[Photos] Flaming March Bombax ceiba flowers

Gao (literally rice), also known as moc mien or po lang (Bombax ceiba in Latin), usually blooms in March in many rural areas of Hai Duong province.

Gao trees and flowers have become symbols of Vietnamese countryside.

Poetic countryside adorned by red gao flowers


Gao flowers look like flames that brighten up the sky


Gao flowers are attached to childhood memories


Captivating gao flowers make many young people want to save memorable moments


Gao trees bloom when the last cold waves are about to end for summer to come

THANH CHUNG