Australian Embassy
Vietnam

Media release - 3 March 2016

Taste of Australia 2016

 

Taste of Australia 2016 is a Vietnam-wide celebration of Australian food and beverage supported by the Australian Government, industry, and business partners that will take place in April 2016.

Taste of Australia 2016 will introduce a diverse range of Australian premium food and beverage products to Vietnamese importers, distributors, retailers, restaurants, chefs and consumers, and share Australia’s modern and sophisticated culinary culture and high-quality ingredients with the Vietnamese market.

In Vietnam, Taste of Australia 2016 will include an exciting program of events and promotions throughout the country, including supermarket promotions and cooking demonstrations; special menus featuring Australian dishes and wine-matching events at leading restaurants, hotels and resorts.  In Hanoi, a culinary competition involving executive chefs will take place along with dinners with leading Australian chefs which will be open to the public.

As part of Taste of Australia 2016, the Australian Government is bringing a delegation of exporters of premium products from Australia to Vietnam to introduce them and their products to the market, and undertake business-matching to grow brands and drive new business for both these exporters and their Vietnamese importers and distributors.

The Australian Government invites retailers, importers, distributors, restaurants and hotels featuring Australian food and beverage products to become partners of Taste of Australia 2016.

For more information please contact Ms Hoang Thuy Chi, Senior Business Development Manager at the Australian Trade Commission ([email protected]) for retail promotions and business development, or Ms Alison Keys, First Secretary at the Australian Embassy ([email protected]) for restaurant promotions.

Further information about Taste of Australia 2016 is available at http://tasteofaustralia.com.vn/  

For further information about this media release, please contact:     

Mr Tran Nam Anh, Senior Communications Officer, Australian Embassy

Tel: + 84 4 3774 0211, Email: [email protected]