Formosa disaster stink lingers as tons of shrimp paste rot
Different assessments of the damage inflicted by the marine disaster caused by Taiwanese steelmaker Formosa have prevented locals from selling or destroying their shrimp paste.
Saigon restaurants found crowded despite Covid-19 ban
Many restaurants in HCMC have been found with more than 20 guests in violation of the limit imposed by authorities to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Fried bananas but with a French twist
In his first few days, a 50-year-old French man in Saigon grew exasperated selling only a few fried bananas. However, things quickly looked up.
Anxiety mounts over safety of Vietnam’s street food as scandals grow
Vietnam’s fragrant noodle soups and fresh spring rolls have won fans across the globe, but mounting food safety scandals on the country’s streets are sparking a rising tide of anxiety among millennials about what they eat.
Did fish sauce in Vietnam come from Ancient Rome via the Silk Road ?
The similarities between nuoc mam and Roman garum : There are striking similarities between ancient Roman condiment garum and Asian fish sauces such as Vietnam’s nuoc mam, nam pla in Thailand and Japan’s gyosho Food historians are divided on the…
56% of wild animals in Vietnam’s restaurants have a coronavirus, study says
A new report has found an alarmingly high rate of coronaviruses in wildlife about to be served at restaurants in Vietnam.
This mountainous region of Vietnam produces some of the best cheese in Asia
Once the mist clears over the hilly mountaintops, green is all you can see in Dalat, a mountainous region in the Central Highlands of southern Vietnam.
Vietnam is the undisputed king of global cashew nut producers
Government cultivation push continues to pay dividends some four decades later