Southern fruit festival 2010 returns to HCM City park

Specialty fruits and fruit-made artworks will be introduced to visitors during three summer months at Suoi Tien Cultural Park.
This year fruits will be displayed on boats placed around the campus. Visitors will enjoy around 45 species of fruits, including famous specialties like Cho Gao dragon fruit, Long Co Co pomelo, Cu Lao Dung pear-mango, Ba Den custard-apple and Cam Cao mango, along with 30 dishes processed from fruit.
Major activities will comprise a competition to make artworks and cuisine by fruit, the parade of magic seeds and gods of fruits, folk games plus the “Good and Safe Fruit” competition.
The festival will open on June 1 and close on August 31. This event is co-organised by the HCM City Department of Tourism and Suoi Tien Cultural Park to introduce the abundance of fruit in southern Vietnam. The festival will attract the participation of some international fruit associations from China and the US, among others.
Fruit will be sold around 20-40 percent cheaper than at outside markets.