2020 International Food Festival opens in Hanoi
(VOVWORLD) - The 2020 International Food Festival, an annual cultural and charity fundraising event, took place in Hanoi on Sunday featuring around 100 pavilions representing embassies, foreign missions, non-governmental organisations, and foreign cultural centres in Vietnam.
Visitors to the previous festival. Photo: baoquocte.vn |
The event aimed to enhance cultural exchanges and mutual understanding among countries, introduce Vietnam to international friends via embassies and foreign cultural centres, and help local enterprises and provinces promote their brands and products.
All the proceeds from the festival will be donated to charitable activities to help handicapped people, orphans, and disadvantaged women nationwide, especially those in northern mountainous provinces.