Opening ceremony of the photo exhibition 'The beauty of Italian rice agriculture ' organized by the Italian Embassy in Vietnam at the Italian Cultural Center, Hanoi.
Through the works on display, the exhibition 'The Beauty of Italian Rice Agriculture' reflects the history of rice cultivation in the boot-shaped country in agricultural production regions such as Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto and Sardinia.
Mr. Marco Della Seta - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Vietnam
"The Beauty of Italian Rice Agriculture" tells the history of rice cultivation in Italy through photographs. Italy is Europe's leading rice producer, from the early days more than 500 years ago to today's precision farming techniques to monitor new rice lines for the future. Every year, in Italy, people can admire the "checkered sea", a landscape of rice fields winding through Italy's major rice growing areas, highlighting the link between rice cultivation and environmental protection.
The Italian Ambassador to Vietnam shared with the press: Italy has been the leading rice producing country in Europe for more than 500 years with an area of 220,000 hectares and an average yield of 1 million tons of rice per year.
Speaking at the ceremony, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Marco Della Seta, shared that Italy has been the leading rice producer in Europe for more than 500 years with an area of 220,000 hectares and an average output of 1 million tons of rice per year. Similar to Vietnam, the rice industry plays a central role in Italian history, society, economy and cuisine. 'The rice industries of Vietnam and Italy have many similarities. Both countries have irrigation works, large canals... or similarities in rice cultivation and production... However, because of many similarities, the rice industries of the two countries do not compete. The rice varieties grown in Italy are very different from those in Vietnam. Italian rice varieties are starchy and are cooked in a paste form into Risotto. "We cannot cook Risotto with Vietnamese fragrant rice and vice versa, we cannot cook Banh Chung with Italian rice," Ambassador Marco Della Seta analyzed.
Rice cultivation has always been of great importance to Italy.
Rice cultivation has always been of great importance to Italy. More than 500 years of rice cultivation have marked a unique historical, cultural and architectural heritage in the Italian and European agricultural landscape. The exhibition also celebrates the similarities between Italy and Vietnam in the cultivation of this important cereal. Indeed, rice cultivation has always been of great importance to both our countries, which boast important culinary traditions , in which rice is the main ingredient of various traditional dishes, from Risotto to Banh Chung. The exhibition will be open to visitors free of charge until Thursday 14 March.Embassy of Italy
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