Thua Thien - Hue’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on March 20 organised a ceremony to announce the city’s Tourism Year 2010 and presented to the public the country’s biggest plain rice cake, Vietnam vacations.

A parade of 5, 000 people with 400 motorbikes, automobiles, bicycles and cyclos accompanied the ceremony to promote

major culture and tourism events in 2010.

A plain rice cake which is 396 times bigger than a traditional one was carried out by the Hue Tourism Promotion Information Centre and the Hue Kitchen Club.

The cake, which weighs 200kg, was made by 30 bakers in one hour.