50 eel dishes from Nghe An will be present at the Nghe An International Culinary Culture and Tourism Festival

According to the organizers, up to now, there have been 100 booths from 20 provinces and cities across the country including Thai Binh, Hung Yen, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Bac Can, Binh Dinh, Thua Thien Hue, Ha Tinh, Soc Trang, Lao Cai, Hanoi, Lam Dong, Thanh Hoa, Phu Tho, Ha Giang, Gia Lai, Lai Chau, Phu Yen, Ho Chi Minh City. In Nghe An province, there are 16 restaurants, hotels and 8 districts, cities and towns participating. Notably, the festival also has the participation of countries such as Korea, Japan, Laos...

Nghe An International Tourism Culinary Culture Festival - 2019 is an opportunity for the tourism industry, hotels, restaurants, and typical products of localities to show off their talents, introduce, attract and seek cooperation opportunities for mutual development;

Western mountainous region dishes of Nghe An attract diners.

“Nghe An International Culinary Culture and Tourism Festival - 2019” is one of the main events contributing to the elevation of local culinary culture, to honor the outstanding cultural values, the history of the origin of dishes that captivate diners, promote the unique features, the quintessence of regional culinary culture of Nghe An in particular and Vietnamese cuisine in general to the local community and international tourists, bringing great humanitarian meaning and practical effectiveness.

Bringing the culinary culture of the whole country to Nghe An to perform, introduce and exchange with each other is a very meaningful work, of international stature, contributing to enriching and diversifying sustainable tourism services.

Cool fish from Giang river.

Coming to the Nghe An International Culinary and Tourism Festival - 2019, visitors will enjoy the culinary quintessence and hundreds of typical products of regions, areas and countries around the world, from the Northwest highlands (such as grilled chicken with mac khen, grilled fish with Northwest, thang co, sour meat, five-color sticky rice cake, humpbacked square sticky rice cake...), the Central Highlands, the river region with white rice and clear water (such as spring rolls with shrimp, coconut rice paper, gai leaf cake... or the culinary capital of Hue (nam loc cake,...), Hanoi (com cake, Thanh Tri rice paper rolls... to the culinary colors of countries such as: Laos, Thailand, Japan, China, Korea, Russia,... along with booth designs made from bamboo, creating a space imbued with traditional style that promises to attract people and tourists from all over.

Raw goat with lemon

This is also an opportunity for Nghe An units and localities to introduce and promote special dishes such as Lam River mussels, Hung Chau blood worms, Quynh Luu's vermicelli with dried fish and bean sprouts, seafood dishes made from Dien Chau sea rum, and Nam Dan rice cakes.

In particular, 50 eel dishes from Nghe An - Nghe An specialties performed by 25 famous chefs and artisans from the 3 regions of North - Central - South will create a unique mark for this year's Nghe An International Culinary Culture and Tourism Festival.

50 eel dishes from Nghe An will be present at the Nghe An International Culinary Culture and Tourism Festival.

Nghe An International Culinary and Tourism Festival - 2019 is accompanied by the White Lion beer brand and Vietnam Tourism and Transport Marketing Joint Stock Company (Vietravel) - one of the leading units in professional tourism organization in Vietnam, with the aim of enhancing the value and developing culinary culture into a tourism product to attract tourists to participate in the experience, so that every time tourists enjoy a culinary dish, they will immediately think of the land with that specialty. That is the local tourism brand.

1.At the "Nghe An International Culinary Culture and Tourism Festival - 2019", the White Lion Beer Festival will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., every day from July 17 to July 20, 2019. This is an opportunity for visitors to enjoy a new and attractive beer. White Lion is a beer brand of Masan Consumer Holdings, applying German double fermentation technology for the first time in Vietnam, for a surprisingly elegant and rich flavor, tested by German and Masan beer experts over the past 3 years. Each can of beer that reaches consumers has undergone more than 700 hours of elaborate fermentation to create a golden beer with a distinctive flavor. Nearly 32 product models have been developed and evaluated by beer industry experts before finding the "Most delicious and perfect" formula for White Lion beer.

2. ACTIVITIES TAKEN PLACE AT THE FESTIVAL:

Main activities:

1. Opening ceremony of Nghe An International Culinary Culture and Tourism Festival - 2019:
- Time: 19:30 - 21:30, July 17, 2019.
- Location: Festival Main Stage, Central Park - 01, Truong Thi, Vinh City.
2. Program to prepare and promote 50 eel dishes from Nghe An by 25 famous artisans.
- Time: 19:00 - 21:00, July 18, 2019.
- Location: Central Park - 01, Truong Thi, Vinh City.
3. Promote, introduce, exchange and experience typical dishes of Nghe An and other regions in the country.
- Time: 18:00 - 21:00, July 19, 2019.
- Location: Central Park - 01, Truong Thi, Vinh City.
4. Processing, displaying, and introducing traditional, folk, and contemporary dishes of Nghe An, Vietnam, and international dishes of international, domestic, and foreign units participating in the Festival.
White Lion Beer Festival Program
- Time: 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., daily from July 17 - July 20, 2019.
- Location: Central Park - 01, Truong Thi, Vinh City.
5. Event summary, honoring "CULTURAL VALUES OF NGHE AN - VIETNAM CULINARY CULTURE".
- Time: 19:00 - 21:00, July 20, 2019.
- Location: Festival Main Stage, Central Park - 01, Truong Thi, Vinh City.

Festival sideline activities:

1. The organizing committee and representatives of provinces and cities participating in the Festival offered incense and flowers at Ho Chi Minh Square.

- Time: 5:00 p.m., July 17, 2019.
- Location: Ho Chi Minh Square and Uncle Ho Statue.
2. Delegates from provinces and cities are free to visit Uncle Ho's hometown. Practically organize activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament (1969 - 2019) and Uncle Ho's last letter to the Party Committee and people of Nghe An (July 21, 1969 - July 21, 2019).
- Time: 08:00, July 21, 2019.
- Departure location: Central Park - 01, Truong Thi, Vinh City.