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Culinary tourism to become national strategic product

Vietnam has planned to develop culinary tourism into a national strategic product, contributing to improving the competitiveness and brand of Vietnam's tourism.
Culinary tourism to become national strategic product ảnh 1Foreign tourists enjoy Vietnamese food (Photo: vneconomy.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has planned to develop culinarytourism into a national strategic product, contributing to improving the competitivenessand brand of Vietnam's tourism.

Vietnamese food has proven attractive, being loved and honoured by internationaltourists.

The Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) mentioned strategic cooperation topromote tourism, cuisine and culture of Vietnam to the world through theproject "embellishing myriad raw materials and cookingmillions of Vietnamese dishes”, which aims to honour diverse cuisine andculture values of the country.

The project focuses on applying information technology so that localities canput typical culinary products on the same national register, thereby building adigital map of Vietnamese cuisine, and local culinary communities in provinces and cities across thecountry.

Culinary tourism to become national strategic product ảnh 2The new policy on visas, and entry and exit will officially take effect from August 15. (Photo: VNA)

The International Food Festival - Quang Nam 2023 isscheduled to take place from August 31 – September 3 in the central province ofQuang Nam. The event is expected to contribute to honouring, preserving,promoting and effectively exploiting the cultural value, cuisine and tourism.

Theevent will feature 26 traditional dishes of Quang Nam. The organisation boardwill announce a decision to include the handmade Quang noodle-making industry onthe list of national intangible culture heritage.

Manylocalities across the country are actively organising attractive tourismactivities to attract domestic and foreign tourists during the summer.

The first Ho Chi Minh City river festival, the Hue Festival 2023 – Autumn Festival willbe held in August with a wide range of activities to lure both local and foreign visitors.

Guidelines and policies on tourism have been popularised onthe websites https://vietnamtourism.gov.vn, https://vietnam.travel and social networking sites of VNAT, highlighting that the new policy on visas,and entry and exit will officially take effect from August 15.

Experts said that the new policy will help improve the competitivenessof Vietnam’s tourism in attracting foreign tourism arrivals in the coming time./.
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