Visitors to Ha Tien love banh bo, banh bao dum, and bun xiem lo.

Many tourists today were engrossed in enjoying palm cakes, banh tet, banh xeo, banh bao dum, xoi trung sam, bun ken, bun xiem lo... These are delicious dishes, typical of the culture of Ha Tien city.

Leaders of Ha Tien City and related units cut the ribbon to open the Ha Tien Tourism and Culinary Festival 2025 - Photo: CHI CONG

On the afternoon of June 20, Kien Giang Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center coordinated with Ha Tien City People's Committee to organize the opening ceremony of Ha Tien Tourism and Culinary Festival 2025.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Anh - Deputy Director of Kien Giang Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion - said that Ha Tien Tourism and Culinary Festival 2025 is a series of events of the traditional festival commemorating the 290th anniversary of the death of the town's founder Mac Cuu (1735-2025).

Through this festival, the locality hopes to have businesses introduce typical OCOP products in the province, especially in Ha Tien.

Chefs make delicious Vietnamese pho to treat tourists - Photo: HONG DIEP

The event is also a place for Ha Tien people to exchange and make delicious dishes such as palm cake, tet cake, pancake, dumpling, sam egg sticky rice, bun ken, bun xiem lo... or use fresh ingredients such as squid, crab, snail, grouper... in Ha Tien sea to make delicious dishes to serve tourists.

"We hope that through this event we will contribute to stimulating tourism and promoting Ha Tien as a destination in the eyes of tourists," said Mr. Viet Anh.

Many types of traditional cakes converge in Ha Tien to serve tourists - Photo: CHI CONG

Ha Tien Culinary Tourism Festival 2025 will feature many activities such as a space to introduce Ha Tien cuisine; a space to introduce and promote tourism, OCOP products, and Kien Giang's typical products; a workshop on "The Quintessence of Vietnamese Pho"; a contest to make traditional Ha Tien cakes; a contest to decorate beautiful booths; and a demonstration of rice noodles with sliced shrimp and pork filling. The event will take place from June 20 to 22.

"Today I came to Ha Tien for tourism. I found Ha Tien to be a truly poetic and beautiful land with sea, mountains and forests. The local people are very friendly and the food is especially delicious. Coming to this festival, I saw many delicious dishes, but my favorite is the unique Bun Ken dish," said Ms. Nguyen Thien Kim, a tourist from Dong Thap, happily.

Tourists come to Ha Tien Tourism and Cuisine Festival to enjoy delicious food - Photo: CHI CONG

Honesty

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/khach-den-ha-tien-me-lam-banh-bo-banh-bao-dum-bun-xiem-lo-20250620183742843.htm