A wide range of agricultural and specialty products are on display at the Regional Agricultural and Specialty Product Festival being held at Gigamall in HCM City’s Thu Duc city from April 28 to May 2. (Photo: VNS/VNA)Ho Chi Minh City (VNA/VNA) - More than 1,000agricultural and specialty products from over 20 provinces and cities acrossthe country are being exhibited at Gigamall in HCM City’s Thu Duc city as partof the Regional Agricultural and Specialty Product Festival.
The products meet quality standards accepted in the country suchas VietGap, organic, HACCP and ISO, and also have High-quality Vietnamese goodscertification or geographical indication, or are typical agricultural productsunder the national Once Commune One Product programme.
Besides buying products at “special prices”, visitors to thefestival can also listen to business stories shared by start-ups and othercompanies and co-operatives, experience traditional silk weaving by the ethnicThai people, witness the process of making herbal soaps and natural essentialoils, and learn how to make sweet soups, traditional cakes and special dishesfrom different regions.
Organised from April 28 to May 2 by the Business Association ofVietnamese High Quality Products and Gigamall with the support of USAID'sImproving Private Sector Competitiveness project, the event will also feature amusic night to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the recognition of ‘Don ca taitu’ (southern folk music) as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, a gameshow, and a panel discussion on green lifestyle – healthy foods.
Pham Nguyen Thai Huy, deputy general director of the GigamallVietnam Service Trading Investment JSC, said the programme aims to enablestart-ups and traditional craft villages to show off their products tocustomers in the city.
After the festival, the company will continue to maintain linkswith businesses and co-operatives to help display and sell their products atthe supermarket, he said./.
