Sweet "March Scent"

The cooking contest “March Fragrance” is where students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities demonstrate their talents and ingenuity. This is also a fun, useful and meaningful playground for students in the school to have the opportunity to exchange and meet after stressful study hours. The contest is also an opportunity for female students to demonstrate their leadership skills and ability to lead teammates in the process of group work.

Participants are full-time students. There are 28 teams from the Youth Union, Clubs/Teams/Groups under the School's Youth Union - Student Association. Each team consists of 03 members. Competition time: 45 minutes. Each team will cook a dish of their choice with the theme "Spices of Love", ensuring the following factors: the dish uses a combination of at least 05 spices (onion, garlic, chili, ginger, cardamom, fish sauce, salt, ...); the maximum value of ingredients is 200,000 VND; teams are encouraged to use local spices. Each team prepares and submits to the Organizing Committee a document recording the dish preparation process and a price list of cooking ingredients before the competition begins. After completion, each team has 3 minutes to present their dish.

The judges will score based on the following criteria: finished product is cooked, delicious (nutritious), has the right taste, is hygienic, and is beautifully presented. The component points will be based on: flavor of the dish - uniqueness, creativity - presentation - explanation.

At the end of the competition, the First Prize went to the International Studies Faculty Association Team. The Second Prize went to the Sociology Faculty Association Team; the Social Work Student Team. The Third Prize went to the Information and Library Faculty Association, the Men's Football Club, the Oriental Studies Faculty Association. The Encouragement Prizes went to the Vovinam Club, the Volunteer Student Shock Team, the Linguistics Faculty Association, the Journalism and Communication Faculty Association, and the Philosophy Faculty Association.