The 2010 World Food Festival came to an end in Vung Tau City in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on July 25, earning VND8 billion from sales of food.

During the five-day event, there were nearly 500,000 visitors eating 20 tonnes of food on average a day.

The festival attracted outlets from 40 cities and provinces nationwide and nearly 40 from overseas. Over 500 dishes were available on a 3-km stretch of the city’s Thuy Van Street.

Ho Van Nien, Vice chairman of Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial People’s Committee, said that the city tried to draw as many tourists as possible to the festival to taste domestic and foreign dishes.