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Project underway to create food map of 100 Vietnamese dishes

The Vietnam Culinary and Cultural Association (VCCA) is making a list of 100 delicious Vietnamese dishes across the country and creating a digital map for the list afterwards, reported Thanh nien (Young People) newspaper.
Project underway to create food map of 100 Vietnamese dishes ảnh 1An illustration of Vietnamese food map (Photo: kenh14.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Culinary and CulturalAssociation (VCCA) is making a list of 100 delicious Vietnamese dishes acrossthe country and creating a digital map for the list afterwards, reported Thanhnien (Young People) newspaper.

Surveys were conducted in five northern localities of NamDinh, Ha Nam, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho and Hanoi late March, with the participationof food artisans, VCCA VicePresident La Quoc Khanh said.

Project underway to create food map of 100 Vietnamese dishes ảnh 2Vietnamese 'banh mi' (Photo: VNA)

The association plans to build a list comprising 1,000 dishesnext year to create a database of Vietnamese food map.

The digital food map is projected to complete by 2024, Khanhsaid, towards the building of a Vietnamese cuisine museum in Hue former capitalcity.

Echoing the view, President of the Vietnam Chef AssociationNguyen Thuong Quan said that services and food safety standards are alsorequired in the building of such list.

The project is hoped to promote Vietnamese cuisine andattract visitors to Vietnam, as gastronomy may serve as a core value of thecountry’s tourism, said Dr Nguyen Thu Thuy from the University of SocialSciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Project underway to create food map of 100 Vietnamese dishes ảnh 3A bowl of 'bun oc' with banana and fried tofu cooked by a food artisan (Photo: thanhnien.vn)

Locality factors in cuisine popularisation as well asintra-sectoral and regional connectivity also have a great role to play in bolstering the value of Vietnamese cuisine, she stated./.

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