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Jan 2, 2024 | Food and Cuisine, Hanoi

List of 4 food in Hanoi in the top 121 typical Vietnamese cuisine

Food and Cuisine, Hanoi

Among the 121 typical Vietnamese culinary dishes honored in the period I-2022, Hanoi has 4 food on this list. It includes Hanoi Pho, snail vermicelli, Vong village green rice, and vermicelli thang.

The information of top typical Vietnamese cuisine

On September 29, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association (VCCA) organized the awarding of certificates for 121 typical culinary dishes in phase I – 2022. And they also announced phase II – 2023 of the project “Building and developing Vietnamese culinary culture becomes a national brand”. The number of participation is over 200 guests.

In order to find, restore, preserve, promote, and develop Vietnamese culinary culture to new heights, with the orientation of turning heritage into assets, VCCA has launched the Project “Building and developing Vietnamese culinary culture into a national brand, period 2022 – 2024”.

The Project conducts surveys and collects data to build a “Column of 1,000 typical Vietnamese culinary dishes” and converts that database into an “Online map of Vietnamese cuisine” and “Online map of Vietnamese cuisine” Online museum of Vietnamese cuisine.”

According to the Chairman of the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association, Nguyen Quoc Ky, the construction of the “Vietnam Cuisine Map” will contribute to honoring and preserving the cultural identity of Vietnamese ethnic groups, thereby becoming a driving force for economic and social development.

4 food in Hanoi is in the top 121 typical Vietnamese cuisine

In phase I of 2022, the Project received 421 culinary dish nominations sent from 60/63 provinces and cities, thereby selecting 121 typical Vietnamese culinary dishes.

Among them are 47 Northern dishes, 37 Central dishes, and 37 Southern dishes. The capital Hanoi has 4 food honored on this list. They areL

  • Hanoi Pho
  • Bun Oc (cold snail vermicelli, hot snail vermicelli)
  • Vong village green rice (rice cake, green rice cake, sticky rice with green rice, fried green rice)
  • Vermicelli thang.
Hanoi Pho
Hanoi Pho
Vong village green rice
Vong village green rice

At the ceremony, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration Nguyen Le Phuc emphasized that publishing a list of typical Vietnamese dishes is very necessary to improve the quality of local cuisine. The Vietnam National Tourism Administration will strengthen activities to promote Vietnamese cuisine to international tourism markets.

Bun Oc
Vermicelli thang
Vermicelli thang

Also, at the ceremony, the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association announced the Project “Building and developing Vietnamese culinary culture into a national brand” phase II – 2023.

Accordingly, the Project will implement the following contents and items:

  • Support localities to form a set of events and activities to promote the development of the culinary and cultural ecosystem
  • Domestic and international communication and promotion
  • Support digital transformation of local culinary, cultural activities on the same map platform, Vietnam Culinary Culture Museum.

In addition, the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association will deploy on the digital platform:

  • The compilation “Essence of Vietnamese Cuisine,”
  • Organize voting for “Delicious dishes from my Hometown,”
  • Organize the Vietnamese Tet Festival with culinary convergence activities across localities…

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