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09
19
2018
In Vietnamese cuisine, nem rán (fried spring rolls) and nem cuốn tôm thịt (fresh shrimp and pork rolls) are among the most popular and tasty of the hundreds of local dishes that residents and foreigners alike enjoy.
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08
06
2018
Banana flower salad, a popular dish in Việt Nam, is known in the North as nộm bắp chuối and as gỏi bắp chuối in the South.
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02
27
2018
The Lunar New Year begins February 16. It is one of the biggest and most important holidays in Asia.
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02
07
2018
This village prepares thousands of clay pots stuffed with fish to ship across the country and overseas for Lunar New Year.
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11
24
2017
Been to a Vietnamese wedding banquet? If so, you must have tried bánh giầy, a white, flat round cake made of glutinous rice with or without mung beans inside.
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09
13
2017
If rice is a staple of Vietnamese daily meals, then gio (Vietnamese sausage) is considered the staple of special occasions, such as Tet (the Lunar New Year), wedding parties and ancestors’ death anniversary.
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09
05
2017
Picky customers will queue outside the most popular stores to ensure they bag their favorite mooncakes.
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09
04
2017
At 90, Tran Huu Dat has many memories. And there are some that he cherishes more than others.
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08
23
2017
Many people are familiar with grilled pork, but far fewer have ever tasted grilled pork wrapped in grapefruit leaves.
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05
15
2017
Forbidden in some cultures, pork has always reigned supreme on top of the Vietnamese food pyramid.
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03
20
2017
When I was a little boy, I used to follow my grandma to go and release the fishing nets used for catching little shrimps in the canal which runs from the Ma River into the fields.
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03
13
2017
People in Hue city prepared hundreds of dishes for Tet holiday, and how they preserved all of them from before Tet until 15 days later was a piece of art.
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03
07
2017
Every Vietnamese knows the poem ‘Bánh trôi nước’ (the dumpling that drifts in water), written by poetess Hồ Xuân Hương in the 18th or 19th century.
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03
02
2017
Spring and the Lunar New Year is a great time for many obvious reasons.
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03
02
2017
The people of Thai minority group in northern Vietnam prepare the tasty and painstaking dish for special family unions or beloved guests.
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02
02
2017
How to stay warm (and cool) like the Hmong: thang co and rice wine.
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02
01
2017
Conquering both their nostalgia and social media, Vietnamese-origin home chefs are taking to Facebook and Instagram to show off their mouth-watering dishes to thousands of fans and followers.
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01
31
2017
Roosters have always been the go-to choice for Vietnamese families when it comes to adding an offering to their late ancestors or religious deity monuments, but why?
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01
31
2017
Banh Tet (round glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake enjoyed by southern Vietnamese people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. It is considered a variant of Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake), which is more popular in the northern region.
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01
31
2017
The three main regions of Vietnam are characterised by different climate and soil conditions that result in different traditions and customs, and some of these have to do with which traditional dishes are favoured and how they are prepared when Tet, the Lunar New ...
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01
28
2017
With an abundance of seafood, Southerners have created a wide variety of dishes featuring fish in various modes - stewed fish, grilled fish, fermented fish, fish vermicelli and, of course, the ubiquitous fish sauce.
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01
28
2017
A Hanoi native recreates what a family feast for the Lunar New Year looked and tasted like a century ago.
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01
26
2017
"Banh Chung" (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
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01
24
2017
A long time ago, Vu Dai bananas were known as the kind for royal consumption. Nearly a century ago, this village of Hoa Hau commune, Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province, found fame again as its native, Nam Cao, wrote his masterpiece “Chi Pheo”.
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01
23
2017
The sticky rice square cake (bánh chưng) has been a traditional and irreplaceable cake of the Vietnamese people at Tet for a long time.
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01
20
2017
Looking for a delicious sticky rice cake to enjoy over the Lunar New Year? Here are four things you need to know.
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01
20
2017
Believe it or not, Tet is very much about how much you can stomach.
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01
17
2017
Việt Nam’s biggest, most important traditional festival, Tết (Lunar New Year Festival), is a time of renewal, a time to welcome Spring, a time to thank Gods and ancestors and pray for their blessings. Special dishes are made to offer the Gods before they ...
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01
06
2017
With an abundance of seafood, southerners have created a wide variety of dishes featuring fish in various modes - stewed fish, grilled fish, fermented fish, fish vermicelli and, of course, the ubiquitous fish sauce.
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12
01
2016
Nowadays, the crab bologna has become a very familiar dish to foreign diners who love Vietnamese cuisine.
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11
26
2016
The chefs in Dong Thap Province cook chicken with pink mandarin so as to obtain the pretty color broth for New Year well-wishes, and the slightly sour flavor to dissipate the fatty foods or the early Spring piquant glass of wine.
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11
15
2016
Nutgall trees (Rhus Chinensis) particularly grow in Chu Moray Reserve Area. Nutgall fruits are the main spice to season buff in important celebrations or religious activities of Highland people, such as weddings, celebrating new crops or new houses.
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05
20
2016
While digging into a bowl of “chè lam” you can feel the softness of the sticky rice, the sweetness of the honey, the spice of the ginger and the richness of the peanuts as the cold of December melts away.
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12
01
2014
The taste of the cake mix is that of a cross between the cool of the sticky rice wrapper, the sweet of the molasses and the moisture of the sticky rice with a smell of “lá chít” (sorrel) - which smells lightly of ammonia.