Dozen tons of Chung cakes shipped abroad
VOV.VN - Tran Gia Company from Bien Hoa city, in the southern province of Dong Nai has shipped more than 40 tons of Banh Chung (a type of traditional rice cake for New Year celebrations in Vietnam) to nearly 10 countries in the world for the upcoming Lunar New Year festival.
Besides the cakes, it also exported Dong (arrowroot) leaves – which are used as the wrapping of the cake –, sticky rice, and green beans.
The cakes and materials are mainly for overseas Vietnamese in the US, Australia, Canada, France and Germany. The European market accounted for 60% of the export volume, said Tran Gia Director Tran Thanh Toan.
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The company planned to supply a huge volume of Chung cakes for the domestic market during the upcoming Tet.
