A Vietnamese street food festival entitled “Ici Vietnam Festival” was held on June 17 at Monge Square in District 5, Paris by the Vietnamese Association in France (UGVF) and the Vietnam Youth Association in France (UJVF).
This is the third year the festival has been organised, offering visitors opportunities to taste popular Vietnamese dishes and fruits. This year, visitors can also enjoy contemporary music, with the excitement of electronic music, pop and rap, performed by French-Vietnamese DJ-beatmakers.
They can also find books, meet with writers, and play Vietnamese folk games. On this occasion, Vinfast, a subsidiary carmaker of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, displayed its latest electric vehicles.
According to Jérôme Tham Vo My, a member of the festival’s organising committee, in 2022, the one-day festival attracted nearly 10,000 visitors.
He hopes that with the participation of about 30 businesses, this year’s event would attract more visitors than last year.
Ngo Minh Duong, owner of Thanh Binh Jeunes supermarket chain, said that the products he brought here were all from Vietnam, such as sugarcane juice, coconut water, lychee, mango, coffee, and tea.
The company also cooperates with the Graine de riz – Grain de vie Association to raise funds for disadvantaged children and families in Vietnam and Laos.
Ici Vietnam Festival is the idea of a group of young Vietnamese-French people who wish to organise festivals in various fields of film, art, painting and cuisine to promote Vietnamese culture./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency