The Hanoitimes – The sixth biannual Da Lat Flower Festival, themed “Da Lat – A Multitude of Flower Colours” (Da Lat – Muon Sac Mau Hoa) kicked off in Da Lat city`s Lam Vien (Langbiang) square in Lam Dong province on December 29.
Attending the opening ceremony was Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Uong Chu Luu.
Nearly 15,000 local people and tourists participated the event, which included a traditional musical performance featuring cultural highlights of the Central Highlands.
At the opening ceremony.
The festival will take place a range of tourism and cultural activities, including a flower and ornamental tree exhibition, a flower space around Xuan Huong Lake, flower-themed calligraphy, paintings and photos displays, and a vegetable-flower fair.
The opening ceremony’s performance included more than 2,000 performers from art troupes from Lam Dong porovince and neighbouring provinces.
Addressing the event, Deputy Chairman of the Lam Dong Province’s People’s Committee Doan Van Viet said, with theme of “Da Lat – Multitude of Colourful Flowers”, the biennial flower festival, a trademark of Da Lat city, aims to honour flowers, flower growers and business while praising and encouraging efforts by local farmers and businesses involved in developing the local flower industry.
The festival also creates a great opportunity for Da Lat to introduce and promote the city’s hi-tech agricultural products such as vegetables, teas, coffee, mulberry, medicinal and nearly 20 brands of agricultural products, he added.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Uong Chu Luu said that the festival becomes a national cultural event, which is very popular among foreign visitors.
The event also makes a chance to call for investment in manufacturing and exporting flowers in Da Lat city and other provinces and cities nationwide, he said.
The five-day festival features miniature flower gardens at Xuan Huong lake, Le Dai Hanh street, Ong Dai bridge and tourism destinations, which were organised by the Da Lat Flower Association.
For the first time in the festival’s history, the organisers will hold a gala night for local flower raisers at Lam Vien Square on January 1, 2016, which is dedicated to individuals and agencies involved in developing the local flower industry.
The festival will also includes an exhibition at the city’s Flower Garden featuring hundreds of kinds of flowers and ornament plants made by more than 140 artisans across the country.
Da Lat city is expected to attract 500,000 visitors to this year’s festival.
At the opening night, a ceremony was organised to present the recognition as the 9th World Biosphere Reserves in Vietnam by the UNESCO to Lam Dong province’s Lang Bian Biosphere Reserves.
The UNESCO awards the recognition as the 9th World Biosphere Reserves in Vietnam to Lang Bian Biosphere Reserves.
Thu Minh
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