Scandinavian style home

On our first visit, we selected ‘Rau bò khai xào trứng’ (Stir-fried Vietnamese forest vegetables with eggs, VNĐ74,000), ‘Dưa xào bò’ (Stir-fried vegetable pickles with beef, VNĐ96,000), ‘Canh hến’ (Vietnamese clam sweet and sour soup, VNĐ65,000), ‘Cà pháo muối’ (Salted tiny eggplant, VNĐ15,000), and ‘Cơm gạo lứt’ (Steamed brown rice with black beans, VNĐ45,000). … [Read more...] about Home-style restaurant offers authentic taste of Ha Noi

So come ‘tea-time’ at the end of the working week, a trip to the chippie was an observed family ritual. It still is today, and I’ve no doubt that on Friday evening UK time, there will be queues forming at various fish and chip establishments the length and breadth of the country. … [Read more...] about There’s no taste like home

Next we had caramelised snakehead fish stew (VNĐ120,000), two other smaller fish stew cost a little more at VNĐ130,000, southern style, which was cooked in a clay pot. Many rivers and ponds, streams and lakes and the sea provide Việt Nam with fish aplenty. While each region has its own way of stewing fish, the common treatment is to use a hot spice to treat the 'coldness' of fish: the north uses galagal, the centre uses cumin and the south uses lemongrass.  … [Read more...] about Vietnamese bistro An offers great food in quiet alley

Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, Huỳnh Văn Hùng, chief of HCM City Statistics Office, said: “This indicator has gradually improved over the last 10 years, from 0.9 per 10,000 in 2009 to only 0.2 per 10,000 this year. The proportion of families having housing is 99.8 per cent. The average housing area per capita this year is 19.4 square metres per person.” … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

Home textiles and Embroidery: Vietnam home textiles made of silk, cotton and hemp by skill and dexterous weavers are widely known. Bed linens, bath towels, dresses, cushions, scarves…all are appealing to customers from every corner of the world.; Gifts and Ethnic items: Hanoi Gift Show 2017 will introduce products from Veitnamese ethnic minorities, being supplied by fair trade organizations. All of these products will make your assortment unique and different from other suppliers, from traditional dolls, hemps textile with indigo dye and the batik technique, soap nuts…to beautiful Eri-silk scarves….; Personal accessories: Vietnam offers many exquisite personal accessories, including hand crafted jewellery like necklaces, bracelets, earrings….that are unique and one-of-a kind from different types of materials such as silver, bronze, stone, horn, shell…..There is also a wide range of silk scarves, handbags, hats, clogs…always designed with the latest … [Read more...] about Hanoi Gift Show 2017: Facilitating handicrafts export

Once among the three poorest provinces in the country, Quang Nam has risen up the ranks thanks to local officials’ innovative spirit, PM Phuc said. He attributed the province’s strong growth to effective efforts in administrative procedure reform and in defining strategic industries for development. … [Read more...] about Quang Nam should double economic scale in five years: PM