Mon Asia Food Festival opens in Quang Ninh (Photo: VOV)

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 diversity 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. Mrs Pham Huyen Trang, a visitor said: “This is my first time to visit such a big food festival. I am so excited to see professional chefs cooking and also learn some cooking tips from them. I hope that there will be more culinary events to be held in the future.”

Those who like adventure have a chance to experience balloon flying to get an overview of the festival from a height of 50meter or take part in the MonRun on Sunday to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims. The festival will last until this Sunday.