Mentioning Nga Bay, we don't just remember "The Mat Seller's Love"...

Mentioning Nga Bay, we don't just remember "The Mat Seller's Love"...mp3

Nga Bay City has just successfully organized the Tourism and Investment Promotion Week, with many highlight events. This is a land with many cultural and historical imprints and rich development potential. Now, when mentioning this place, we do not only remember the immortal old song "Love of the mat seller"...

Nga Bay City aims to become a "Safe, friendly, attractive and potential investment destination".

Event with many highlights

Mentioning Nga Bay city, we remember the intersection of seven rivers, which resonated in the vọng cổ song “ Tình anh bán mật” (The love of a mat seller) by the late composer Viễn Châu. For that reason, “Ngã Bay City - The rendezvous of seven rivers - Tình anh bán mật” (The love of a mat seller) was chosen as the theme of “The Second Nga Bay City Tourism and Investment Promotion Week, 2025”. This is the pioneering district-level unit of the province in organizing a tourism and investment promotion event for the second time, on a larger scale than the first time.

The culinary contest “Flavors of the River Region” was the opening activity of the week, with the participation of 12 teams, which are food service businesses in the city. From local ingredients, the teams prepared rustic dishes imbued with the identity of the river region such as: sour soup with banyan fruit, braised eel with snakehead fish, grouper crab, field crab hotpot, fish sauce hotpot, steamed chicken with pumpkin, shrimp with pineapple sauce,... And the first prize went to braised eel with snakehead fish from Nga Bay Pho Culinary Restaurant.

Ms. Lam Hoa Thanh, Nga Bay Pho Restaurant, shared: “The dish was inspired by the Liberation Day of the South, the reunification of the country, combining the traditional flavors of the North and the South into a new dish. The braised dish is a typical dish of the North and the grilled snakehead fish is a specialty of Hau Giang . Not only is it delicious, it is also good for your health because it uses all the ingredients from the countryside such as betel leaves, bananas, and eels.”

There are also new activities such as: Traditional rowing boat racing with the theme "Nga Bay overcoming the waves to reach far"; Workshop "Digital transformation and smart urban development - inevitable trends for sustainable development of Nga Bay"; Festival "Career guidance, enrollment consultation and job introduction - labor export",... The activities not only promote traditional cultural values associated with local tourism, but also suit the practical situation and socio-economic development orientation of the city in the coming period.

Expectations from Tourism and Investment Promotion Week

Coming to the week, locals and tourists can immerse themselves in the bustling atmosphere in the spaces of tourism; culture; cuisine - orchards; investment promotion; career guidance, recruitment and job introduction - labor export. Enjoy fruits, traditional cakes and typical dishes of the Nga Bay river region. Visit seven river branches and diverse tourist attractions, from historical (Historical relic of the headquarters of the Southern Armistice Committee), spiritual (Phung Hiep Temple) to fruit gardens and craft villages in the city.

Although studying far away, when hearing that her hometown was organizing an event on tourism and investment promotion, Le Kha Vy, from Zone 6, Nga Bay Ward, took the time to come back and attend. “As a child of Nga Bay, I feel very proud of the traditional cultural values and specialties of my hometown. The activities of the week have helped me understand and love the land where I was born and raised more, so that I can join hands to build Nga Bay to develop even more,” Kha Vy shared.

The organization of the week has affirmed the dynamism, breakthrough efforts, determination and aspiration of the Party Committee, government and people of Nga Bay city for the development of this land in the future. Ms. Nguyen Thi Ly, Vice President of the Mekong Delta Chefs Association, President of the Hau Giang Province Chefs Association, former Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the province, affirmed: "Through the week, we can attract and retain tourists when they come here. I believe that with the existing potential, Nga Bay tourism will continue to develop far and wide".

According to Mr. Le Hoang Xuyen, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nga Bay City: "With the goal of becoming a commercial, service and tourism development city of the province by 2030, Nga Bay focuses on economic development, prioritizing the fields of trade, service and tourism, improving the quality and standards of the city; promoting administrative reform, building a service-oriented government, digital transformation; developing culture, ensuring social security;... Determined to become a modern, smart city, a "safe, friendly, attractive and potential investment destination" in the hearts of tourists and friends near and far on the journey to explore the culture and tourism of the Mekong Delta".

With the theme "Nga Bay City - The rendezvous of seven rivers - The love of the mat seller", the week takes place for 3 days, from April 25 to 27, with many special activities such as: Culinary contest "Flavors of the river region"; Traditional rowing boat racing with the theme "Nga Bay overcoming the waves to reach far"; Famtrip "Nga Bay Tourism - Culture converging seven rivers"; Workshop "Digital transformation and smart urban development - inevitable trends for sustainable development of Nga Bay"; Art program "Nga Bay reaching out to develop"; Festival "Career guidance, enrollment consultation and job introduction - labor export" ...

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Source: https://baohaugiang.com.vn/du-lich/nhac-nga-bay-dau-chi-nho-tinh-anh-ban-chieu-141173.html