Food

Spouses of the Vietnamese Ambassador and other diplomats together with female diplomats of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands have hosted a programme to popularise the Vietnamese culture and cuisine to ASEAN and international friends within the framework of the activities of the ASEAN Women Group in the Netherlands (ALC).

‘Goi cu hu dua’ (coconut core) salad is a specialty of Ben Tre, the home of coconuts in Vietnam.

Hanoi plans to create a "foodtour map" to help visitors explore local cuisine on their own. The move aims to further develop culinary tourism into a strength of the capital's tourism industry.

A total of 103 restaurants in Vietnam have been honoured by the renowned French food guide Michelin Guide at a ceremony on June 6 night.

Mangosteen chicken salad is a speciality of Binh Duong’s Lai Thieu Ward, which is considered the hub of the biggest and most tasty mangosteen in Vietnam.

‘Che sau’, a durian-flavoured sweet beverage, is a popular treat in Da Nang City.

The 2023 Vietnam – ASEAN Culture and Food Festival, the first of its kind, kicked off at Hoa Lu Sports Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25 evening.

Vietnamese fried spring roll (known as “nem ran” in the north and “cha gio” in the south in Vietnam) is on the list of 100 most popular appetizers in the world compiled by international food magazine Taste Atlas.

World Food Atlas (TasteAtlas) has announced 100 best rated rice dishes in the world, including two Vietnamese representatives, 'Com Tam' (Broken Rice) and 'Banh Chung' (Square Sticky Rice Cake).

The craft of making ‘chung’ (square glutinous rice cake) and ‘giay’ (glutinous rice cake) in the northern ancestral province of Phu Tho has been recognised as national intangible cultural heritage under a decision signed by the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

Cassava has long been popular among the Vietnamese, especially mountaineers, who know how to make a number of tasty and delicious dishes with it, including grilled cassava cake.

A Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake) and Giay cake (glutinous rice cake) making contest was launched at the Hung Kings Temple historical relic site in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 27, as part of the Hung Kings Temple Festival 2023.

CNN Travel has included banh mi (Vietnamese baguettes) among its top 24 sandwiches in the world in 2023.

For hundreds of years, Pia cake (a cake filled with durian, shredded lard, salted egg yolk and mung bean paste), originally of the Hoa (Chinese) ethnic minority people, has been served and given as gifts by Soc Trang residents.

The Food and Culture Festival 2023 opened at Van Thanh Tourist Village in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20 by the Saigontourist Group, displaying over 350 dishes and drinks from across three regions of Vietnam.

A Vietnamese cultural, culinary space was opened in Israel's Netanya city on April 16.

The annual Southern Traditional Cake Festival will be held from April 28 to May 2 in Binh Thuy district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Chefs in the southern province of Kien Giang have jointly made a national record by making 100 dishes from flower crabs in an event co-organised by the Centre for Culture, Sports, and Radio of Phu Quoc island city and its Professional Chefs Association.

‘Bun nghe long lon’ is a popular noodle delicacy in Hue imperial city.

The 2023 Cultural and Culinary Festival is scheduled to be held at Cua Viet Tourism Area in Gio Linh District, in the central province of Quang Tri, from April 28-30.

A “Night of Pho” event was held in Or Yehuda city, Israel, on April 4, introducing Vietnam’s noodle soup to local people.

On the occasion of the first-ever Banh Mi (Bread) Festival, Booking.com has shared a list of 6 places associated with outstanding examples of banh mi that visitors cannot ignore. They are Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang, and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and the City Tourism Association held a gala dinner for the first-ever Vietnam Banh Mi Festival on March 31 to honour the most popular and oldest ‘banh mi’ ( bread ) brands in Vietnam.

Vietnam's banh mi brand is growing rapidly, thus its development should be promoted to help popularise the country’s images and fuel tourism, heard a symposium held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 31.

The first-ever Banh Mi (Bread) Festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 30, featuring 120 booths by restaurants, restaurants, bakeries and food businesses across the country.

Vietnamese dishes including bo kho (stewed beef), bo nhung dam (beef in vinegar hot pot) and bun cha (grilled pork meatballs with vermicelli noodles) have been named among the world’s 100 best meat dishes, according to readers’ votes of the TasteAtlas, the world’s most famous encyclopedia of flavors, traditional dishes, and authentic restaurants.

Over the past 10 years, salted coffee has become quite popular among locals and tourists visiting Hue imperial city, as a "must-try" drink.

US-based multinational news channel CNN has put Vietnam’s grilled bananas on its list of best desserts in the world, calling it a “must-try”.

Neem leaves salad, or ‘goi sau dau’ in Vietnamese, is among the most famous dishes of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

The diverse and attractive cuisine of Vietnam is increasingly becoming known to international friends, with not only pho and spring rolls but also many other dishes catching the attention of food connoisseurs around the world.