Bun cha (vermicelli with grilled pork and fresh herbs) (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Festival-goers will be treated to specialties of the capital city whencoming to the 2023 Hanoi Culture and Food Festival scheduled for December 1-3 at the Thong Nhat Park.
According to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, highlightsof the festival will be a space to introduce regional and internationalcuisine, an area featuring the dishes of typical handicraft trade villages ofHanoi and other localities.
Besides, festival-goers willhave a chance to take part in folk games, cultural, art and foodexchanges; seminars on human resources development to facilitate the foodindustry.
The three-day event aims at honouring, preserving and promoting traditionalcultural and cuisine values of the capital city while developing andeffectively tapping the brand name of Hanoi culture, food and tourism andintensifying business cooperation opportunities in the locality.
For most Hanoians, com (green sticky rice) is one of the capital's most important symbols of gastronomy and elegance (Photo: VNA)It is also a chance to popularise the image of the thousand-year-old capitalcity as a unique tourism, culture and fooddestination to both domestic and foreign visitors as well as bolsteringpeople-to-people exchanges and friendship between Hanoi and foreign embassiesbased in the locality.
Several activities will be held within the event's framework, including a photo exhibition onculture, tourism and cuisine of Vietnam and foreign countries such as Denmark,Venezuela, India, Iran, Panama, and a mobile book exhibition tointroduce cultural art, tourism and food of countries in the world./.
