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Southern Fruit Festival 2012: Special attraction Southern land

Cai Mon durian, mango Ha Loc, press down, Lai Thieu mango steen, rambutan, ... are the fruits of the South have consumption less than 10 tons per day. Information organizers South Fruit Festival 2012, said that after five days of festivities at the Fairy Stream cultural tourism (District 9, Ho. Ho Chi Minh City).
South Fruit Festival

Vietnam South Fruit Festival 2012

In areas of floating fruit, 70 fruit specialty stores always crowded southern buyers and sellers. Fruitsare displayed on the boats, to recreate the scene "of fruit floatingmarket" traditional, Southern-cultural. Year, floating fruit more than45 kinds of fresh fruit, low-cost thanthe market from 20-40%. According to La Quoc Khanh - Deputy Director,Department of Culture Sports and Tourism Ho. Ho Chi Minh, head of thefestival, this year in addition to the traditional specialties of eachlocality, SouthernFruit Festival adds about 300 portfolio strange fruits like pears cateyes, lizards, trumpet hear, plum rice, horn toads, osaca, vacdona LongThanh, ...; along with a number of tubers, Largefruit, such as squash weighs 60 kg, 9 kg coconut, lemon 6 kg, 3 kgmango, ... In addition, some specialty fruit of the northern and centralprovinces, Tay Nguyen also organizers are creating conditions for display at the festival.

Accordingto festival organizers, expected consumption of fruit at the festivalwill reach over 1,000 tons in the three summer months. Theaverage festival welcomed around 5,000 visitors per day and cross themin the first five days festival has about 24,000 people to visit,entertainment and shopping. "Visitorsto the festival not only to enjoy the fruit, farm produce marketparticipants, fruits contests Southern annual tradition, but also to thefestival to participate in the parade" Summer Dance - Time page of fruits ", and many culinary activities, visual arts, established a unique record at the festival. Typicaldishes such record is made with a variety of roots and fruits, withabout 30 different kinds of fruits and roots, including ginkgo, pumpkin,sweet potato, taro, potatoes, purple potatoes, carrots, melon,green beans, white beans, fresh lotus, banana porcelain, rice noodles,vanilla, ... special dish called "School of Life Assembly results threedecimal binary" 10 chefs to cook, serve visitors during May 6-2012. "
South Vietnam Fruit Festival

Fruit stores in Festival 2012

Traditionalcontest "Left Delicious - Safety" 4th of this year has met the variouscriteria of product quality, as well as local specialty brand South. Thecontest has created a special highlight in festival,the island attracts many of the participating growers, introducing manynew varieties with good quality and high productivity.

According to city Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. HoChi Minh, outside activities competitions, exhibitions, food, fruit isan integral part of the festival is active in agricultural markets. Thisyear, there are many kinds of farm produce markets for agriculturalproducts processing of, agricultural products, products for productionand technology - support services. Expected to operate in agricultural markets will attract 2500-3000 visitors per day. /.