At the festival, local cooks taught participants how to make a Chung cake, which is an essential delicacy during the lunar New Year holiday (Tet) in Vietnam. They also shared the legend behind this cake.
The Chung cake is a square glutinous rice cake filled with glutinous rice, fat meat, and green beans. These ingredients are wrapped in phrynium leaves and tied with bamboo strings.
Dressed in traditional Vietnamese costumes, Ringsaker from Norway expressed his love for participating in the festival multiple times. He appreciates the significance of the local delicacy and traditional Vietnamese culture during Tet.
Similarly, Kicki and Jorgen, a couple from Sweden, mentioned that they had heard a lot about Vietnamese Tet but had never tried making the cake until now. They found it to be an interesting task, although not an easy one.
Aside from the cake making activity, the festival featured other exciting programs such as a food festival, calligraphy writing, and traditional folk games.
A representative from The Cliff Resort & Residences’ Management Board stated that the cake making event aimed to provide international tourists with a deeper understanding of Vietnamese cuisine and culture.
Art programme to welcome Lunar New Year’s Eve
NDO – A special art programme, bringing together many renowned and world-class artists from abroad, who are returning to Vietnam for the first time with their families to participate in the Lunar New Year’s Eve programme, which will be officially broadcasted on Vietnam Television (VTV) at 9:15 pm on January 24 (the Lunar New Year’s Eve).
“Japanese Culture Festival” opens in Da Nang city
NDO/VNA – The Da Nang Museum held the “Japanese Culture Festival” 2019 in the central city of Da Nang on March 10 to introduce the beauty of the culture, land and people of Japan to locals and visitors, thus contributing to the strengthening of cultural exchange between the two countries and bilateral friendship.
Vietnam boasts street food in Moscow
NDO –The Vietnamese Street Food Festival, the eight of its kind, opened at the Hanoi-Moscow Trade Centre complex (Incentra) in Moscow, Russia, on March 8, with the aim of promoting the Vietnamese culinary culture to Russian people and international friends.
Hanoi to open 51 spring flower markets ahead of Tet
NDO – Hanoi has planned to organise flower markets at 51 locations across all its districts to meet the demands for shopping and entertainment on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2020.
Exotic fruits much sought after for Tet holiday
With favourable natural conditions, the Mekong delta region is home to diverse fruit species. When Tet (Lunar New Year) comes, exotic fruits are offered for sales to serve people’s demand.
