Hue-style Rice with Salt
People in the imperial capital of Hue are very good at cooking so they have many recipes to create unique and delicious dishes using salt with cereals, vegetables, meat and fish. One of these delicacies is rice served with salt. There are up to a dozen kinds of salt, such as muoi tieu (pepper salt), muoi vung (sesame salt), muoi sa (lemongrass salt), muoi rieng (galingale salt), muoi tom (shrimp salt) and muoi thit heo (pork salt). The dish is imbued with the culinary art of Hue and is a favourite of both the poor and the rich.
Neu pole installed at Hue Imperial Citadel to welcome Lunar New Year
NDO – A Neu pole, a tall bamboo tree with red garment strips used to dispel evil spirits during Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, was erected at Hue Imperial Citadel in Thua Thien-Hue province on January 28.
New Rice Festival of the Tay
The celebration of new rice crop is one of the most important agricultural festivals in Vietnam. The Tay in the northwestern mountain region celebrate the New Rice Festival on the 9th or 10th lunar month to thank genies for blessing them with a bumper crop.
Quang Nam thrives after renovation
From one of the poorest provinces in the country, after 45 years of liberation, Quang Nam has risen to become a thriving province in the central region.
Local proactive in protecting rice crop from drought
After harvesting the Winter-Spring crop, local farmers on the downstream Vu Gia river in Quang Nam province have already prepared for the Summer-Autumn crop. Due to a shortage of water, farmers in the locality have switched to shorter period plant varieties or rotated to other crops.
