Flower festival to return to Da Lat in December

The 7^th Da Lat Flower Festival, themed “Flowers of Da Lat – Miracle from the good earth”, will return to Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from December 23^rd-27^th.

Artists perform at the opening ceremony of the Da Lat Flower Festival 2015. (Photo: VNA)

This year’s event will continue promoting the branding of flowers and tourism in Da Lat and also introduce traditional tea and silk products of the province.

The five-day festival will feature a fashion week of silk and “ao dai” (traditional Vietnamese gown) and folk performances by artists from the Republic of Korea.

A series of workshop will be held within the framework of the event to promote investment in Lam Dong, to discuss Da Lat’s development planning and to develop local tea and silk.

According to Chairman of the People’s Committee of Da Lat city Vo Ngoc Hiep, the festival provides an opportunity for local businesses in agriculture and forestry to meet with their peers from other provinces and for the tourism industry to foster local uniqueness among visitors.

The sixth Da Lat Flower Festival themed “Da Lat – Multitude of flower colours,” attracted about 500,000 tourists to Da Lat, exceeding the number of arrivals during the last festivals.

Lam Dong is currently home to nearly 8,000 hectares of flowers with a yield of nearly 2.5 billion flowers per year.

Da Lat now has four traditional flower villages, namely Van Thanh, Thai Phien, Ha Dong and Xuan Tho. They have improved traditional flower cultivation while bringing Da Lat flower trademark to both domestic and international markets./.

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