Đà Lạt entitled Flower Festival City
VGP – Permanent Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng recently agreed to recognize Đà Lạt City of the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng as the Flower Festival City.
The
Permanent Deputy PM required the People’s Committee of Lâm Đồng to work with
the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and relevant agencies to host the Flower
Festival 2010 as a major activity welcoming the millennium of Thăng Long-Hà Nội.
Đà
Lạt flowers – Photo: VGP
Under
the theme “Đà Lạt – a City of Thousand Flowers,” the festival will last for
four days, beginning on January 1, 2010.
This
is the third time Đà Lạt hosts such a kind of event with a view to introducing
its floriculture potential and strength to national and international visitors
and honoring flower farmers and floriculture.
There
are a series of activities, including the launching of a flower planting
campaign; embellishing a road of flowers, a tower of flowers, an island of
flowers, an ancient street of flowers; and organizing an exhibition on flowers
and ornamental trees, a wine festival night, as well as a cycling contest.
It
was reported that Đà
