and Hoang Hoa Tham, and the National University’s campus don beautiful cloaks of white when the season of milk flowers returns.

But compared with other flowers like bauhinia variegate and lotus, milk flowers do not importune the photographers, because the trees are tall and the  flowers are always blossoming high above the ground. However, every year, people still flood to Hanoi to see milk flowers blossom. So, if you want to enjoy this beautiful scenery, you should book UK to Vietnam flights as soon as possible.

After first appearing in the 1978 film "Hanoi - the nesting season " by female director Duc Hoan, the song "Milk Flower"  quickly found a permanent  place in Vietnam’s musical repertoire. Lyrics speak of the separation of lovers and the expectations of love  of a young girl, but   sentences like "the milk flower’s sweetness fills the city  every night " makes audience think of autumn in Hanoi because only the capital city has this pervasive scent of milk flowers. "Milk Flower " composed by  Hong Dang will live forever in the heart of  Vietnamese as an icon of autumn. Musician Hong Dang says: “Many songs make a splash and then forgotten. The song Milk Flower has been performed by so many singers. It has become deeply rooted in people’s hearts. As the song lyrics go: 

Old memories linger somewhere

The mutual friends

The little ways

The milk flower’s sweetness fills the city every night

Maybe you’ve forgotten me

Maybe... you’ve forgotten me ".

Book UK to Vietnam flights to see milk flowers blossom in Hanoi

The fragrant “milk flower” has been the symbol of autumn in Hanoi for generations. Blossoming when fall arrives, it delights everyone who loves the city. Ms Thanh, a Hanoi resident says:“I love Hanoi with all its memories of my childhood and family. I still remember my school days and poems about the flowers blossoming in Hanoi’s streets.”

Milk flower trees line the streets, perfuming the night air and creating an area of romance for young couples out on a date. Hanoians say when the  milk flowers are in bloom, it’s the best time to book UK to Vietnam flights and visit the capital city.