(VOVworld) -  Flower villages in Da Lat have planted 1,000ha of flowers for Tet, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The growing area for the main flower under cultivation, lily flowers, will be expanded by 30ha. Nguyen Van Son, the department's deputy head, said that agencies had advised farmers to co-operate with companies and wholesale markets before cultivation. Da Lat, dubbed a city of thousands of flowers, has four traditional flower villages, which have improved traditional flower cultivation while bringing Da Lat flower trademark to both domestic and international markets. Lam Dong is currently home to nearly 8,000 hectares of flowers with a yield of nearly 2.5 billion flowers per year.