Iconic cuisine festival back to town

The festival features more than 100 booths from some 50 exhibitors that are restaurants, hotels and resorts based in HCMC and localities from Thua Thien-Hue to Ca Mau. Every booth has its exclusive design, featuring special gastronomic characteristics of the central coast region, the Central Highlands, the southern land and Saigon.

As regards gastronomy and entertainment activities, the festival introduces more than 250 specialties of every region at Cho que Phuong Nam (Southern Countryside Market), the most impressive booth competition and the imitative Chol Chnam Thmay festival of the Khmer people. Guests also have a chance to experience music shows, traditional art shows and circus performances, and play folk games such as passing cau khi (shaky one-handrail bamboo bridge), angling and cricket fighting.

It costs VND200,000 each to attend the festival. The ticket is inclusive of the entrance fee and dining voucher worth VND200,000. Those who buy full package tickets (to attend the festival and play games at the park) will enjoy a 50% discount. Free delivery is available for those buying from five tickets while 5% discount is for those buying 10 tickets or more.

The annual Dat Phuong Nam gastronomic festival is co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the HCMC Department of Tourism, the HCMC Tourism Association and Phu Tho Tourism Service Co. This festival is aimed to diversify the city’s tourism and culture activities, and to promote specialties of different regions across Vietnam. This is also a chance for hospitality businesses to promote their products and services and seek collaboration.

The opening ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. on May 29 and the closing ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on June 1.

Iconic cuisine festival back to town

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