Posts Tagged ‘ Mang Thang Tam ’

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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Che!

October 17, 2009
Che!

Delicious rather than revolutionary best describes this Vietnamese cocktail. Nobody knows where che originated from only that the colorful thickshake-like cocktail of many ingredients has been around Asia for a long time.It’s still common to see a woman put down her shoulder pole and baskets and serve up glasses and bowls of che, though not [...]

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A locksmith’s language

July 28, 2009
A locksmith’s language

Bui Bach Tuong, a locksmith in Ho Chi Minh City, teaches himself English at his stall on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street. He can’t hear or talk, but he can write English fluently and his customers say he makes the best keys in Ho Chi Minh City – by hand. Locksmith Bui Bach Tuong is [...]

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Two-hour downpour floods City, causing traffic mayhem

July 22, 2009
Two-hour downpour floods City, causing traffic mayhem

LookAtVietnam – A torrential rainfall of more than 90mm and lasting more than two hours left many parts of the city flooded yesterday, July 21, causing traffic chaos during the evening rush hour. Thirty-five locations across the city were flooded, with the deepest measuring 0.35 metres at Nguyen Thi Nho street in District 6. (Photo: [...]

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In HCM City, traffic jams have become a way of life

July 6, 2009
In HCM City, traffic jams have become a way of life

Traffic jams in Vietnam’s biggest city are daily getting worse. They not only hinder the city’s development but also roil the lives of its residents. Outwitting the tie-ups has become an obsession of HCM City’s people whenever they leave their home. Traffic jam in HCM City. Facing the fact that city authorities have run out of [...]

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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...