The association held that the project, which began in 2022 and is to run until 2024, will bring about a variety of benefits to people, producers and travel companies in Vietnam. The project will be implemented in three phases. In 2022, it focused on collecting data on 300 typical dishes of Vietnam and selecting the100 most outstanding dishes. This year, the project will focus on finding 1,000 typical culinary dishes. This data will be used to complete the "Vietnamese Culinary Map" by 2024, towards the construction of 3D virtual reality-oriented "Vietnamese Culinary Museum" and a real-life Culinary Museum to serve domestic and international visitors in the future. According to the World Tourism Organisation, culinary tourism is a unique advantage of each country, a strategic factor and an important driving force for tourism development. Vietnam is a country with rich culinary culture, including a defined delicacy in using and combining spices./.