The festival will coincide with the first Viet Nam-UNESCO Heritage Festival 2013, the 120th anniversary of founding of Da Lat and the announcement of the 2014 Central Highlands – Da Lat National Tourism Year.

The Central Highlands city will be embellished with the most beautiful flowers. Hundreds of basket of flowers and plants will be on display at major tourism sites including Xuan Huong Lake, Prenn waterfall, Le Dai Hanh flower road and Ong Dao bridge.

Especially, a flower and stone arrangement inspired by Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago will appear in the fifth Da Lat Flower Festival.

An impressive music space themed “Hoa Binh Night Street – Da Lat” will be held with street art performances and rock music as well as DJ shows. Meanwhile, “Da Lat – Love stories” program will perform immortal love music songs.

The first Viet Nam-UNESCO Heritage Festival 2013 will draw the participation of 10 ASEAN member states and its four partners including China, India, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Da Lat is known as one of the major tourist centers in Viet Nam, possessing a system of old mansions with unique architecture and culture. With poetic beauty, friendly and hospitable people, the city attracts a lot of domestic and foreign tourists.

According to the Lam Dong Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the province has more than 60 attractions opened free of charge to the public, which are natural landscapes, ancient architectural works, religious establishments, craft villages, indigenous villages and archaeological sites.