Vietnam: Ho chicken specialties on Tet holiday

Published 2022년 12월 28일

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Ho chicken, a traditional Tet gift in Vietnam, is known for its unique taste and high nutritional value, raised without industrial feed in Lac Tho village, Bac Ninh province. The chickens are fed a diet of rice, corn, rice bran, and green vegetables, resulting in a meaty taste and texture that is preferred by consumers. The cost per kilogram ranges from 400,000-500,000 VND, making it a luxury item. The demand for Ho chicken is high, especially during the Lunar New Year, with many families in the village struggling to meet the demand. The village also hosts an annual 'chicken contest' to promote tradition and cultural beauty, and the image of the Ho chicken is a common theme in Dong Ho folk paintings.

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These days, people from all over the world flock to Lac Tho village, Ho town, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province to "hunt" to buy Ho chicken specialties to give to their loved ones as a traditional Tet gift. meaning "warm, affluent, caring". Mr. Nguyen Dang Chung - Director of Ho chicken cooperative (cooperative) in Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province said that in order to raise a batch of commercial chickens, it takes 10-12 months of painstaking care. . Chickens are grazed in the family garden with the main food sources of rice, corn, rice bran, green vegetables and absolutely no industrial feed. Yes that way, Ho chicken always retains its firm, sweet and delicious taste. “Ho chicken meat has a higher nutritional content ratio than the meat of other traditional livestock and poultry products. Therefore, with these rare characteristics, it contributes to the development of lake chicken farming in new conditions, when the consumer market is increasingly demanding in terms ...

Source: Vov