Chủ Nhật, 09/07/2017, 20:26 (GMT+7)
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Cai Rang Floating Market Festival 2017 opens

The Cai Rang Floating Market Festival 2017 opened in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho yesterday.

 

The event which runs till July 9 features a lot of cultural activities, such as perfromances of arts and southern cuisine, food fair, composite boat race, fruit arrangement contest, displaying giant banh xeo (Vietnamese traditional pancake), performance of Don Ca Tai Tu's music which has been officially recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

 

Cai Rang Floating Market is on the Hau River which is a part of Mekong Delta river basin. The market is a top tourism destination in Can Tho City and attracts a great number of local and international visitors every year. The UK’s Rough Guide has just elected the Cai Rang Floating Market as one of ten most impressive markets in the world.

Photo: VNA
Photo: VNA

Can Tho authorities have launched a project worth VND63 billion to preserve and develop the market from 2016-2020 with a vision towards 2030.

(Source: SGGP)

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