Unlike the northern variant, which features deep fried fish crisps and strokes of umami produced from tomatoes, the fish noodle soup served in An Giang relies on turmeric for its golden color and a variety of local veggies, including morning glory, basil, banana flowers, bean sprouts, and sesban – a yellow flower that has become the symbol of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region. … [Read more...] about A foodie’s guide to Long Xuyen in southern Vietnam
Mekong delta river tour
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 11
It is also necessary to work with the media to encourage the public to follow the ministry’s measures to prevent winter-spring diseases as well as its 5K (in Vietnamese) message: Khẩu trang (facemask) – Khử khuẩn (disinfection) – Khoảng cách (distance) – Không tụ tập (no gathering) – Khai báo y tế (health declaration). … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 11
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 13
Head of a high school in outlying district Can Gio said that in addition to Tet bonus, the school will maintain activities such as wrapping tet cake - a Vietnamese traditional cake made primarily from glutinous rice, which is rolled in a banana leaf into a thick, log-like cylindrical shape, with a mung bean or mung bean and pork filling, then boiled – to five poor teaching staff as well as give free bus tickets to teachers who return to their homeland to reunite with their relatives. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 13
VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 16
The office of the People's Committee of HCMC announced that Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee, approved the policy of reducing 50 percent of stall rentals at city-based traditional markets during the period from July to December 2020 as proposed by the Department of Industry and Trade. This department is assigned to take responsibility and coordinate with the Department of Finance to guide the People's Committees of districts to implement the policy. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 16
The beauty of Tram Pagoda
Because of those historical vestiges, along with unique and long-standing architecture, the Tram pagoda complex has been recognized by the State as a national historical and cultural relic in 1962. At weekends, there are hundreds of Buddhists coming to visit the pagoda. It is a cultural and historical site attracting more and more tourists from near and far, at home and abroad to contemplate. Hanoitimes … [Read more...] about The beauty of Tram Pagoda