Trade Promotion Fair for OCOP products and regional specialties of Soc Trang

On the evening of November 9, in Soc Trang city, the Department of Industry and Trade of Soc Trang province organized the opening ceremony of the 2024 Trade Promotion Fair for OCOP products and regional specialties.

Artisan Huynh Ngoc Lan is making Banh Bau Soc Trang - a traditional cake typical of Soc Trang province, a blend of three ethnic groups: Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese.

This is an activity within the 6th Ooc Om Boc Festival - Ngo Boat Racing in Soc Trang, Mekong Delta Region and the 1st Soc Trang Culture, Sports and Tourism Week, 2024. According to the Organizing Committee, the 2024 Soc Trang OCOP and Regional Specialty Products Trade Promotion Fair will take place until November 15, 2024, with a scale of over 350 booths; including 250 general trade booths of enterprises, production and business establishments inside and outside the province and 50 booths of units and enterprises displaying specialty agricultural products, typical products, OCOP products of regions. Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Soc Trang province Dang Thanh Son informed that the fair will have main activities such as exhibitions introducing the socio-economic and cultural achievements of Soc Trang province, OCOP products, specialty products, typical products, key regions across the country; organize a trade conference, connecting the supply and demand of goods in Soc Trang province with businesses and distribution systems of provinces and cities. The fair also arranges an exhibition area associated with many comprehensive trade promotion activities of enterprises such as: Fashion, garment, cosmetics, wooden furniture, handicrafts, household appliances, plant varieties, street food area to introduce the art of making folk cakes, etc. Vice Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee Lam Hoang Nghiep said that Soc Trang province wishes to cooperate and develop the field of trade promotion with all provinces, cities and businesses nationwide, focusing on the market of Ho Chi Minh City and some provinces and cities in the Northern region. Along with that, the province continues to promote the development of e-commerce and e-commerce trading floors. At the same time, create many other distribution channels to help consume products stably and sustainably, creating close and effective links between organizations, supply enterprises, production facilities with enterprises, supermarket systems, and retail chains nationwide.

Many tourists from inside and outside the province come to visit and enjoy the food at the food festival.

Previously, on the afternoon of November 9, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Soc Trang province held the opening ceremony of the Street Food Festival with the theme "Soc Trang Flavor" in 2024. The festival took place from November 9 to 15, 2024, with 34 booths displaying, processing and introducing cuisine of food service establishments and artisans, attracting thousands of visitors to visit, experience and enjoy traditional specialties of Soc Trang province. According to Mr. Pham Van Dau, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Soc Trang province, the festival aims to preserve and promote the culinary cultural values ​​of Soc Trang province (the intersection of three ethnic groups Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese), practically serving the culinary enjoyment needs of people and tourists who come to visit and experience Soc Trang tourism on the occasion of the 6th Ooc Om Boc Festival - Ngo Boat Racing in Soc Trang, Mekong Delta Region and the 1st Soc Trang Culture, Sports and Tourism Week in 2024.

News and photos: Tuan Phi (Vietnam News Agency)

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