There have been more than 500 farmer households who have engaged in growing flowers, accounting for 90% of its population.
We visited the traditional floricultural village of Thai Phien which is called “flower valley” by the local people, in the north-western area of Da Lat City. Out of the 400 ha of the village area, 250ha have been allocated for floriculture.
Cao Loi, a nearly-80-year-old farmer said: “The floriculture in Thai Phien Village has existed for a long time and has flourished since the 1960s when the villagers shifted from growing colza to growing flowers”.
Flowers in Thai Phien Village are diverse but mainly daisies and lys, a new variety imported from the Netherlands . Thai Phien flowers are delivered to many parts of the country and consumed in great quantities at Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cities .