Vietnam held festival on the border to attract Khmer tourists

Khmer festival in Vietnam border district next week seeks to attract Cambodian tourists

Friday, 09 December 2011
Posted by Serath

PHNOM PENH, December 9, 2011 (Cambodia Herald) - An ethnic Khmer cultural, sports and tourism festival to be held in a border district of Vietnam's An Giang province next week is aiming to attract Cambodian tourists, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.

The report said Cambodian firms planned to display their products at 15 booths during the five-day festival at Xuan Bien Industrial Park in Tinh Bien district bordering Takeo province while Vietnamese firms would have 50 booths.

"Ho Viet Hiep, deputy chairman of An Giang People's Committee, head of the organising board, said organising the festival in a border district like Tinh Bien will help attract large groups of Khmer people from Cambodia," VNA said.

The report said the festival starting Monday would include long-boat races, fashion shows of traditional Khmer costumes, traditional food, exhibitions and cross-border cultural exchanges along with cultural and scientific seminars as well as an annual ox race, a traditional event of the Khmer people living in the Mekong Delta.