Regional culture

Bamboo-tube rice, grilled chicken and the fires of the Central Highlands: from the tube to the shared tray

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Bamboo-tube rice and grilled chicken are the famous pair from the Central Highlands, but they should not be made to stand for the whole diversity of the region. Placed properly within Jrai, Bahnar a ..

31/10/2026
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Mi Quang and the kitchens of Quang Nam: a bowl with little broth and a great deal of memory

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Mi Quang is easy to recognise by its wide noodles, its rich topping, the raw herbs, the peanuts and the rice cracker, but its most important characteristic is that only just enough broth is used. Th ..

22/10/2026
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The food of Hue: where the royal kitchen, everyday dishes and small street stalls meet

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The food of Hue is usually introduced with the word “royal”, but the flavours of the old capital also grew out of markets, riverside villages, the lagoon and small street vendors. Its refinement lie ..

14/10/2026
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The coastal kitchen of central Vietnam: grilled fish, fermented sauce and getting through the storm season

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The central coast has produced a kitchen that is at once fresh and well prepared. Fish that has just landed can be grilled or cooked straight away; the rest of the catch is dried, salted and ferment ..

07/10/2026
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The northern Vietnamese Tet table: from the pot of banh chung to the first family meal of the year

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The northern Vietnamese Tet table is not recognised by banh chung, boiled chicken or pickled onion alone. Behind the dishes lies a schedule of preparation stretching over days, memories of gathering ..

28/09/2026
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The southern Vietnamese table: open-handed flavour from sour soup, braised fish and a basket of garden greens

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The southern Vietnamese table tends to impress through its openness: a pot of sour soup, braised fish, a plate of greens and a bowl of dipping sauce set in the middle for everyone to share. The swee ..

20/09/2026
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The Tay table in north-east Vietnam: five-coloured sticky rice, khau nhuc and stilt-house memory

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The Tay table in north-east Vietnam is built from sticky rice, forest greens, meat, stream fish, local seasonings and the rhythm of the farming year. Five-coloured sticky rice and khau nhuc are the ..

16/09/2026
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All About Vietnamese Burial Customs (Part 3)

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - This is a common question from many families: - In a year with many death anniversaries: father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, etc., which anniversa ..

15/09/2026
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Tet market in Ha Giang rocky plateau

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - The year-end market session in Dong Van town (Dong Van district, Ha Giang) is as lively as a festival, filled with the colorful attire of the Dao, Hmong, Tay, Nung ethnic groups... Goods are also mo ..

05/08/2026
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Northwest Wildflowers

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Amidst the vast expanse of the Northwest forests, in the misty fog that seems to draw heaven and earth closer, somewhere along the roadside, amidst the wild grass, high atop treetops, or dangling fr ..

05/08/2026
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The landscapes and people of the Northwest through the lens of a Dutch photographer

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Traveling along various routes across the Northwest, Dutch photographer Mick Palarczik captured a stunning photo series showcasing the scenery and people of this region. Black Dao women in Tam Duong ..

01/08/2026
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All About Vietnamese Burial Customs (Part 2)

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - How is the burial ceremony conducted? Depending on the locality and religion, customs and rituals vary from place to place. In the past, some villages appointed young, strong men from the neighborho ..

29/07/2026
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The Beauty of Hanoi's Peach Blossoms During Tet

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Every time Tet comes and Spring arrives, on the streets of Hanoi, people easily come across bright pink peach blossom branches, with buyers and sellers bustling at street corners; that simple image ..

24/07/2026
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10 rules to know when to enjoy Japanese cuisine

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Mix the wasabi with soy sauce seemed quite normal but the land of the viscera people never do this. Washoku, traditional food culture of Japan is one of the many intangible cultural heritage to the ..

25/12/2014
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She kissed lore months (July lunar calendar) and 18 taboos in this day

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Folk legend that the 2/7 th, Pluto ordered Devils Gate began to open and to view the full moon in July, the "drop door " so that poured from the devil, came after 12 hours of night and day, 14/7 the ..

25/12/2014
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Beauty and humans Northwest through Dutch photographer

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Through various roads in the Northwest, the Dutch photographer Mick Palarczik made a great variety of landscape images, the people here. [ IMG alt = "scenic northwest and its people through the phot ..

25/12/2014
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Can Tho tasty fish soup

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Go to Can Tho visitors will not be able to forget the tasty hot pot sauce, flavor characteristics of the Can Tho River area. After time "rampage " now only fish warehouse "hang around " in the feast ..

25/12/2014
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Ma Ly Pho Discover - Lai Chau

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - Ma Ly Pho is the land from him (from Him is dialect, refers to the distant, way back) of Lai Chau province first place, where the borders of the sacred Fatherland. Ma Ly Pho sun and wind are great r ..

25/12/2014
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All disabilities burial custom of Vietnam (p3)

Culture & Cuisine - Regional culture - This is a common question for many families: -In a year of anniversary celebration: Anniversary parents, grandparents, specifically, etc .. What the rider more important anniversary? - After the fun ..

25/12/2014
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