The first-ever Quang Noodle Festival themed 'The Quintessence of Quang Noodles - Phu Chiem' is slated to take place at Thanh Chiem Village, Thanh Chiem 2 Village, Dien Phuong Commune, Dien Ban Town, Quang Nam Province from August 5 - 7.

During the Viet Thien Ngan Trading and Production JSC-organised festival, 20 households in Quang Noodle Village will participate in the final round of an on-site noodle cooking competition.

The juries of the festival will be Trinh Diem Vy who is a Honorary Member World Association of Chefs Societies, a judge of the Top Chef Vietnam 2019, and has been honoured by CNN as ‘Foodkeeper’ of Hoi An culinary; chef Truong Minh Phung - a cooking expert and lecturer at the Viet Nam-Australia Vocational College; Mr. Le Minh Duong - Quang noodle researcher, and some representatives of local leaders and professional associations.

Besides the cooking contest, there will be a bunch of fascinating activities, including an art photo contest about Quang noodles, a hexagonal poem competition about Quang noodles, the launching ceremony of the book entitled ‘My Quang: learning about culinary history and values’; an exchange programme about Quang and Japanese noodles, the display of OCOP products, folk games, and a whole lot more.

The Quang Noodle Festival 2022 aims to respond to major tourism and cultural events in Quang Nam Province and Dien Ban Town in 2022 such as the National Tourism Year 2022 themed ‘Quang Nam - A green tourism destination’, and the 420^th founding anniversary of the Quang Nam Palace, currently known as Thanh Chiem.

Also, the event contributes to preserving traditional values, and honouring Quang noodles making and cooking households in the Phu Chiem Noodle Village.

Reporting by TRIEU TUNG - Translating by M.DUNG