Hanoi (VNA) – The seventh DaLat Flower Festival, themed “Flowers of Da Lat – Miracle from the good earth”,will be held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from December 23-27,with the opening ceremony on December 23 to be broadcast live on VTV1.
The information was announced by ViceChairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phan Van Da at a press conferenceon November 17.
The festival will include 16 main programmesand more than 30 auxiliary events, to be held in Da Lat city, Bao Loc city, andseveral localities in Lam Dong province.
This year’s event will promote the brandingof flowers and tourism in Da Lat and also introduce traditional tea and silkproducts of the province.
A new feature of the festival is that theLam Dong Tea Week will become a part of the Da Lat Flower Festival after previouslybeing held separately.
The five-day festival will feature a fashionweek of silk and “ao dai” (traditional Vietnamese gown) and art performances.
A series of workshops will be held within the event to promote investment inLam Dong, to discuss Da Lat’s development planning and to develop local tea andsilk.
The Da Lat Flower Festival is heldbiennially. After six editions, the province’s flower growing area increasedfrom 800ha in 2005 to 8,400ha in 2017 with output up fivefold.-VNA