Saigontourist Group Food and Culture Festival 2023 opens
The Saigontourist Group Food and Culture Festival 2023 hosted by Saigontourist Group and some other units opened on April 20 at Van Thanh Tourist Site in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district.
A booth of Hotel Continental Saigon at the festival. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Saigontourist Group Food and Culture Festival 2023 hostedby Saigontourist Group and some other units opened on April 20 at Van ThanhTourist Site in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district.
♕ The four-day festival introduces more than 350local dishes from provinces and cities in all the northern, central, and southern regions ofVietnam.
Along with 40 booths with experienced chefs from theSaigontourist Group and its subordinate hotels, restaurants and resorts, the event will be attended by representatives from VietnamAirlines and other units in Ben Tre and Tay Ninh provinces. Moreover, it willalso showcase traditional handicrafts associated with cuisine, uniquetraditional art performances, and folk games.
𝓡 With a vast collection ofdishes and drinks, culinary experts from the Saigontourist Group have temporarilyclassified them into several main categories. Guests attending the festival canenhance their culinary experiences by choosing the one they are most interestedin exploring.
The four-day festival introduces more than 350 local dishes from provinces and cities across Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
The festival also includes performances of traditional music,such as UNESCO-recognised Quan ho (love duet singing), Don ca tai tu (Southernamateur music), Hat Then (Then singing), Hue traditional singing, cai luong(reformed opera), and circus.
⛦ Truong Duc Hung, DeputyGeneral Director of the Saigontourist Group, said that with the success of the firstfestival “Saigontourist Food and Culture Festival 2022” which was crowned“Asia’s Best Culinary Festival 2022” by the World Culinary Awards, the group is organising the second edition this year.
The festival is among the key of the group's activities to promoteVietnamese food and Ho Chi Minh City as a destination to explore food andcultural events./.
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A booth of Hotel Continental Saigon at the festival. (Photo: VNA) 
The four-day festival introduces more than 350 local dishes from provinces and cities across Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
