Two hundred domestic and foreign businesses have registered to take part in the first ever national rice festival slated for November 26-28 in the Mekong delta province of Hau Giang.
The festival will be co-organised by the Vietnam Food Association in association with the Vietnam Southern Food Corporation, government agencies and the Mekong delta provinces.
The three-day event, which expects to receive more than 3,000 visitors, will include rice symposiums and fairs, folk games and traditional music and art performances.
At the festival, a rice pot and nine pans of rice pancake filled with shrimp, meat and vegetables will be registered for Vietnam ’s records.