The government has named Dalat the “City of the flower festival” as the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is hosting a flower festival on December 22.

The opening ceremony of the Da Lat Flower Festival 2007.

Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked Lam Dong province to combine with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and related agencies to organize the Dalat Flower Festival 2010 to celebrate the 1000^th great anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.

Dalat annually grows around 2000 hectares of flowers of all kinds, yielding around 800 million branches of flowers. Dalat flowers are exported to many countries.

The city has organized two flower festivals, in 2005 and 2007, attracting many foreign and local visitors.

Da Lat is now busily preparing for the Da Lat Flower Festival 2010.

Da Lat flowers in photos:

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