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FOOD
Vietnam has abundant food supplies and an elaborate
cuisine. Cooking is seen as an art and some
Vietnamese dishes have achieved international fame,
including such traditional dishes as noodle soup (pho),
pork sausage (cha lua), spring rolls (cha gio) and
fish balls (cha ca).
SHOPPING
Foreign visitors to Vietnam have the opportunity to
buy souvenirs made of rattan, wood, gold, silver and
stone. There is diversified range of products, from
wooden wares such as wooden PRIVATE (8643
bytes)"buttons or sindora beds to lacquer paintings,
shoes, ready-made clothes, ceramics, celadon, bamboo
screens and stone tea-sets. Woven tapestries, “tho
cam” handbags and other handicrafts are produced by
the traditional skills of the women of ethnic
minorities in such rural regions in the north as
Sapa, Mai Chau and Dien Bien.
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