The festival, themed “Gender Equality,” draws the participation of 21 countries. It has 16 major activities,including film, food and fine art festivals.
Vietnam is one of the nine countries joining the foodfestival in the event, which has received great attention of not only theFrench-speaking community but also diplomatic delegations, internationalorganisations and foreigners in Singapore.
This is a chance for Vietnam to promote a number ofVietnamese food products that have been put into the retail system in Singapore.
The International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) comprises 88 member countries andgovernments from five continents. The community has a population of over 1billion covering all five continents, with more than 300 million French-speakingpeople.
This is the first time that the annual festival in Singaporehas been held under the sponsorship of the group of ambassadors representing 21 OIF membercountries.
The event will run through March 30./.