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Mon Asia Food Festival opens in Quang Ninh

The Mon Asian Food Festival – MAFF 2018 opened in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 27.
Mon Asia Food Festival opens in Quang Ninh ảnh 1A chef at the festival (Source: vov.vn)

Quang Ninh (VNA) – The Mon Asian Food Festival – MAFF 2018 opened in Ha Longcity, the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 27.

The festival, themed “Ha Long - Heritage, Wonder, FriendlyDestination”, forms partof activities in celebration of the National Tourism Year – Ha Long – Quang Ninh2018. It aims to promote Vietnam’s tourism and the essence anddiversity of the culinary and cultural characteristics of Asian countries.

On the first day of the event, visitors enjoyed various specialart programmes such as traditional Myanmar dances, cooking performances ofwell-known chefs Duong Hai Anh and Steven Long, and a music show with thepresence of famous singers like Huynh Tien, Duong Edward, Yanbi, Ngoc Anh andMy Tam.

Those who like adventure have a chance to experience balloon flying to get anoverview of the festival from a height of 50meter or take part in the MonRun onApril 29 to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

The festival will last until April 29.-VNA 
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