Tôm Sú Kakiage with Floating Rice Noodles is a Crisp, Cool Dish for Steamy Saigon Afternoons. Phở, bún, hủ tiếu, cao lầu and bánh tằm are stand-outs in Vietnam’s impressively diverse …

Re-imagining a Streetfood Staple with Sustainable Ingredients: Cơm Tấm Ốc Bươu with Floating Rice. Cơm tấm is “all about utilizing, minimizing food waste and, basically, not giving anything …

Đi Bão Is Vietnamese Culture at Its Most Jubilant, Raucous, and Fervent. Dustbins, tree branches, advertising stands and tarps, leftover Christmas decorations, whatever pot, pan, …

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I Keep My Connection to My Family's Hanoi Tết Traditions in a Tiny Quất Tree. I am not a plant person. So when even I notice the abundance of vườn kiểng — a place selling a myriad of …

A Brief History of Cung Văn Hóa Lao Động and Saigon's First Swimming Pool. Once a fashionable rendezvous for the elite of colonial society, the Labour Culture Palace (Cung Văn …

A Merry Memory of a Mid-2000s Middle-Class Christmas in Saigon. As my palm felt the glossy wrapping paper for my Secret Santa gift, I was transported to my early childhood Christmases …

From Sticky Rice and Sugar, Bánh Tổ Binds Me With Tết and My Hoa Vietnamese Roots. This Tết, you’re invited to my grandma’s house for a true-blue Tết meal of Hoa Vietnamese, …

When it comes to the city’s moniker, the people here prefer ‘Saigon’ to ‘Ho Chi Minh City’ since ‘Saigon’ evokes greater emotion and connection to the city’s history. As an introduction, may I …

Saigon Extends Notre-Dame Cathedral Renovation by 4 Years to 2027. Originally scheduled for completion in 2020 and then delayed once to 2023, repairs to the Notre-Dame Cathedral …