Foreign visitors viewing the medical herb products booths at the event. VNA/VNS Photo
HCM CITY: HCM City opened the first International Ginseng and Fragrance and Medicinal Herbs Festival on Le Loi street, District 1, on Friday (May 24).
Lasting until May 26, the event saw the participation of domestic and foreign businesses and localities with strengths in ginseng, flavouring and medicinal herbs from Canada, the US, the Republic of Korea, Japan, India, and South-East Asia.
The festival has 32 international trade booths and 25 local exhibition booths with nearly 70 products from fresh ginseng and products processed from ginseng such as Ngọc Linh K5 Ginseng. There are also nearly 40 Vietnamese ginseng booths such as Pho Ngoc Linh Ginseng.
The festival's activities will be live-streamed throughout the event. - Vietnam News/ANN
