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Banh xeo” is Vietnamese style crepe with whole shrimp, thinly sliced pork and bean sprouts. “Banh xeo” is a popular street snack in Vietnam, especially in the Central and the South of Viet Nam. The name means “sound crepe,” the “ xeo” being an...

Where to try Chicken rice in Hoi An? Ms Buoi 22 Phan Chau Trinh Ms Ty 27 Phan Châu Trinh Ms Thuan 17/4 Nhị trưng Many chicken rice shops on the street. Click this video to see how to make Chicken rice What you...

Famous for its lively, fresh flavours and artfully composed meals, Vietnamese food and cooking is the true ‘light cuisine’ of Asia. One thing you will notice after awhile of being in Viet Nam is that right after greeting the person; he is going to...

Famous for its lively, fresh flavours and artfully composed meals, Vietnamese food and cooking is the true ‘light cuisine’ of Asia. Plain rice ( com trang ) is at the center of the Vietnamese diet. Steamed rice is part of almost every meal. The...

Vietnamese meals are rarely divided into separate courses. Rather, all the food is served at once and shared from common dishes set out on a low table. The family sits on mats on the floor, and each person has a rice bowl, chopsticks, and...

Although in popular tourist destinations and larger cities it is just about possible to get by without knowing a word of Vietnamese, insisting on speaking your own language all the time will isolate you from the majority of Vietnamese people and leave you less...

Vietnam is a beautiful country with an equally beautiful language. Vietnamese is also a tone language and uses midlevel, low falling, high rising, low, rising after an initial dip, high broken and low broken. The Vietnamese language is made up of six tones, with...

DO’S Before venturing out from your hotel, ensure you have a hotel business card from the reception desk. This will make your return to the hotel in a taxi or cyclo much easier. For longer excursions from your base hotel, it is always a...

Wedding is very important to Vietnamese, not only to the couple involved, but also for both families. Thus, it is usually including quite a few formal ritual observances. The Wedding day is usually chosen well in advance by the groom and the bride’s parents...

Division of Labor by Gender. In prerevolutionary Vietnam the “public” ( ngoai ) domain was the male domain while the “domestic” ( noi ) domain was for women. This pattern still largely remains with women performing most of the essential tasks for running the...