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Da Lat honoured with Asia Festival City Award

Da Lat, known as the city of thousands of flowers, has been honoured with the Asia Festival City Award by the International Festivals & Events Association – Asia (IFEA – Asia) based on its successful organisation of the Da Lat Flower Festival since 2005.
Da Lat honoured with Asia Festival City Award ảnh 1A flower space near Xuan Huong Lake in Da Lat city. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Da Lat, known as the city of thousands of flowers, hasbeen honoured with the Asia Festival City Award by the International Festivals& Events Association – Asia (IFEA – Asia) based on its successfulorganisation of the Da Lat Flower Festival since 2005.

The award in the “Best Flower and Garden Festival” category was presented tothe capital of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong at the 2024 Pinnacle Awards & Asia Festival CityConference in Thailand on February 28.

Other categories are in music festival, dance festival, cultural heritage night,Asian folklore festival, and entertainment festival.

Da Lat was also in the top five Impressive Festival Cities in Asia.

In its dossier submitted to the IFRA- Asia to become a candidate for the award,Da Lat city highlighted that the biennial Flower Festival aims at honouring thevalues of flowers and floriculture, calling for investments in the local flowersector, and popularising local culture and beauty.

The festival has become a national and international-level cultural and tourismone.

Earlier, Da Lat was also honoured as an ASEAN sustainable city, an ASEAN cleantourism city, and a Vietnam smart city./.

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