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Tropical fruit Noodle soup Luxury goods originating from Vietnam VietNamNet Bridge - The names of these luxurious foods and drinks attract not only Vietnamese but international gourmets. Marou Chocolates Marou, the first artisanal chocolate maker in Vietnam, makes its products for serious cocoa fans. The chocolatier has displayed its wares for the past two years at the annual Salon De Chocolate trade fair in Paris. All products are dark chocolate. Tien Giang chocolate 70 percent is a rare type of chocolate which is produced with 70 percent organic cocoa beans grown in the southern province of Tien Giang. Meanwhile, their Dong Nai chocolate is described by the two founders of Marou, Samuel Maruta and Vincent Mouro, as a rare chocolate. It is processed in their factory near Cat Tien National Park in Dong Nai Province. Marou also produces raw chocolate containing 65 percent cocoa. All products of Marou are packed with a special kind of paper wit...

17 November 2013 Floods kill 24 in central VN; Hoi An under deep water Floods in central Vietnam have left at least 24 people dead and 10 missing as of 8am on November 17, according to figures released by the Central – Central Highlands Center for floods control and prevention. Among the dead, 12 were found in Binh Dinh, eight in Quang Ngai, two in Quang Nam, one in Kon Tum, and one in Gia Lai, it said.  10 people have been reported missing in Quang Nam (1), Quang Ngai (4), Binh Dinh (2), Phu Yen (1), Khanh Hoa (1), and Gia Lai (1).  Dien Ban, Dai Loc, Duy Xuyen districts and Hoi An town in Quang Nam province are submerged on a large-scale while 40 communes in Quang Ngai province are under deep water and many areas in the province have been isolated by the flooding. As many as 98,094 houses in 41 communes in Binh Dinh province are deeply inundated. On Nov 16, heavy rains of up to 80mm were recorded in Thua Thien Hue, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh provinces. The ri...

Expat teacher depicts city alley life in Vietnamese  Patrick Froehlich, now an English teacher , first arrived in Ho Chi Minh City from Phnom Penh seven years ago, and immediately felt a connection with this city. He especially loved the life in alleys. He loved it so much that he could not imagine how his life would have been if he had lived in a big city without alleys. Let's see how the life in the alleys was to know why he loved it that way. Thế Giới Của Các Hẻm Việt Nam Gần bảy năm trước, tôi tới Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh bằng một xe buýt từ Phnom Penh. Như hàng triệu người du lịch khác đến Việt Nam, tôi đứng bên xe buýt tại phố Tây ba lô và suy nghĩ đến việc tìm một chỗ ngủ càng rẻ càng tốt. Một người Pháp đứng bên cạnh tôi nói rằng các nhà nghỉ trong (1) hẻm rẻ hơn ở (2) mặt tiền . Thế là, tôi vào hẻm gần nhất để tìm một nhà nghỉ. Tôi rất ấn tượng khi thấy những hình ảnh bình thường trong một hẻm nhỏ, phụ nữ mặc đồ bộ và bán đồ ă...