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The Vietnamese taekwondo team achieved success at the 2023 World Taekwondo Demonstration Team Championships held in South Korea. Competing in the Freestyle class, the team won a silver in the preliminary round and a bronze in the final, showcasing their high level of difficulty. Out of the 20 teams participating, including 18 from host South Korea, one from Italy, and one from Vietnam, the Vietnamese team outperformed their Italian counterparts to secure a gold in the preliminary round. In the final, they earned a bronze, trailing behind two South Korean teams. The 2023 World Taekwondo Demonstration Team Championships is a significant event within the larger 2023 Gangwon Chuncheon World Taekwondo Cultural Festival, scheduled from August 18 to 24. This festival attracts approximately 15,000 athletes, officials, and tourists from around 60 countries and territories. The Vietnamese taekwondo team, consisting of nine athletes, namely Chau Tuyet Van, Nguyen Thi Mong Quynh, Nguyen Thi Kim H...

TasteAtlas has published a list of the 100 most delicious rice dishes in the world. Vietnamese cuisine has two representatives on this list, broken rice with 3rd place and banh chung (square glutinous rice cake) at 97th place. Broken rice (or com tam) has become a must-try dish for locals, foreign visitors, and travellers to Vietnam. Photo: Vietnamtourism Accordingly, Vietnam’s broken rice (locally known as com tam) was chosen the second place among the top 100 most tasty rice dishes in Asia by TasteAtlas, the home of local food, traditional restaurants, and authentic recipes, in March this year, VNA reported Tuesday. This traditional dish of Vietnam is cooked from broken rice, once considered food for the poor. Still, nowadays, it has become a special popular dish in the country, particularly in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, TasteAtlas said, noting that Japanese sushi ranked first. A friend of mine, Chiam Jia Xine from Malaysia, said during his recent trip to Hanoi, he w...

At this time of year, street vendors carrying pomelo flower baskets are often found on main streets around Hanoi such as Xa Dan, Pham Ngoc Thach, and Kim Ma. Pomelo flowers are also used to create flavours for some of Hanoi’s specialties. They are used to cook lotus seed sweet soup or to create an aroma for tea or dried Kuzdu powder, all of which are tasty dishes and drinks enjoyed by local people. After the buds start to bloom, the flowers are then cut and divided into smaller bunches. The prices of pomelo flowers in bunches range between VND200,000 and VND250,000 per kilogram. These flowers have cheaper prices, hovering around VND100,000 to VND150,000 per kilogram. The simple rustic white flowers have won the hearts of people in the capital thanks to their sweet and seductive fragrance. During the pomelo flower season, Hanoians usually purchase a few clusters of flowers to decorate their houses or offices. As the...