The 2nd
Mekong Tourism Festival is set to be held in southern
An Giang Province February 23-26 next year to promote
the rich tourism potential of the Mekong Delta region,
according to Thanh Nien Online.
The festival will take
place mainly at the Chau Doc Municipality and the provincial
capital of Long Xuyen.
The programme will include
a trade and tourism fair, a rural food festival, a tour
guide competition and a seminar on developing tourism
in Mekong River region. All will take place in Long
Xuyen, which lies some 50km southeast of the Vietnamese/Cambodian
border.
Chau Doc will be the
venue for the art and cultural festival with the participation
of art troupes from the Kinh (Viet), Hoa (Chinese),
Cham, and Khmer communities in the Mekong Delta. In
addition, fashions show will feature Tan Chau silk,
a well-known traditional handicraft indigenous to An
Giang Province.
The
Mekong Tourism Festival is scheduled to be held in the
13 Mekong Delta provinces on a rotating basis every
two years.- 02 Dec Thanhnien news |
