Int'l culinary festival to be held

The event aims to promote Vietnamese specialty and foreign dishes while creating opportunities to promote regional and international friendship and cooperation.

The booths will be arranged into various zones, including international corner, Vietnamese corner, street food, special corner and entertainment corner.

Special dishes of many countries in the world, including Thailand, Vietnam, Italy and Argentina, will be highlighted at over 100 booths of the four-day festival in Le Van Tam Park, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

Besides food sold to hundreds of thousands of visitors, the event will also showcase artworks made from fruits and vegetables, and feature a talkshowabout Viet Nam's lunar new year festival and many music shows.

The event, jointly held by the municipal Department of Tourism and the Viet Nam Tourism Association, draws the participation of foreign countries like Denmark, Argentina, Italy and Thailand.

                                                                                                                                            By Vien Nhu