The Vietnamese Embassy and community in Angola have recently taken part in the second Petro Sem Fronteiras – a cultural and sporting exchange event organised by the Petro de Luanda Club and the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vietnamese stall at Petro Sem Fronteiras in Angola.

The event, involving diplomatic missions and expatriate groups based in Luanda, featured a wide range of activities such as sports tournaments, product exhibitions, culinary showcases, and a flag parade.

Vietnam set up a booth displaying promotional materials and agricultural products such as rice, coffee, confectionery, rice noodles, vermicelli, and condiments.

A dedicated food stall offered traditional Vietnamese dishes such as nem ran (fried spring rolls), banh troi (glutinous rice balls), che thap cam (sweet mixed dessert), and banh gai (black sticky rice cake).

Serving visitors to the Vietnamese food stall, Nguyen Thi Hue – a Vietnamese national living and working in Angola – shared her pride in seeing international guests enjoy the cuisine of her home country.

She also expressed her pleasure to join hands with the embassy and expat community in promoting the culinary culture of Vietnam in Africa.

The Vietnamese community’s football team in Angola also took part in friendly matches against thoses representing Angola, Cuba, China, France, Argentina, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Pakistan, and the Republic of the Congo.

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