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Southern Fruit Festival 2014 to take place
Aiming to honor achievements in agricultural sector of Southern and Vietnamese people at the same time contribute to promoting and introducing
Ho Chi Minh City tourism to international and domestic visitors, the annual
Southern Fruit Festival has become the most awaited cultural event of Ho Chi Minh City every summer.
![]() Special fruits of Tien Giang in the Southern Fruit Festival The Southern Fruit Festival 2014 is scheduled to open on June 1st and close on June 8th in Suoi Tien Cultural Park. The event sees the attendance of trade-tourism businesses, agriculture import-export units, gardeners, artisans from 21 provinces and cities in the Southern region and neighbors, especially consulates of countries in Ho Chi Minh City such as United States, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Republic of Korea, India, Malaysia, etc. Joining the festival, visitors are offered chance to visit market of fruit and craft products with about 50 stalls introducing and selling fruit specialties such as Hoang Gia pomelo (Vinh Long Province); Hoang Hau dragon fruit (Long An Province); Luc Ngan lychee (Bac Giang Province); Cai Mon durian (Ben Tre Province); Sa Dec star apple, Hoa Loc mango (Dong Thap Province); Vinh Kim seedless guava (Tien Giang province); Lai Thieu mangosteen (Binh Duong Province); Tan Trieu Bien Hoa pomelo; Long Thanh jackfruit; Vinh Cuu orange (Dong Nai Province); Sapa Peach (Lao Cai Province); plum (Lang Son Province); custard apple (Tay Ninh Province); Hoang Kim melon (Hau Giang Province), etc. ![]() Variety of tropical fruits in Southern Fruit Festival During the festival, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with Suoi Tien Cultural Tourist Corporation will organize the 5th contest of Southern delicious and safe fruit with the participations of gardeners, cooperatives and enterprises from 21 provinces and cities in the South. In the framework of the contest, besides two main parts including the contest of delicious and safe fruit and the exhibition on uncommon fruit, there are also the workshop “Exchanging, connecting supply and demand to build consumer channel of Southern fruit”, farmer quiz, lucky draw...
Additionally, the Southern Fruit Festival also attracts visitors by many cultural performances on fruit (fruit fashion parade, fruit carnival, visual arts with fruit), display and exhibition on lotus, folk games, especially the show of Don Ca Tai Tu to honor the unique art type recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. |
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