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Traditional Cakes and Dishes Featured at An Giang's Festival

02/08/2026

Hundreds of unique traditional folk cakes and signature dishes from southern provinces and cities, as well as many other localities nationwide, are available at the Southern Traditional Cake Festival held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

The festival attracts a lot of visitors. Photo: VNA

The event has some 300 stalls featuring cakes and dishes as well as a fair for OCOP (one commune one product) specialties and typical agricultural products. Cuisine artisans and chefs offer live demonstrations of various cakes and instruct visitors on how to make them. It creates a distinctive cultural and culinary space, attracting a large number of locals and tourists.

Visitors can taste bun ken Ha Tien (vermicelli with fish floss, fresh herbs and vegetables in thick broth). Photo: VNA

Banh tet ngu sac is a vibrant, five-colored traditional Vietnamese cylindrical sticky rice cake, featuring natural hues like green, purple, red, yellow, and white from natural ingredients and wrapped in banana leaves. Photo: VNA

Different kinds of signature sweet and savoury cakes are featured at the festival. Photo: VNA

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Hanoi Ranks among World's Top 10 Street Food Cities

31/07/2026
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Hanoi has been ranked eighth among the world's top 10 cities for street food in a new study by Radical Storage, an online luggage storage platform operating in the travel technology sector, cementing the capital's appeal as a culinary destination for international visitors.