Hanoi Lotus Festival is organised to promote and honour the beauty and cultural values of Thang Long, Hanoi, the land of Tay Ho, and the lotus.
The festival will introduce the unique values of lotus tea brewing along with the unique characteristics of lotus culture in the lives of the Vietnamese people.
The festival aims to strengthen links in the production, consumption, exchange, and experience of Hanoi lotus products with provinces and cities across the country while also promoting tourism and stimulating the potential for developing OCOP products of localities.
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Tay Ho District restores the lotus growing area around the West Lake area. Photo: Duy Linh. |
The festival will open at 8pm on July 12.
At the opening ceremony, the organising board will honour winners of the photo contest and perform a semi-realistic art show titled "Story of the Lotus".
At the event, 100 standard booths displaying OCOP products and regional specialties will be displayed and introduced; exhibition space to introduce and demonstrate products related to lotus such as lotus flowers, lotus silk, lotus sweet soup, lotus sticky rice, lotus sausage, lotus dishes, decorative lotus products, and lotus handicrafts. It will also display some lotus varieties from regions throughout the country and some precious lotus varieties of Vietnam and Hanoi.
Within the framework of the festival, Tay Ho District and related units will hold a workshop to preserve and develop Vietnamese lotus flowers; inaugurate the OCOP product introduction and sales centre on Trinh Street, Tay Ho District; open an exhibition of lotus installation art space and an exhibition of lotus photos in Vietnamese life; and hold a music night titled "Trinh Cong Son and friends".
Notably, on the occasion, Tay Ho District and functional units will organise the Green Journey Cycling Festival titled "Tay Ho Lotus Colour" with the participation of 7,000 people cycling around West Lake; and will visit and give gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and policy families in the district.
