Learning to love ‘the people’s food’ in Ho Chi Minh City

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Báo Đầu Tư English 2 week(s) ago

Learning to love ‘the people’s food’ in Ho Chi Minh City

In the summer of 1996, fresh out of college, I moved to Ho Chi Minh City for one simple reason: I loved Vietnamese food. At restaurants in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, I’d grown fond of the staples of the cuisine — grilled meats, startling herbs, crunchy vegetables — and particularly of pho, the aromatic beef noodle soup that is Vietnam’s national dish. As graduation approached, I knew I wanted to live overseas, and Communist Vietnam, which had just opened its...

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Learning to love ‘the people’s food’ in Ho Chi Minh City

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 week(s) ago

Learning to love ‘the people’s food’ in Ho Chi Minh City

In the summer of 1996, fresh out of college, I moved to Ho Chi Minh City for one simple reason: I loved Vietnamese food. At restaurants in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, I’d grown fond of the staples of the cuisine — grilled meats, startling herbs, crunchy vegetables — and particularly of pho, the aromatic beef noodle soup that is Vietnam’s national dish. As graduation approached, I knew I wanted to live overseas, and Communist Vietnam, which had just opened its...

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Kon Tum Province brings back traditional culture festivals

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago 1 related news

The Central Highland province of Kon Tum has seen success in reviving as many as 19 traditional festivals of local ethnic minority communities, as part of efforts to preserve the area's heritage.

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Kon Tum restores cultural festivals of ethnic groups

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VietnamPlus English 1 month(s) ago 1 related news

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has successfully restored as many as 19 festivals of local ethnic minority communities, as part of efforts to protect the ethnic cultural features from falling into oblivion.

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Kilns in Hau Giang Province polluting

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

More than 1,000 charcoal-producing kilns in southern Hau Giang Province's Chau Thanh District and Nga Bay Town are filling the air with soot, even though locals have been complaining to relevant authorities for several years.

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Sunrise Hoi An resort to honor Vietnamese Independence, Labor Day

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 month(s) ago

Sunrise Hoi An resort to honor Vietnamese Independence, Labor Day

The Sunrise Hoi An Beach Resort

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Nostalgic memories of ironing clothes with charcoal irons

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SaiGon GP English 3 month(s) ago

Nostalgic memories of ironing clothes with charcoal irons

Looking back to very difficult days of the past, middle aged Vietnamese people recall how important it was to wear a crisp ironed shirt on Tet Lunar New Year.

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Portraits of a journalist come on display

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SaigonTimes English 4 month(s) ago

Portraits of a journalist come on display

More than 30 portraits of experienced journalist Nguyen Trong Chuc, who is a leading art critic at HCMC Association of Fine Arts, have come on display at Tu Do Gallery in District 1.

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Vietnamese Photographers Showcased in 2012 CGAP Photo Contest

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Hanoi Times English 7 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Vietnam featured prominently in the 2012 CGAP Photo Contest with four Vietnamese photographers being recognized for their work.

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Vietnamese Photographers Showcased in 2012 CGAP Photo Contest

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Vietnamese Photographers Showcased in 2012 CGAP Photo Contest

Vietnam featured prominently in the 2012 CGAP Photo Contest with four Vietnamese photographers being recognized for their work.

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Sony announces a slimmer PlayStation 3, launching this fall in black and white

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Báo Đầu Tư English 8 month(s) ago

Sony announces a slimmer PlayStation 3, launching this fall in black and white

A few years ago, Sony pulled the curtain back on a slimmed-down version of its PlayStation 3, and yet another Japan-only version since then.

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Plough casting of the Mong ethnic people

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Plough casting of the Mong ethnic people

For a long time, the Mong people in Dong Van Karst Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang have preserved a technique of casting a special kind of plough that is suitable for rocky soils.

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Plough casting of the Mong ethnic people

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VOV News English 9 month(s) ago 1 related news

Plough casting of the Mong ethnic people

For a long time, the Mong people in Dong Van Karst Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang have preserved a technique of casting a special kind of plough that is suitable for rocky soils.

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Primeval forest destroyed for charcoal

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Báo Dân Trí English 9 month(s) ago

Primeval forest destroyed for charcoal

Hundreds of hectares of natural reforest in Tien Lang commune of Tien Yen district in Quang Ninh province, the most beautiful forest in the locality, has been devastated simply because people need charcoal to do cooking.

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SOCIETY IN BRIEF 7/6

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VietnamNet English 12 month(s) ago

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 7/6

Man gets five years in jail for slandering VN

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