Twenty-four business trademarks, 18 product trademarks, and notable rice exporters received awards at the closing ceremony of the country’s first Rice Festival in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on Dec.1.

The festival, which started on Nov. 28 to promote the country’s age-old rice civilization and honour rice growers and enterprises, drew over 400,000 domestic and foreign farmers, scientists, managers and entrepreneurs involved in agriculture and rice production.
This first Rice Festival is taking place on the banks of the Xa No canal, the place where Vietnam sent its first shipments of rice abroad hundreds of years ago.

During the festival, seminars on rice exportation and investment, contests, festivals, and exhibitions of photos and domestic and foreign rice products were held./.