From fabulous fashion to delectable food, Victorians and visitors got a colourful taste of culture at the first-ever Soul of Vietnam festival on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Ship Point.

"The Vietnamese community is scattered all over Greater Victoria, so we're trying to create a bridge," said Chani Luong, a key member of the festival on the PR team.

While the number of Vietnamese people living in Victoria isn't directly available, the Vietnamese Community in Victoria Facebook page has just under 12,000 members. "But we don't share a mutual voice," Luong said. The festival's goal, she explained, is to better represent themselves the way other cultural communities have. "That's our goal – to support each other."

The festival was bustling with the aroma of delicious food in the air: hot spri

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