Da Lat

Vietnam

UNESCO City of Music

since 2023

Da Lat city, Lam Dong province is a famous “Safe – Civilized – Friendly” tourist destination that attracts domestic and foreign tourists. The Da Lat tourism brand is gradually being affirmed on the tourism map of Vietnam and the region with outstanding values of natural landscapes, diverse and attractive natural tourism resources system; architectural works with high cultural – artistic value, distinctive cultural features have contributed to the formation of rich and diverse tourism products, especially the lifestyle “Gentle – Elegant – Hospitable”. The city has long been favored by tourists for beautiful titles such as: the city of love, the city of fog, the land of flowers or more specifically the origin of famous love songs… Over the past time, Da Lat city has been recognized by international organizations with titles such as: “Vietnam Smart City” Award in 2021; Da Lat 02 times was recognized as “ASEAN Clean Tourism City” and is one of the romantic destinations of Asia; “Asian Flower Festival and ecotourism 2024” award.

On October 31, 2023, Da Lat city officially became the next member of Vietnam to join UNESCO’s Global Network of Creative Cities in the field of music. Joining the creative city network has created a premise, effectively supporting the city in promoting cultural foreign relations, developing the cultural industry with advantages associated with local tourism development, especially the advantage of developing music tourism products.

Becoming a UNESCO city of music will create a premise in the near future to make Da Lat a key connection between Vietnamese music and international, among cities in the network of music creation cities, especially in the Asia-Pacific region; Attracting music projects and events, international training and accommodation programs will be implemented in Da Lat, thereby contributing to improving high-quality music human resources, Develop a music community with diverse tastes, create a favorable environment for investment and business activities of creative enterprises; Mobilize initial local, national and Asian resources to continue to spread Da Lat’s music heritage including folk songs, folk dances, especially the Central Highlands gongs; at the same time develop contemporary types of music and discover new interactions of music types; Network connection, development Partnership – cooperation, thereby diversifying music practices, nurturing highly skilled and specialized music human resources and a music community with high-quality music taste. Thereby, contributing to the development of Da Lat’s music industry.

Therefore, in the coming time, Da Lat city will actively implement commitments to join UNESCO’s network of creative cities in the field of music in order to achieve the goals of the local (city-level) network by promoting the role of culture and creativity in the sustainable development of the city and at the same time implementing major initiatives/programs to achieve the goals of the Network at the international level, especially projects with Related to other member cities in the Network, contributing to making Da Lat a Vietnamese and international music destination. 

Contact
Da Lat

Le Anh Kiet 
dalatcreativecity@gmail.com
02633 822342/823071
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