Vo Thao holds the pill and eats all the delicious dishes from 3 regions.

On April 2, the folk culture festival "Fragrance and beauty of three regions" opened at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden with more than 50 booths, lasting until April 7.

This year's festival has more than 50 culinary booths featuring the three regions of the country - Photo: BUI NHI

This year, the festival has the participation of more than 50 typical culinary booths representing the three regions of North - Central - South.

Specifically, the North has stalls such as bun cha, banh cuon, bun oc... The Central region has bun bo Hue, mi Quang, che heo quay... The South has Chau Doc fish noodle soup, Soc Trang noodle soup, My Tho noodles...

There are also booths about traditional crafts and cuisine from neighboring countries such as Thailand, Korea...

Ms. Nguyen Ho Tieu Anh brings to the festival rose cake shaped like a map of Vietnam - Photo: BUI NHI

In particular, the festival also had the participation of artisan Ho Dac Thieu Anh - deputy director of the UNESCO Center for Southern Vietnamese Culinary Culture. On the first day of the festival, Ms. Anh and her daughter brought rose cakes shaped like a map of Vietnam, green bean cakes with Buddha's hand jam, tomato jam and green pumpkin jam.

Ms. Thieu Anh said: "My daughter and I bring here dishes made from ingredients grown by Vietnamese farmers. From there, we spread the message 'Vietnamese people use Vietnamese products', help improve the economy for farmers, take advantage of available ingredients in the country to promote Vietnamese cuisine and culture to international friends."

From early morning, hundreds of tourists from Ho Chi Minh City and abroad were present at the zoo to visit food stalls, watch artisans make figurines, draw masks of opera characters...

Mr. Zaelyu (from Bulgaria) enjoys experiencing a stage of making rice paper by hand in Vietnam - Photo: BUI NHI

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nhut - Deputy Director of Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden Company Limited - said that the festival is the opening event in a series of activities of the zoo and botanical garden, joining the atmosphere towards the 50th anniversary of national reunification.

Through this, the Zoo hopes to spread the cultural and culinary characteristics of the three regions to domestic and foreign tourists.

The festival runs from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. from April 2 to 7. Admission is free from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on festival days.

Some pictures of the three regions :

Many people wearing traditional costumes come to participate in the festival - Photo: BUI NHI

Ms. Tran Thi Bay (49 years old, living in Ben Tre) makes Son Doc rice paper at the festival - Photo: BUI NHI

In addition to enjoying the cuisine of the three regions, visitors can also participate in handicraft activities such as making pottery, painting opera masks... - Photo: BUI NHI

Many tourists immerse themselves in childhood memories with the once-popular toy - Photo: BUI NHI

Watching a hát bội performance is also an interesting activity at the festival - Photo: BUI NHI

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