Spend a day in one of Saigon’s district parks and witness a hub of traditional Vietnamese social life! Get up at 5 am and be awed by the silence of a hundred locals gathered in the parks gently doing their tai chi exercises with colorful flags in hand; families quietly playing badminton or jogging (seemingly [Read on …]
Last Updated: Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:30:00 A recent study of primary school textbooks in Vietnam indicates a reinforcing of gender stereotypes that could weaken efforts to end gender discrimination in the education system. The study by Nguyen Thi Minh Tuyet, a lecturer of social sciences at the Hanoi-based Academy [Read on …]
M O F Japanese Sweets UNDER CONSTRUCTION 30 Le Loi Blvd District 1 HCMC (08) 38 277 898 B3 Floor Vincom Shopping Mall District 1 HCMC (08) 39 369 779 View MOF Japanese Sweets! in a larger map
When people ask me what is my favorite food in Vietnam, I always pause for a moment. Not because I have any doubt about the answer. That is very clear to me. But because I am instantly transfixed back to a tiny shop in a narrow alley in the Ancient Quarter of Hanoi, with its [Read on …]
Once in awhile, Hai and I decide it’s time for a change and want to try some “foreign” food. So, we venture into Saigon’s tourist district where more upscale restaurants offer a variety of non-Vietnamese foods to suit the taste of international travelers and Vietnam’s emerging middle class. One of our favorite’s is Lac Thai [Read on …]
Phở Thanh Bình 18B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai District 3 ***** After a long search and some steep (and delicious) competition, Hai and I have agreed that Phở Thanh Bình is among our favorite spots for Phở Bò in Saigon. (Hai’s been loving the phở here since he was in high school!) Not quite “on the street”, [Read on …]
When the French left Vietnam in 1954, they left behind incredibly delicious baguettes and some of the best coffee in the world. Vietnamese coffee is like no other. Strong, bitter, typically served with sweetened condensed milk. A real jolt of flavor! Vietnam is now one of the world’s largest exporters of coffee and Saigon and [Read on …]
The festival is the best epitomizes Vietnam’s cultural identity Meaning of Vietnamese New Year The festival which best epitomizes Vietnam’s cultural identity is Vietnamese New Year or Tet. “Tet” is the phonetic deformation of “Tiet”, a Sino Vietnamese term which means “Joint of a bamboo stern” and in a wider sense, the “beginning of a [Read on …]