“The Grapes and Wine Festival – Ninh Thuan 2016” will take place for three days from September 29 to October 1, said Le Van Binh, the Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan at the press conference in the afternoon of September 14.
This festival will be held at Square 16-4, Ninh Chu – Binh Son Beach, Binh Son Beach Park, Amanoi Resort, Po Klong Garai Cham Towers, My Nghiep Textile Village, Bau Truc Pottery Village, Phuoc Binh National Park, Nui Chua National Park, Cham Cutural Research Center and Museum of Ninh Thuan Province.
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| Ninh Thuan will host the Grapes and Wine Festival 2016. Photo: dtinews.vn |
The festival aims to promote Ninh Thuan’s people, landscape and image and introduce local specialties to Vietnamese and foreign tourists. It will also provide opportunities for grapes farmers, bussinesses and consumers to meet and seek for business.
According to Chau Thanh Hai, Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ninh Thuan, the festival, held at the same time with the annual Kate festival of the Cham people, also aims to promote special long-standing culture of the Cham following Brahmanism.
Seminars will also be held to call for the support of foreign embassies and international organizations to ensure that Cham Towers System and Kate Festival are made the world’s intangible and tangible heritage by the UNESCO.
The main activities of the festival includes wine and grapes fairs, conferences on wine and grapes and tourism promotion and the Kate festival. Street patin racing, walking, dragon dancing and kite surfing will be held during the three-day event.
The central province of Ninh Thuan has the largest vineyards in Vietnam, with 2,500ha mainly in Ninh Phuoc and Ninh Hai Districts and Phan Rang-Thap Cham City.
In February 2012, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) issued Decision No.194 certifying the geographical indication of Ninh Thuan grape products, which helps raise the value of Ninh Thuan grapes on the market.
Source: VNA