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Vietnamese food: Lively, lighthearted, lovely |
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
 Last fall, I was in Hong
Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia, but my heart belonged to Vietnam,
especially its food. (Hong Kong’s food is pretty well represented in
Vancouver and as for Cambodia ... well, it’s not known for its
gustatory delights.)
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Vietnam in Foreign Press 
AS the sun’s last rays streaked the sky bubble-gum pink and tangerine, the residents of Con Dao Island were calling it a day, and the mile-and-a-half-long beachfront promenade that serves as this small Vietnamese island’s social hub was filling up as the heat of the day finally relented.
WSBT traveled to Vietnam with former South Bend mayor Joe Kernan. It was his first trip to the country since being held there as a prison of war.
The “Arts of Ancient Viet Nam” show at Asia Society, and the book written by Nancy Tingley who spent the better part of the last two decades putting it together, lay bare some of the avatars that led to the formation of the country now called Vietnam.
This book is for the soldiers who were sent to die in battle by politicians who have never seen combat,” defiant author Ted Morgan wrote in the dedication for his new book, “Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America Into the Vietnam War.”
With more Americans sampling Vietnam's savory soup, a noted food critic and an esteemed maestro track down the city's best
The High Cost of Market Economy Label It has fascinated Vietnam watchers, particularly those from the West, to discover the metamorphosis of the country transforming itself from a closed political system into an aspiring market economy.