Pho Day brings 'Pho of Love' to Lang Nu

Pho Yeu Thuong - one of the main activities in the Pho Day program series - will come to the people of Lang Nu this year.

Students of Cam Loc 1 Primary School (Cam Ranh City, Khanh Hoa Province) enjoy hot bowls of pho from the Pho Yeu Thuong program - Photo: TRAN HOAI

2024 is a year full of hardship and pain for people in the northern provinces when storm Yagi and its circulation caused heavy rain, flash floods, landslides, and widespread flooding.

Notably, in Lang Nu village, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province, a flash flood suddenly occurred in the early morning of September 10, sweeping away 37 houses. As of mid-October 2024, local authorities determined that the flash flood had killed 60 people, with 7 people still missing...

With the desire that the series of events on Pho Day 12-12 is not only about culture and cuisine, but also about love, sharing, and full of emotions, Tuoi Tre newspaper cooperated with Lao Cai Provincial Youth Union and Bao Yen district to organize the program Pho Yeu Thuong 2024 at Phuc Khanh Primary and Secondary School No. 1 on December 11 and 12.

Here, the artisans of the pho restaurants participating in the program will instruct the women of Phuc Khanh commune and the teachers of Phuc Khanh Primary and Secondary School No. 1 on how to cook delicious bowls of pho.

Women will be directly involved in the pho cooking process.

Tuoi Tre Newspaper also gave meaningful gifts to 33 households in Lang Nu (households that have just received houses in the new resettlement area); teachers and all students of Phuc Khanh School No. 1. Each of 320 students will receive a gift bag including: backpack, dried pho, sausage and 1 million VND in cash; each teacher will receive a gift of 2 million VND in cash...

And of course, delicious bowls of pho cooked by famous chefs who have won high prizes in the Pho Day event, inviting all the villagers, students and teachers in the commune. It is expected that there will be 2,000 bowls of pho lovingly given to the villagers.

Participating in this year's Pho Yeu Thuong event are famous pho restaurants/shops, such as: Pho Thin Bo Ho (Hanoi), Pho 34 Cao Thang (HCMC), Pho S (Sam Ngoc Linh).

There is also the participation of two famous chefs in the culinary world such as Master chef Do Nguyen Hoang Long, "silver star anise" who specializes in cooking pho for family and friends to enjoy, Phan Quy Long.

In addition to the support of famous pho brands and chefs, Pho Yeu Thuong 2024 also received golden hearts of cash and in-kind support from HDBank, Greenfeed, Vietravel Airlines, An Nguyen Bao football team, Acecook, Saigon Cultural Corporation...

Pho Day 12-12 is an annual event initiated by Tuoi Tre newspaper and continuously organized since 2017 to honor and promote Vietnamese culinary culture. In 2023, Pho Day was held in Tokyo (Japan) and in 2024, it was successfully held in Seoul, Korea.

One of the main contents in the Pho Day program series is the Loving Pho activity, bringing pho to poor people and children in mountainous villages, border areas, and especially difficult areas.

Over the years, Pho Yeu Thuong has come to Ban Ma in Thanh Chuong, Nghe An; to Soc Bom Bo in Binh Phuoc; to children with cerebral palsy in Nam Dinh; to poor children in Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa; to people in Thieng Lieng island hamlet (Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh City); to children in shelters in Da Lat...

Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pho Yeu Thuong has also brought tens of thousands of bowls of pho to patients and frontline doctors and nurses at field hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ngay-cua-pho-mang-pho-yeu-thuong-den-voi-lang-nu-20241209235139449.htm