Vietnam’s presence stood out with five well-decorated booths featuring the national flag, conical hats, silk paintings, and traditional ceramics - all reflecting the country’s rich heritage and cultural openness.
Many familiar dishes in Vietnam originate from other countries, but have been creatively adapted to suit local tastes. Infuse🌱d with Vietnamese style and cultural identity, they offer visitors ꧅a uniquely delightful culinary experience.
Yu Yamamoto, a culinary expert with 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry and a Michelin Guide award-winning mixologist, suggests perfect pairings between Vietnamese cuisine and Western beverages to elevate the dining experience.
Vietnamese crab noodle soup, locally known as bun rieu and noodle stir-fry with crab meat, or mien xao cua, have been recognised among 100 best crustacean dishes in the world, by TasteAtlas.
Vietnamese cuisine, delicious food that even just hearing about makes all of us, as Vietnamese, want to take a bite. We take great pride in having such diverse, unique, and palatable dishes in all regions in the country. This is also one of the reasons that draws international visitors to Vietnam. In this episode, let’s listen to the experiences of foreign tourists as they indulge in Vietnamese dishes.
The Tourism Information Centre under the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) and MAGGI Brand, a division of Nestlé Vietnam, have launched a collaboration programme called 'Exploring golden ingredients: elevating Vietnamese cuisine to new heights', with an aim of promoting tourism through discovering unique local cuisine.
Five Vietnamese dishes have been named in the list of top 100 Asian stir-fry dishes of TasteAtlas, a reputable culinary website that specializes in food from around the world.
Bun cha (Grilled Pork Meatballs with Vermicelli Noodles,) bo la lot (Grilled minced beef wrapped in betel leaves), nem lui (Grilled Ground Pork on Lemongrass Skewers,) and banh mi thit vien (meatball banh mi) have been recognized as some of the best minced meat dishes in Asia by TasteAtlas, a leading global culinary travel guide.
Xoi (sticky rice), pho (noodle soup) and banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) and several other dishes have been listed by the world-famous culinary website TasteAtlas as among the 100 best Southeast Asian street food in 2024.
With its rich and diverse culinary heritage and the refinement in cooking and enjoyment cultivated over thousands of years, Vietnam holds huge potential to develop culinary tourism, turning its gastronomy into a captivating advantage to attract visitors.
“Pho” (Vietnamese noodle soup), “bun cha” (rice vermicelli with grilled pork and fresh herbs), Quang-style noodles, and many other delights have been introduced by TasteAtlas as among the most popular noodle dishes in Vietnam.
A video clip entitled “Variations - Thousands of Ingredients, Cooking Millions of Vietnamese Dishes” was released recently to promote Vietnam’s rich culinary culture.
Che (sweet soup), steamed tapioca layer cake, and coconut jelly are three appealing Vietnamese dishes named by TasteAtlas on its list of Asia’s most popular desserts.
Vietnam joined more than 40 other countries at the International Gastronomy Village 2022 in Paris from September 1-4 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Vietnam Culinary and Cultural Association (VCCA) is making a list of 100 delicious Vietnamese dishes across the country and creating a digital map for the list afterwards, reported Thanh nien (Young People) newspaper.
In a small corner of Cape Town in South Africa, the Saigon - Vietnamese restaurant has become a familiar place over the past three decades among diners looking to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine.
As part of the Government’s cultural development strategy, Vietnam aims to have three cities in the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network across many fields, including cuisine, by 2030.
