The culinary culture in the northern mountain province of Dien Bien has the typical flavours of ethnic minorities living in the northwestern mountain and forest region, particularly the Thai people.

The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) has collaborated with Innopolis and World Tech Enterprise to open the Musc-WTE-Gerstel: Food Innopolis Learning Centre of Flavour and Aroma at Mahidol University’s faculty of science in response to the needs of private entrepreneurs and to improve the food flavour industry in Thailand, Akkharawit Kanjana-Opas, NSTDA’s assistant director and Food Innopolis’ chief executive officer, revealed at a joint press conference this week.