fare during a six-day festival that started on Oct. 6 at Ho Tay Park on
Lac Long Quan Street to mark the capital's millennium.
About 500 dishes – three-fifths of which will be Hanoian, will be available at 130 stalls.
Pho (rice noodle soup), banh cuon (rice pancakes wrapped with meat),
bun thang (rice vermicelli served with shredded chicken, pork pies and
fried egg) and bun cha (rice vermicelli served with grilled pork) will
be among Hanoi 's signature dishes available at the festival.
Replica of gates at Hanoi 's Dong Xuan Market, Hue 's Dong Ba Market
and HCM City 's Ben Thanh Market have been erected to represent
the three regions of the country.
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festival will also have a cultural space featuring re-created scenes of
Confucian calligraphers, a traditional Hanoian wedding, an exhibition of
Dong Ho folk paintings and a photo exhibition on Hanoi .
There will also be folk games such as swing and walking cau khi (trunk bridge) and cock fighting.
Entrance to the festival is free. Guides will also be on hand.
Hanoi 's cuisine has been influenced by successive dynasties,
which give visitors a perfect insight into the local culture, organisers
said.
"It's a chance for Hanoi to advertise its
cultural values and delicacies to international visitors," said Truong
Minh Tien, deputy director of the city's Department of Culture, Sport
and Tourism, which organised the event./.
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