On the evening of April 26, the People's Committee of Can Tho City, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City organized the opening ceremony of the Southern Folk Cake Festival with the theme "Flavor of Heaven and Earth".
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep, Vice Chairwoman of Can Tho City People's Committee emphasized - Southern folk cakes are not only a unique feature in culinary life, but also play an important role in promoting tourism development in Can Tho City.
With that meaning, when coming to this year's Festival, in addition to enjoying the cakes, visitors can also directly participate in making cakes and experience the traditional processing process.
This creates high interaction, helping tourism not only stop at sightseeing but also become a cultural experience journey. The combination has created a unique tourism product for Can Tho City, contributing to promoting and promoting the city's tourism to develop more and more.
According to the Organizing Committee, this year's opening ceremony lasts about 70 minutes to serve people and tourists. In which, the art program is elaborately staged, gathering about 100 artists and actors from Can Tho City and Ho Chi Minh City.
The Southern Folk Cake Festival is an annual event organized by Can Tho City to preserve and promote Vietnamese culinary cultural values in general, and the value of Southern folk cakes in particular.
Through many years of organization, the festival has contributed to promoting Southern folk cake specialties to domestic and foreign tourists.
This is also an opportunity for businesses and artisans making folk cakes in localities to link, cooperate and develop in trade and tourism promotion activities.
