March 07, 2017 | 20:49 (GMT+7)
Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to be held
PANO – The Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region and the provincial People’s Committee of Dak Lak held a press briefing to introduce the organization of the 6th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival – the Central Highlands Gong Culture Festival in 2017 and the 4th Central Highlands Investment Promotion Conference.
The coffee festival is themed “Quintessence convergence – Identity promotion – Development connection” and will be held in Dak Lak province from March 8-13 with the opening ceremony to be staged at 8pm on March 10 at the central square of Buon Ma Thuot city. The gong cultural festival will be joined by more than 600 artisans from the Central Highlands provinces and foreign art troupes. The investment conference will be held on March 11, expected to attract 500 participants. At the conference, licenses for 10 investment projects in the region worth more than VND 83 billion will be granted.
Other events, such as street festival, coffee workshops, farming competition, elephant racing competition, dug-out boat racing, free coffee tasting, will also be organized.
The series of events aim at promoting the Buon Ma Thuot coffee brand, the cultural values of the Central Highlands, especially those of the gong culture, to the world and attracting more investment in the Central Highlands.
Translated by Huu Duong