Pho Festival 2024: Preserving Van Cu Nam Dinh craft village, honoring Vietnamese pho

Come to the "homeland" of pho to learn how to make the traditional dish

Since the 1900s of the last century, people from Van Cu village, Dong Son commune, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh province began going to Hanoi capital to sell pho, from then on the delicious dish spread throughout the provinces and cities worldwide. country as it is today. This village is considered the "hometown" of Vietnamese pho craft with its original characteristics starting from a bowl of cooked beef pho. It is known that to make a bowl of traditional pho, besides the ingredients that must be selected properly, the people of Van Cu village also hold the secret to hand-coated pho noodles that meet the criteria of "soft, thin, chewy". ”.

During the Pho Festival, at the culinary area in Van Cu village communal house, the process of making the famous pho dish was carried out by artisans in the village, attracting the participation of a large number of people, domestic and foreign tourists. water. Attendees have the opportunity to manually roll pho noodles and enjoy beef pho with traditional, original flavors.

In addition, the event also includes activities to learn about the formation and development of pho over time through folk music performances at village festivals, rituals to worship the profession's ancestors...

Ms. Xuan - a tourist from Hanoi said: "As someone who often chooses pho for breakfast, I learned that this dish originated from Nam Dinh so I went to Van Cu village with my family to try it." observe and learn. Hand-roll pho noodles to create white, soft and chewy pho noodles, then directly enjoy hot, delicious bowls of pho; My family is very excited." 

In the grounds of Van Cu village communal house on the same morning, thousands of students from Dong Son Primary School and Dong Son Secondary School (Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh) enjoyed a bowl of famous traditional pho of Van Cu village and found Understand and experience how to create a delicious bowl of pho.

The activity of visiting Van Cu pho village is part of the 2024 Pho Festival to honor traditional dishes. At the same time, this is an opportunity to help tourists and residents learn and enjoy the flavors of pho associated with regional culture; contributing to promoting pho further on the map of world culinary elite. 

Efforts to develop Nam Dinh pho profession

To preserve the family tradition and original values ​​from their ancestors, pho makers from Van Cu Village gathered artisans to establish the Van Cu Pho Club, building the Van Cu Traditional Pho Association (under the Association of Pho Nam Dinh Culinary Culture Association). 

Artisan Co Nhu Doi, a son of Van Cu village, a 4th generation pho maker with more than 35 years of experience, shares his thoughts: "We want to make real quality dishes by making real dishes from scratch." The real people of Van Cu village. We are also thinking about building pho shops in Van Cu village with consistency in quality and signage to serve as a brand to identify with tourists."

Also on the morning of March 15, the Chin-su brand signed a cooperation agreement with the Pho Association of Van Cu village to join hands to protect, develop and honor the pho profession, contributing to preserving national culture and development. local economy. At the same time, Masan Consumer also awarded 3 million VND to support the Nam Dinh Provincial Culinary Culture Association in implementing the Van Cu pho heritage program.

The series of events held over 3 days in Nam Dinh province is expected to attract a large number of tourists. Through the Festival, the organizing committee aims to make pho become a "national brand", associated with the development of domestic and foreign tourism. Pho Festival 2024 is expected to become a step forward in the effort to make Vietnamese pho become an intangible cultural heritage at the national and world level. 

Dau Linh