The ASEAN Women’s Circle (AWC) organised the ASEAN Charity Food Fair 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 25 with the aim to foster solidarity and cultural exchange among women from the regional countries and raise funds in support of disadvantaged children.
Jakarta (VNA) – TheASEAN Women’s Circle (AWC) organised the ASEAN Charity Food Fair 2019 inJakarta, Indonesia, on April 25 with the aim to foster solidarity and culturalexchange among women from the regional countries and raise funds in support ofdisadvantaged children.
The annual event featured stallsby 10 ASEAN member states, observer and partner countries such as the US,Russia, China, Australia, the Republic of Korea, the European Union and NewZealand.
Traditional dishes of theparticipating countries were introduced to visitors and sold at symbolicprices.
Vietnamese “pho” was one of thebest draws to visitors and sold out only within 30 minutes.
Director of the ASEAN CommunityAffairs Yoong Yoong-lee said the fair aims to raise mutual understanding,cultural and people-to-people exchanges, thus tightening ties among the ASEANnations as well as relations between them and their partners for mutualdevelopment.-VNA
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At the event (Source: VNA) 
