Promote culture and tourism of Dong Thap province through the Lotus Festival

On April 25, at Thuan Hieu Ecotourism Area (Truong Xuan commune), Thap Muoi district, the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Dong Thap Lotus Festival in 2024 held a Press Conference to announce information about the Dong Thap Lotus Festival.

Informing the press, comrade Huynh Minh Tuan, Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Dong Thap Lotus Festival in 2024, said that Dong Thap has chosen lotus as its characteristic and determined image. 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 from the lotus plant, after the success of the first Lotus Festival in 2022, in 2024 the province will continue to organize The second Festival, with the theme “Radiant lotus color”.

Comrade Huynh Minh Tuan also said that through the 2024 Lotus Festival, Dong Thap province wants to introduce local culture and tourism, promote the inherent potential to promote economic activities from lotus, linking tourism development with 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 inherent position and potential.

Within the framework of the Lotus Festival, many exciting activities will take place, such as: Opening Ceremony Program with the theme “Radiant Lotus Color”; International Workshop on Lotus; Workshop on Improving the value chain of lotus industry in Dong Thap province; Announcing the first batch of lotus exports to Japan; International lotus exhibition space; Lotus River; Culinary contest of dishes made from lotus; Lotus Food Street; Exhibition of Southern art photos, paintings and ceramics with the theme of Dong Thap Lotus; Trekking between Lotus season – Tram Chim; Lotus experience tour…

Along with that, the large landscapes and miniature landscapes of the Festival will be unique spaces about lotus, along with attractive activities such as: Making a Vietnam Map from lotus; lotus ao dai parade, with the participation of 5,500 Dong Thap women; lotus space with 66,000 lotus pots, with more than 57 lotus varieties; The 2024 Mekong Delta – Dong Thap Industry and Trade Fair brings together 250 booths from the Mekong Delta provinces and the whole country; space to display the lotus industry chain, introducing OCOP lotus products and over 120 lotus products…/.