Food enthusiasts throng river festival in Ho Chi Minh City
Sunday, June 02, 2024, 14:56 GMT+7
Foodies packed Le Loi Boulevard in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday evening to explore a wide array of delicious dishes as part of the city’s second River Festival held between May 31 and June 9.
Featuring 24 booths, the cuisine event offers visitors a taste of typical dishes, cakes, fruits, and products of many locales from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm daily from Friday to Sunday this week.
As the second day of the culinary event fell on a weekend, it drew huge crowds including both international visitors and the locals.
Minh Diem, residing in Phu Nhuan District, joined her friend to explore the food space where she sampled a variety of tasty dishes and experienced the festive vibe of the place.
Tran Quang Khai, the owner of a food stall offering Vietnamese rice pancakes, revealed that he sold around 450 pancakes on Friday and more than 650 on Saturday.
Khai praised the event organizer for the better set-up and compliance with food safety rules than the previous events.
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| Tran Quang Khai, the owner of a food stall offering Vietnamese rice pancakes at a cuisine space of the ongoing Ho Chi Minh City River Festival, offers 20 free-of-charge pancakes to security guards and sanitation workers who are on duty at the food event. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| A food stall offering southern Vietnam’s traditional sweets draws a huge crowd. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| A YouTuber is seen filming a scene of the culinary event held along Le Loi Boulevard in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| Minh Diem, residing in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan District, joined her friend to explore the food space held along Le Loi Boulevard in District 1, where she sampled a variety of tasty dishes and experienced the festive vibe of the place. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| Walkways at the culinary event are crowded with visitors. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| Apart from sampling various dishes, visitors can enjoy river-themed music performances. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| A group of British visitors explore the vibrant atmosphere of the culinary event. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| Visitors experience a waterway tour along the Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Canal on May 31, 2024 as part of the ongoing Ho Chi Minh City River Festival. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| The organizer of the ongoing Ho Chi Minh City River Festival set up a floating market to serve visitors. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| The organizer of the ongoing Ho Chi Minh City River Festival set up a floating market to serve visitors. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| The organizer of the ongoing Ho Chi Minh City River Festival set up a floating market to serve visitors. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| The food event offers a wide range of food specialties. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| Food lovers wait for their food orders. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| The culinary event offers foodies a chance to savor a taste of typical dishes, cakes, fruits, and products of many locales. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| The culinary event opens from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm daily from May 31 to June 2, 2024. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| The culinary event offers foodies a chance to savor a taste of typical dishes, cakes, fruits, and products of many locales. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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| The culinary event offers foodies a chance to savor a taste of typical dishes, cakes, fruits, and products of many locales. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre |
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