Cao Bang promotes culture and culinary delicacies at 2023 International Food Festival
11/12/2023
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The 11th International Food Festival held by the Service Department for Diplomatic Corps on November 10 took place at the Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound in Hanoi. The festival attracted more than 150 booths of embassies, foreign cultural centers, provincial departments of foreign affairs, businesses, and agencies within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the 11th International Food Festival
The International Food Festival has evolved into a distinguished 'brand' of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, creating a platform for international cultural exchange, enhancing mutual understanding, and introducing Vietnam's country and people to international friends around the world. The festival is also an opportunity for businesses in Vietnam to promote their brands, business activities, and services to foreign friends and visitors participating in the festival. This year's event offered visitors plenty of traditional and international dishes from different cultures.
The festival participants taste different dishes at the Cao Bang booth.
Representative of the Festival Organizing Committee awards the Certificate of participation in the International Food Festival to Cao Bang province
At Cao Bang province's booth, nearly 30 typical culinary OCOP products including black jelly, smoked sausage, Xoi Tram (a delicious dish made from sticky rice and black canarium fruit), noodles, vermicelli, Banh Bo, tea products, extracts, essential oils, etc. were displayed and introduced. The booth attracted a large number of domestic and international visitors.
The organizing committee awards financial support to schools.
There was a wide variety of charitable events which raise money for the needy, for which donations have been earmarked to support orphans, disabled people and people in difficult circumstances across the country. This year, the Organizing Committee donated 280 million VND to disadvantaged schools in localities of Vietnam. Ngoc Khe Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities (in Trung Khanh district) received 70 million VND to support students in difficult circumstances.