Online Travel Vietnam: A festival featuring cuisines from the North, the South and the Central of Vietnam is open today, July 6, in the central province of Phu Yen.

"The North - Central - South Cuisine Festival 2011" will feature 40 booths and showcase dishes from 25 restaurants from 14 cities and provinces across the country.

The festival, a highlight for the National Tourism Year in the South Central Coastal provinces - Phu Yen 2011, aims to honor the traditional cuisine as well as seek and develop high-quality foods to serve tourists, Le Mai Khanh, vice head of the festival's organising board, said.

The event at Thuan Thao Convention and Ecology Centre at 2 Hai Duong - Tuy Hoa City - Phu Yen province will run until July 9.

Source; Dtinews.