(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Culinary Culture Association has started a program to select and honor 100 exquisite Vietnamese dishes for a food festival, which is set to take place at the end of this year.
 Some special dishes of the northern province of Nam Dinh are introduced to members of the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association. |
The Association is collaborating with experts and culinary artists from across the country to develop a search strategy and compile a list of 100 traditional Vietnamese foods and beverages from each of the country's three major regions: north, central, and south.
The centerpiece of this initiative will be the creation of a gourmet festival with 100 traditional Vietnamese cuisines and beverages by the end of 2022.
The Association is also expected to create a culinary map linked with tourist destinations in Vietnam.
“We are working on both foods and beverages. Vietnam’s tea industry has a long history and a vast area of tea cultivation. 34 of 63 provinces and cities in the country have tea plantations," said Tea artisan Nguyễn Ngọc Tuấn, a member of the Association’s Artisans Council.
The overarching goal of the program is to maintain and honor Vietnamese culinary and cultural values, preserve and develop a culinary culture among locals, and educate the next generation about Vietnamese cuisine's unique identity, according to Nguyen Quoc Ky, chairman of the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association.