ASEAN Embassies Partner in Promoting ASEAN Culture in 2021 Lao Food Festival

The Philippine Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, participated in the 2021 Lao Food Festival at Chao Anouvong Park in Vientiane, Laos. The Embassy partnered with the Embassies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Vientiane to promote ASEAN culture. The Lao Food Festival ran from 23 to 27 February 2021, and over 200 booths were featured during the event.

Visitors flock the Philippine Embassy booth to look at accessories and other Philippine-made products during the 2021 Lao Food Festival held from 23 to 27 February 2021 at Chao Anouvong Park in Vientiane, Laos. (Vientiane PE photo)

The Philippine Embassy sold Philippine-made products, namely fashion accessories, Likas papaya soap, Mama Sitamixes, Knorr Sinigang mixes, Nagaraya, and Goldilocks polvoron, among others. Ms. Beverly Unajan, a Filipino entrepreneur, also joined the event and sold a variety of nuts during the festival.

Philippine Ambassador to Laos Belinda M. Ante (left) and Singaporean Ambassador Leow Siu Lin visit booths during the Lao Food Festival, which aims to promote and support businesses owned by women entrepreneurs. (Vientiane PE photo)

The Lao Food Festival is an annual cultural activity in Laos, where Post actively promotes Philippine culture, cuisine, handicrafts, and tourism. The Embassy’s contribution in the event lends support to local Lao businesses, especially those owned by female entrepreneurs.

—
For more information, visit https://www.vientianepe.dfa.gov.ph or
https://www.facebook.com/vientianepe/.

Balikbayan Media Center

Balikbayan Magazine's Media Center serves an audience in 60 countries and 101 cities throughout the World to ignite, drive, and fuel the economic development, progression, and modernisation of the Philippines. Our Media Center curates only the most critical, vital, useful, entertaining, and sometimes amusing information released from both the public and private sector. Our editorial team strongly believes that a well-rounded and well-informed society is a thriving society.