Domestic and int’l cuisine highlighted in Festival Hue 2014

In the framework of Hue Festival 2014, from April 15th – 19th, an int’l cuisine festival was held in Phu Xuan Park, Hue City by Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism, Thua Thien Hue Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Thua Thien Hue Hotel Association.
The event attracted over 70 booths of Viet Nam’s localities and 7 countries and territories including Cambodia, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Taiwan (China).
Speaking at the opening ceremony, General Director of VNAT Nguyen Van Tuan said cultural tourism is one of the important segments of Viet Nam tourism development strategy. Thua Thien Hue is a land of cultural heritage, in which cuisine is considered as one of the most unique cultural values ​​ with over 1,000 traditional dishes including royal dishes under Nguyen Dynasty.
Visiting Hue on this occasion, tourists will not only have a chance to enjoy local and int’l specialties but also to see culinary performances of famous chefs.
In addition, there will be many exciting activities to bring new experiences to visitors in the festival such as food exhibition; “Beer Festival”; bartender performance; introduction of Hue cocktail trademark; cocktail made from local wines and some famous international brands of wine…
The int’l cuisine festival- Hue 2014 is an opportunity to promote cuisine culture of Hue and Viet Nam as well as to expand culinary cultural exchange, contributing to enhance friendship between Viet Nam and other countries in the region and around the world.