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Festival looks to promote southern delicacies

The fifth Southern Land Cuisine Festival will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 29 to June 1, serving more than 200 local dishes.
The fifth Southern Land Cuisine Festival will take place in Ho ChiMinh City from May 29 to June 1, serving more than 200 local dishes.

The event will be held by the municipal Departmentof Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Agency forSouthern Affairs, and Ho Chi Minh City Travel Association.

A wide range of activities will be held during the event such as acooking contest, a fruit sculpture competition, and a special artperformance highlighting the traditional New Year celebration – CholChnam Thmay of ethnic Khmer people.

An art troupefrom the southern province of Bac Lieu will entertain visitorswith the unique dance of Khmer ethnic people, traditional costumeperformance, water-splashing festival, and folk games.

A rural market is also set up at the festival to introduce visitors to the southern land’s specialties.

The annual festival, to be held at Dam Sen Park, aims to promote theregional gastronomy to domestic and foreign visitors, said Pham HuyBinh, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Tourism.-VNA
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