Vietnam's colorful cuisine is becoming more and more known to international friends, not only pho and spring rolls, but also many other dishes that have attracted the attention of foodies around the world.

At the end of 2022, the World Gastronomy Awards ranked Vietnam as "Asia's Best Gastronomic Destination 2022".

In addition, many famous travel and culinary magazines have published articles praising Vietnamese cuisine and its gastronomic destinations.

Most recently, in late January 2023, US travel magazine Travel and Leisure ranked Vietnam as Asia's best destination for food, especially street food, in its "1 Asia Must Do List." The magazine also recommends the best places for tourists to explore Vietnamese cuisine, including Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City. Must-try dishes include baguettes and rice rolls. It says that if there is any food culture that has an irresistible, rich and delicious taste, it is definitely Vietnamese cuisine. In addition to beautiful natural landscapes, historical and cultural sites, Vietnam is also known for its unique, tempting and delicious cuisine.

The Travel, a well-known Canadian travel magazine, also published the 10 most attractive food culture countries in the world, with Vietnam ranking fifth in readers' choice. In addition to pho, it also recommends other dishes such as fried spring rolls, fried rice, and broken rice for visitors to try.

The Director General of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism believes that Vietnamese cuisine is gradually emerging on the world gastronomic map. This is a huge potential to attract tourists, especially foreigners.

Vietnamese food culture is rich, diverse, and refined, so it's no surprise that Vietnamese cuisine is highly regarded by international diners. Among them, Pho is known as the "Food Ambassador" and has contributed to the promotion of Vietnamese culture among international friends.

Lao Prime Minister Songsai Siphandon called for urgent action to set up immigration offices at Lao-China railway stations to facilitate inbound and outbound passengers.

The Lao Prime Minister presided over a special cabinet meeting and directed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, in cooperation with the Laos-China Railway Corporation, to designate areas within stations where immigration offices could be established.

On March 2023-3, 11, on the occasion of the visit of the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China to Laos, Laos expressed its willingness to work with China to promote the development concept of China-Laos-Thailand connectivity focusing on railway cooperation, and take the opening of the passenger transport function of the Laos-China border railway port in mid-April as an opportunity to welcome more Chinese tourists to Laos.

The governor of Pailin, Ms. Bans Raymond, led an investigation team to a company in China that processes and exports mangoes after more than 100 people signed a petition asking the provincial government to stop the company from discharging wastewater.

Bansraymond asked the mango processing company to stop discharging waste and sewage containing toxic chemicals into nearby rivers, affecting the living environment of nearby residents.

Bansraymond also asked the company to work with professionals to equip sewage treatment facilities to solve problems with technical means, and not to discharge wastewater to affect residents and pollute public water sources.

Recently, the Berlin 2023 was held as scheduled, at which the Green Tourism Destination Award, organized by the Netherlands-based Green Tourism Destination Foundation, was presented to encourage destinations that contribute to sustainable tourism development.

Among them, Ko Mak Island in Trat Province, Thailand won the "Governance, Reset and Rehabilitation" award in the Tourism Destination Awards in the above-mentioned tourism exhibition; A minority village in Mae Hong Son Province won the "Community Prosperity" award. The above awards have had a positive impact on the expansion of international visibility of the two tourist attractions.

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