Friday, 21/04/2023 12:44 (GMT+7)
The Saigontourist Group Food and Culture Festival 2023 organized by Saigontourist Group and some other units at Van Thanh Tourist Site in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district from April 20-23.
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| Tourists at the festival (Photo: nld.com.vn) |
The festival introduces more than 350 local dishes from provinces and cities in the three northern, central, and southern regions of Vietnam.
At the festival, there are 40 stalls with experienced chefs from the Saigontourist Group and its subordinate hotels, restaurants and resorts. Moreover, it will also display traditional handicrafts associated with cuisine, unique traditional art performances, and folk games.
The festival also includes performances of traditional music, such as UNESCO-recognised Quan ho (love duet singing), Don ca tai tu (Southern amateur music), Hat Then (Then singing), Hue traditional singing, cai luong (reformed opera), and circus.
According to Mr. Truong Duc Hung, Deputy General Director of the Saigontourist Group, with the success of the first festival “Saigontourist Food and Culture Festival 2022” which was crowned “Asia’s Best Culinary Festival 2022” by the World Culinary Awards, this year the group continues to organize the second edition.
The festival is one of activities of the Saigontourist Group to promote Vietnamese food and Ho Chi Minh City as a destination to explore food and cultural events./.
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