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Miracle beans 

December 19, 2011
Miracle beans 

  Soy, green, black, and red beans on display at a shop selling home-made bột ngÅ© cốc – a mixture powder of black sesame and four different types of beans – on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City My husband has always been thin. But a few months ago it [...]

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Healthy ways to kick a habit 

October 8, 2011
Healthy ways to kick a habit 

Drinking one glass of a juice mixture of orange, lemon, honey and carrots every day can help smokers reduce and quit the habit of smoking, herbalist Bang Cam says. It’s not easy for smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes. Herbalists say, however, that certain fruits and foods can help decrease the craving for tobacco. When [...]

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Apricot blessings 

August 28, 2011
Apricot blessings 

Ô mai mơ (salted or sugared apricots) sold at a shop in Hanoi The apricot, or Prunus armeniaca, is popular for its taste and fragrance. The yellow fruit, which ripens between late March and the end of April, contains plenty of Vitamin A and fiber as well as vitamins C and B1, tannin, lycopene and [...]

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Street fruit with flair 

July 18, 2011
Street fruit with flair 

Glasses of "fruit cocktails" served at a stall on To Tich Street in Hanoi. Fresh fruit goes down well when the temperature goes up, and there’s an endless variety of scrumptious fruit waiting to be bought in Vietnam’s streets and markets. Hanoians love it as much as anyone but they are more finicky about their [...]

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Water chestnuts 

July 2, 2011
Water chestnuts 

In Oriental medicine, water chestnuts are used to cool the body, clear up sputum, and treat fever, dehydration, sore throat, bronchitis, and red eyes. True to its name, c ủ năn (water chestnut) grows in water. A water chestnut is nearly 70 percent water, 19 percent starch, 2.25 percent protein, 0.19 percent fat, and 1.58 [...]

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Very very strawberry 

April 7, 2011
Very very strawberry 

Being not only one of the most popular flavors for ice creams and jams, strawberry can also act as a diuretic, cool the body and support treatment for various ailments including tuberculosis, rheumatism, gout and high blood Once known in tropical countries as one of the most popular flavors for ice creams and jams, but [...]

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Smoothie does it 

February 28, 2011
Smoothie does it 

Watermelons can be used to reduce depression and high blood pressure, to help diabetics and to detoxify the body and treat hangovers, according to herbalist Hoang Khanh Toan. Watermelons, bananas, lemons, bitter gourds, waky pumpkin and sugarcane are not just commonly grown fruits and vegetables in Vietnam, they seem to have no season. They are [...]

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Homemade remedies 

January 16, 2011
Homemade remedies 

Ginger should be kept in every house at Tết as it is said to possess hot properties and is often mixed with garlic to warm the spleen and stomach, and to aid in digestion. T ế t (Lunar New Year festival) s the time for all families to gather, enjoy food and have a good [...]

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Juiced! 

November 28, 2010
Juiced! 

Tomato is rich in vitamins A and C, cellulose, citric acid, amino acids, and lycopene. The fruit contains antioxidants, helps boost the immune system and can prevent prostate cancer in men. While in Vietnam, take advantage of the abundance of fruits everywhere. Herbalists Bang Cam and Pham Nhu Ta say the best way to get [...]

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Industrial smoke clouds lungs in northern homes

January 17, 2010
Industrial smoke clouds lungs in northern homes

Smoke rises from two firms in the northern province of Hung Yen at night. Environmental agencies admit companies avoid detection by polluting at night. Vu Thi Nam and all her neighbors have had to seal even the tiniest openings in their homes to prevent industrial dust from seeping in at night.“But we still can’t prevent [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...