Mon Asia Food Festival kicks off in Quang Ninh

The Mon Asian Food Festival – MAFF 2018 opened in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 27^th.

At the opening day of the Mon Asian Food Festival – MAFF 2018. (Photos provided by organisers)

The festival, themed “Ha Long - Heritage, Wonder, Friendly Destination”, forms part of activities in celebration of the National Tourism Year – Ha Long – Quang Ninh 2018. It aims to promote Vietnam’s tourism and the essence and persity of the culinary and cultural characteristics of Asian countries.

On the first day of the event, visitors enjoyed various special art programmes such as traditional Myanmar dances, cooking performances of well-known chefs Duong Hai Anh and Steven Long, and a music show with the presence of famous singers like Huynh Tien, Duong Edward, Yanbi, Ngoc Anh and My Tam.

Cooking performances of Chef Duong Hai Anh at the festival.

More than 100 food booths are being placed to give the festival-goers a chance to enjoy food by regional and Vietnamese chefs. Visitors will have chance to a series of activities featuring food persity and cultural characteristics from the countries taking part, such as Japan, South Korea, Myanmar, Laos and Singapore.

Those who like adventure have a chance to experience balloon flying to get an overview of the festival from a height of 50meter to give festival-goers a birds-eye view of the activities below or take part in the MonRun on April 29^th to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

Runners will be given a T-shirt and two bags of food colour powders to throw each other during the race. The people who run to the end of the road will be awarded VIP tickets to the festival’s concert at night.

The festival will last until April 29^th.

A music show with the presence of famous singers on April 27^th night. (Photos provided by organisers)

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