On the evening of April 8, at Binh Thuy District Square, Can Tho City, the closing ceremony of the 12th Southern Traditional Bread Festival in 2025 took place.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho city - said that the event was held from April 48, after 5 days of a series of activities at the Hung Vuong Ancestor's Commemoration Ceremony; the 12th Southern Traditional cake Festival in 2025 and entertainment activities in the city... attracted more than 500,000 visitors to visit and experience'.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan said that the Southern Traditional cake Festival is an annual event of Can Tho city to honor the cultural and culinary values of Vietnam in general and the value of Southern folk cakes in particular; contributing to promoting Southern folk cake specialties to domestic and foreign tourists; creating conditions for businesses and traditional cake making artisans to link, cooperate, and develop folk cakes into national brands.
This year, the festival is held with a scale of more than 230 booths along with many attractive activities, attracting people and tourists, such as: a promotional program introducing the giant banh xeo, the largest banh chung in the Mekong Delta; People's cake making experience program...
One of the highlight activities of the Festival is the Traditional Cake Competition, the bonsai ornamental plant competition and exhibition.
At the same time, the Hung Kings' Commemoration Ceremony at the Hung Kings' Temple in Can Tho City with many meaningful activities, photo exhibitions, thematic exhibitions, handwriting gifts, sports activities, banh tet and banh chung wrap competitions... created a joyful atmosphere to serve the people and visitors to worship and offer incense to the Hung Kings' ancestors.
