Vietnam's 121 typical dishes announced

The Vietnam Culinary Culture Association (VCCA) announced 121 typical Vietnamese dishes for 2022 at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22.
Vietnam's 121 typical dishes announced ảnh 1Dishes from the central region. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Culinary CultureAssociation (VCCA) announced 121 typical Vietnamese dishes for 2022 at a ceremonyin Ho Chi Minh City on December 22.

The dishes including 47 from the north, 37 from the central regionand 37 from southern localities.

The dishes were selected basing on their cultural values,history, quality, as well as production, processing, preservation andcirculation technology, and economic values.

Vietnam's 121 typical dishes announced ảnh 2Vietnamese dishes on display at the event on December 22. (Photo: VNA)
VCCA Vice President La Quoc Khanh said that with the aim of restoring,preserving and developing the Vietnamese culinary culture, the association has implemented aproject to survey, introduce and collect data on Vietnamese cuisine as a firststep to bring the Vietnam brand to the world via cuisine.

By the end of 2022, the project has collected the data of421 dishes from 60 cities and provinces.

Vietnam's 121 typical dishes announced ảnh 3Artisans perform dishes at the event. (Photo: VNA)
VCCA President Nguyen Quoc Ky said that the association willcontinue to complete a database of 1,000 typical dishes of Vietnam in2023, thus making a Vietnamese culinary map in 2024 and building a Vietnameseculinary museum in the future./.
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