Posts Tagged ‘ The Fish ’

The simple pleasures 

December 30, 2011
The simple pleasures 

   Bún nước kèn (rice vermicelli and curried fish soup) is one of the most popular dishes in the Mekong Delta Coming to Mekong Delta in the south in Vietnam, visitors will recognize the river region’s culture deepened into every breath of locals, who are humble and honest. The cuisine is also as humble as [...]

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Fish soup for the soul 

December 30, 2011
Fish soup for the soul 

  A simple, rural dish carries the flavor of the best offerings from Vietnam ’s rice fields Rice vermicelli and anabas soup in Hai Tu Quy Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 It is always a good time to eat rice in Vietnam. But something else that grows well in the rice fields [...]

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Fish soup for the soul 

December 29, 2011
Fish soup for the soul 

  A simple, rural dish carries the flavor of the best offerings from Vietnam ’s rice fields Rice vermicelli and anabas soup in Hai Tu Quy Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 It is always a good time to eat rice in Vietnam. But something else that grows well in the rice fields [...]

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Delicacies of the floods 

October 7, 2011
Delicacies of the floods 

  The rainy season fills the Mekong Delta with one of the world’s tastiest, and smallest fish When cá linh comes to Saigon, cooks often combine the fish with coconut milk for stewing Every autumn, the Mekong Delta flood season inundates lower-delta farmers with cá linh, or mud carp fish, tasty little freshwater treats that [...]

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Fish artisans 

September 27, 2011
Fish artisans 

Praised fish artisan Tran Huy Thoa said he has to store up thousands of earthenware pots to meet the increasing order every lunar new year. The locals of the northern province of Ha Nam’s Nhan Hau riverside village are fish artisans, who export thousands of cooked fish every year nationwide and overseas, including to China, [...]

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Plants that heal 

May 8, 2011
Plants that heal 

Cải cúc (edible chrysanthemum) makes a good herbal remedy for coughs, persistent headache, sore throat, indigestion and fever, herbalist Hoai Vu says. C ả i cúc (edible chrysanthemum) is grown everywhere in Vietnam. It is bitter sweet, cool, and richer in protein than other vegetables. It makes a good herbal remedy for coughs, persistent headache, [...]

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Vietnam plans fund to promote tra fish exports 

April 26, 2011
Vietnam plans fund to promote tra fish exports 

Vietnam is the world's largest tra fish (pangasius) supplier The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed creating a new fund to promote and support Vietnamese tra fish exports. Under the plan, tra fish (pangasius) exporters will contribute 1-2 US cents on every kilogram of fish they sell to the fund, which will also [...]

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Vietnam probes accusations of gov’t’s threat in tra fish case 

February 10, 2011
Vietnam probes accusations of gov’t’s threat in tra fish case 

  The Ministry of Agriculture Tuesday said they are investigating recent reports that claim the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) took Vietnam’s catfish off its red list under illicit pressure.   So far, local WWF representatives and Vietnamese authorities have denied the claims.    The reports allegedly began with a Swedish radio report which claimed that representatives of Vietnamese agencies had threatened to revoke the [...]

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Treat or trick? 

January 8, 2011
Treat or trick? 

Farmers feed their tra fish at a farm in the Mekong River Delta. Last month, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) put Vietnam’s tra fish (pangasius) on the red list, warning seafood consumers across Europe that the fish farms polluted the environment. Strangely, after angry protests by catfish breeders, processors, and officials, and a meeting between [...]

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National tuna association set up in Khanh Hoa 

November 29, 2010
National tuna association set up in Khanh Hoa 

  The Vietnam Tuna Association was established on Saturday in a bid to promote exports of the fish, Vietnam’s third-largest seafood export item after shrimp and pangasius. Based in the coastal town of Nha Trang in central Khanh Hoa Province, the association, known as Vinatuna, will act as a bridge linking fishermen, traders and processors who can support [...]

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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...