La Quoc Khanh, deputy director of the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told Tu Van va Tieu Dung (Consultancy and Consumer) magazine the participating countries include South Korea, Japan, China, Italy, Russia, Germany, France, the U.S. and Brazil.
The festival will open on the night of December 3 with a parade through Le Lai, Nguyen Thi Nghia and Pham Ngu Lao streets, highlighting the cultural diversity of the participating countries, The Saigon Times Daily reported.
It will be followed by a rock show on December 4 and a cooking contest for Vietnamese chefs as well as international folk music performances on the following day.
Visitors to the festival’s venue: the September 29 Park in the city’s downtown, will also have a chance to enjoy cooking presentations by international professionals and taste a wide variety of exotic food from outside the country.
The 4th “Taste of the World Festival” is organized by the HCMC’s People’s Committee, the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and local advertising firm Youth Advertising Joint Stock Company.
It is aimed at promoting international cooperation and boosting tourism in the southern city, one of the biggest tourism hubs in Vietnam.
The four-day event, the biggest of its kind, will cost about VND10 billion (US$559,221). About 80,000 visitors are expected to take part in the celebration.
Source: vietnewsonline.vn
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