Eighth Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to return next year
The eighth edition of the national Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival will be held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak next year after two postponements in 2021 and 2022 due to COVID-19.
A music performance celebrates the 7th Buon Me Thuot Coffee Festival held in 2019. (Photo: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) – The eighth edition of the nationalBuon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival will be held in the Central Highlands province ofDak Lak next year after two postponements in 2021 and 2022 due to COVID-19.
The festival is scheduled to take place in the provincialcapital city – Buon Ma Thuot – and several other districts between March 10 and14, 2023 under the theme “Dak Lak – A destination of world coffee.”
It will feature a series of events, including a provincialinvestment promotion conference, a coffee trade fair, a seminar on thedevelopment of coffee industry, a business-matching seminar and photoexhibitions on Vietnam’s coffee culture and the worldwide history of coffee, amongothers.
Additionally, there will be music performances, a streetcarnival, competitions for coffee farmers and baristas, a video-making conteston Buon Ma Thuot coffee and one for handicrafts made from coffee trees.
The event aims to promote coffee produced in Buon Ma Thuot andhonour coffee growers and businesses.
Buon Ma Thuot is home to some of the finest coffee in Vietnam. Coffee was first cultivated in Vietnam in 1857.
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A music performance celebrates the 7th Buon Me Thuot Coffee Festival held in 2019. (Photo: VNA) 
