Phu Quoc island district, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, onJuly 14 kicked off a festival to promote its fish sauce specialty.
The event is part of a communication week of Phu Quoc fish sauce fromJuly 15 – 22 held by the provincial Department of Science andTechnology, the Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association, and the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade .
It is attracting a largenumber of fish sauce producers and sellers as this is a platform forthem to further publicise economic and cultural values as well as themaking of their hometown specialty.
Phu Quoc, thebiggest island of Kien Giang, has long been well known for its fishsauce. The manufacturing of the product has a history of more than 200years.
The island currently has 80 fish sauce processing businesses which provide about 20 million litres per year.
In August 2013, Phu Quoc fish sauce was granted the ProtectedDesignation of Origin certificate by the European Union, becoming thefirst product of Vietnam to get the status.
Thecountry exports 800,000 litres of Phu Quoc fish sauce to the EU eachyear, while its total annual export volume is about 1.5 million litres.-VNA
The event is part of a communication week of Phu Quoc fish sauce fromJuly 15 – 22 held by the provincial Department of Science andTechnology, the Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association, and the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade .
It is attracting a largenumber of fish sauce producers and sellers as this is a platform forthem to further publicise economic and cultural values as well as themaking of their hometown specialty.
Phu Quoc, thebiggest island of Kien Giang, has long been well known for its fishsauce. The manufacturing of the product has a history of more than 200years.
The island currently has 80 fish sauce processing businesses which provide about 20 million litres per year.
In August 2013, Phu Quoc fish sauce was granted the ProtectedDesignation of Origin certificate by the European Union, becoming thefirst product of Vietnam to get the status.
Thecountry exports 800,000 litres of Phu Quoc fish sauce to the EU eachyear, while its total annual export volume is about 1.5 million litres.-VNA
