The 2024 International Food Festival has the participation of 40 embassies, international organizations, local Foreign Affairs Departments, and domestic enterprises with a scale of more than 130 booths.
Delegates visit exhibition booths at the 2024 International Food Festival.
On December 8, the 2024 International Food Festival with the theme "Gastronomy of unity - Connected cuisine" officially opened at the Diplomatic Corps Area (298 Kim Ma, Hanoi).
Attending the opening ceremony of the Festival were Ms. Ngo Phuong Ly, wife of General Secretary To Lam; Ms. Vu Thi Bich Ngoc, wife of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; Ms. Mai Thi Hanh - wife of former President Truong Tan Sang; Ms. Nguyen Minh Hang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ms. Pauline Tamesis, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Vietnam, along with a number of Ambassadors of countries and Heads of international organizations in Vietnam.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Festival, Ms. Vu Thi Bich Ngoc - Wife of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Honorary President of the ASEAN Women's Group in Hanoi (AWCH) said that from 2014 to now, the success of 11 times of organization has created a very meaningful brand for the International Food Festival.
The festival has become an international cultural-culinary-diplomatic exchange event with the participation of many embassies, foreign cultural centers, local foreign affairs departments, businesses and sponsors, and agencies under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The program is also an opportunity to introduce Vietnam and its people to international friends, and at the same time, it is an opportunity for domestic businesses to promote their brands, products and business services to diners participating in the program.
After more than a decade, the International Food Festival, hosted by the Diplomatic Corps Service Department - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organized by related units, still retains its unique, fresh, vibrant features, and is welcomed and enthusiastically attended by visitors.
Promoting that spirit, this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to organize the 2024 International Food Festival to not only honor the richness and diversity of global cuisine but also emphasize that cuisine will be a "common language" - where people from different cultures find harmony and connection.
According to Ms. Vu Thi Bich Ngoc, this festival has the participation of 40 embassies, international organizations, local foreign affairs departments, and domestic enterprises with a scale of more than 130 booths.
Each dish, through each artistic performance, not only shares the quintessence of culinary flavors but also spreads stories about history and the beautiful traditional values of peoples around the world.
In addition, the money donated by benefactors over the past decade of the Festival has been used for charitable activities, helping orphans, the disabled, poor women and those in difficult circumstances across the country.
"We hope that this year's program will continue to receive your support to spread love, help more unfortunate lives, and multiply the good values and humane meaning of this event," Ms. Vu Thi Bich Ngoc emphasized.
Expressing her joy at attending the 12th International Food Festival, on behalf of the United Nations in Vietnam, Ms. Pauline Tamesis, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, congratulated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on successfully organizing this Food Festival.
"As a country with a rich and diverse culinary culture, Vietnam is a great place to host the International Food Festival. Vietnamese dishes with clean ingredients, pure flavors and sophisticated preparation techniques will be proudly introduced alongside the culinary quintessence of more than 60 countries and territories. This is the pinnacle of culinary art. From the fragrant spices of Southeast Asia to the savory dishes of Europe, the Food Festival brings a world of culinary experiences," said Ms. Pauline Tamesis.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam said that in addition to the culinary imprint, the Festival is also an opportunity to strengthen international cooperation, share thoughts on growing global challenges such as the transformation of the agri-food system and future food; affirming that the United Nations in Vietnam will continue to accompany the Vietnamese Government and relevant parties in the issue of transforming the agri-food system.
At the opening ceremony, the wives and leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations in Vietnam presented commemorative medals and thank-you letters to representatives of sponsors and booths and visited the booths./.
According to VNA
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