Dong Thap lotus festival is organized on a provincial scale, taking place from May 16 – 19 at Van Mieu park, Cao Lanh city. The festival has nearly 30 main activities. Among them, highlight activities such as: announcing the first lotus lotus shipment exported to Japan; culinary contest of dishes made from lotus; lotus ao dai performance; space to introduce and display the value chain of the lotus industry, OCOP products…
At the press conference, Mr. Huynh Minh Tuan, Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee, said that Dong Thap has chosen lotus as its characteristic image and is determined to create the brand “Dong Thap – Land of Pink Lotus”.
To promote the lotus cultural identity, honor the lotus flower, and promote the cultural and economic value of products made from lotus plants, the 1st Lotus Festival in 2022 was organized by the Provincial People’s Committee and was a great success. beautiful, attracting over 100,000 tourists and people to visit, enjoy, experience directly at the festival space, with total revenue estimated at over 60 billion VND.
The festival event is not only valuable in promoting culture and tourism, but also affirming its inherent potential for Dong Thap to promote lotus economic activities, linking tourism development with the agricultural economy. Karma.
“Through this lotus festival, we hope to introduce local culture and tourism, promote the inherent potential to promote economic activities from lotus, and link tourism development associated with the economy. agricultural economy; Opens up many opportunities for connection and exchange of domestic and foreign businesses and people working in the lotus economy, helping the lotus industry develop to match its position and inherent potential,” Mr. Tuan emphasized.
Currently, the entire Dong Thap province has an area of 1,800 hectares of lotus, concentrated in the districts of Thap Muoi, Cao Lanh, Tam Nong, Tan Hong and Thanh Binh, of which Thap Muoi has the largest area with about 500 hectares.
