Nam O village’s fish sauce to feature at Foodex-Japan exhibition
The handmade fish sauce ‘Huong Lang Co’ (Ancient Village Savour) will be the only representative product of the central city participating in the Foodex-Japan 2023 – the largest international food and beverage exhibition in Asia on March 7-10.
A bottle of fish sauce ‘Huong Lang Co’ (Ancient Village Savour) brand produced at Nam O fishing village in Da Nang City's Lien Chieu district. (Photo courtesy of Tran Le Lam)
Da Nang (VNS/VNA) – The handmade fish sauce ‘Hu🍒ong Lang Co’(Ancient Village Savour) will be the only representative product of the centralcity participating in the Foodex-Japan 2023 – the largest international foodand beverage exhibitiඣon in Asia on March 7-10.
A source from the Japan-Vietnam Gastronomy Association (JVGA)confirmed that the Da Nang-based fish sauce and unique products from 62provinces and cities of Vietnam had been selected to display at the exhibitionin Tokyo. JVGA said the Nam O village-built fish sauce was seen as the onlyfish sauce product of Da Nang had qualified tests in terms of culture, naturallandscape promotion and food safety for showcasing at the exhibition, and thefish sauce is available ready in Tokyo for the food and beverage show. It said the exhibition would be a gateway to the Asia market and arendezvous of producers and customers. The handmade fish sauce brand, produced by the four-generationfishing family in Nam O village in the central city’s Lien Chieu district, haskept the traditional formula of the family for more than half a century. The fish sauce – which qualified for the premium certificate fromthe Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang in 1958 – will be on display at the Tokyo’sexhibition with two classes, including a one-year and two-year well-fermentedperiod, according to Nguyen Thai Nhat Huy marketing and sales representative ofthe fish sauce. The fish sauce trade of Nam O village was also recognised as aNational Intangible Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,and villagers annually produce 100,000 litres of fish sauce from 200 tonnes ofanchovy. The village has built safe and healthyfish sauce production standards such as non-chemical, zero-plastic,environment-friendly bamboo filters, terra-cotta jars, and glass bottles./.
Sa Chau village of Giao Chau commune in Giao Thuy district, the northern province of Nam Dinh, has long been famous for the traditional production of fish sauce whose pungent smell can grasp any visitor’s attention before they reach the village’s gate.
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A bottle of fish sauce ‘Huong Lang Co’ (Ancient Village Savour) brand produced at Nam O fishing village in Da Nang City's Lien Chieu district. (Photo courtesy of Tran Le Lam) 
