Da Lat city is the provincial capital of Lam Dong Province, is located on the Lam Vien Plateau, Central Highlands, Vietnam. Since ancient times, this land which is the area of residence of the residents Lach, Chil and the Sre ethnic Coho. Late 19th century, when looking for a place to build a resort station for the French in Indochina, Governor Paul Doumer decided Lam Vien Plateau at the request of the doctor Alexandre Yersin, who explore arrived here in 1893. In the first half of the 20th century, from a deserted place, the French plan and build a beautiful city with villas, offices, hotels and schools, a tourist and educational center intercourse of Indochina. Through periods of ups and downs of the two wars with the difficult period of the 1970-1980 decade, Dalat is today a city of 211 thousand people, grade I under provincial urban center role politics, economy and culture of the province of Lam Dong.
With an elevation of 1500 meters above the sea and the mountains and surrounding forest flora populations, Dalat inherited a temperate mountain climate with cool year round. History of more than a century the city also left a valuable architectural heritage, is like a museum of 20th century European architecture. Natural resources and abundant human help Dalat became one of the famous tourist spots of Vietnam, each year attracts millions of tourists to visit and vacation. Da Lat is also a center of education and scientific research, a city of religious diversity in the presence of hundreds of temples, churches, monasteries ... a special rich agricultural area with vegetables and flowers. Thanks to the mild climate, beautiful natural scenery and rich architectural heritage, Da Lat is also known by many other names such as "foggy city", "city of", "The city of flowers "," Land of Sakura "or" Little Paris ".
Although it is a famous tourist city, but Da Lat city is a lack of cultural venues and diverse entertainment. Massive urbanization process that today's cities suffer many consequences. Many pine forests disappearing, replaced by the construction or agricultural areas. Do not be well protected, many of the city's sights and monuments fell into ruins, ruins. Unplanned growth of the recent decades that urban architecture Dalat suffered deformation and become trash bin. In the city, many villas with many of the buildings subject to the ravages of time without conservation, preservation.
