Nearly 2,500 French-style dinner dishes will be prepared at restaurants and French embassies in 150 countries around the world during the Good France 2019 event, according French Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Vincent Floreani.

Visitors taste French foods at the French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City 

Vietnam has the seventh most restaurants registering for the fifth edition of the culinary event.

Professional chefs will cook French-style dishes using materials from France and Vietnam.

Floreani said visitors are able to explore various kinds of French foods which differ from to region to region.

He hoped through the event, more people will know about French cuisine from the selection of materials, recipes and processing to food arrangement and decoration.

During the event, Ho Chi Minh City will host an activity to introduce French-style breakfast, a workshop on balanced and healthy diets, introduce French culinary training programmes and screen movies featuring French and Vietnamese cuisine.-VNA