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		<title>Vietnamese Dating Etiquette</title>
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			<name>Chd</name>
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		<category term="Vietnamese Dating" />
		<updated>2010-09-06T03:44:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-09-06T03:44:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;h1 class="Heading1a"&gt;Vietnamese Dating Etiquette&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vietnamese dating etiquette and customs have historically been centered around class and tradition. Women of Vietnam are ordinarily non-assertive and are raised to be quiet and dainty. As of 2009,many of these traditions of dating etiquette are still practiced but expectations vary from family to family due to changes in the country.Expressing proper etiquette when trying to date in Vietnam is necessary to avoid offending the family of the person you are courting.&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;h2 class="Heading3a"&gt;First Impressions&lt;/h2&gt;
    &lt;li id="jsArticleStep1"&gt;Making a positive first impression on a Vietnamese    woman is important, and expressing a lasting interest in her is necessary    because Vietnamese women do not ordinarily date without the goal of    marriage. Let your intentions be known by asking her for the chance to    meet her parents. Gaining their permission to date their daughter is a    traditional and respectful way of getting a Vietnamese girl to date you.    Take your time, and bring &lt;nobr id="itxt_nobr_1_0" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;gifts&lt;/nobr&gt;    of wine or flowers to the girl's family to further gain their acceptance,    as it is customary for a man to participate in activities with the parents    multiple times before asking the woman out on an official date. Dating a    Vietnamese man requires patience, virtue and class. Initiating a date as a    woman is often frowned upon in Vietnamese culture, and therefore the    proper etiquette would be to wait for the man to approach you. Coming on    to a man is a sign of an "easy" woman in this Asian tradition    and speaking loudly is also looked down upon.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;h2 class="Heading3a"&gt;Courtship&lt;/h2&gt;
    &lt;li id="jsArticleStep1"&gt;Making the first date is an important step in    Vietnamese courting tradition, and proper etiquette denotes that the man    is supposed to initiate and plan the date. Taking a Vietnamese woman to a    movie on a first date is traditionally unacceptable and is a cultural sign    of an immoral woman. A traditional first date of a walk in a park or cup    of coffee is a low-key and respectful way of initiating a relationship in    Vietnam. Keep the first date at a platonic level, because the first date    in Vietnamese culture is often a date accompanied by mutual friends. Avoid    initiating physical contact whether you are a man or a woman, because    Vietnamese culture looks down on premarital affection and public displays    of affection. Playing hard-to-get is a tradition of Vietnamese women, and    it is expected they do not show immediate interest in the man they are    dating, to assure that his feelings are moral.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;h2 class="Heading3a"&gt;Making It Official&lt;/h2&gt;
    &lt;li id="jsArticleStep1"&gt;Courting a Vietnamese girl is much like courting her    entire family, according to an ages-old tacit rule, and it is important to    date discreetly for several weeks or even months before coming public with    your intentions to marry. Asking permission in addition to presenting a &lt;nobr id="itxt_nobr_3_0" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%;"&gt;gift&lt;/nobr&gt;    to her parents is necessary to continue the relationship in Asian culture.    Avoiding the girl's parents is considered a great act of disrespect and    can result in losing a relationship. Arranged marriage is rarely practiced    in modern Vietnam as of 2009, but it is still a tradition in some    families. Waiting too long to express your intentions, as a man, can    result in missing out in this type of situation. Vietnamese women are    expected to remain silent when it comes to arranging a marriage between    her suitor and herself, whether it is a prearranged marriage or a result    of a mutual courtship.&lt;/li&gt;
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		<title>Vietnam Medical Tourist For Cosmetic Surgery</title>
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			<name>Chd</name>
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		<category term="Vietnam Tourism" />
		<updated>2010-09-05T21:24:00Z</updated>
		<published>2010-09-05T21:24:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #800080;"&gt;Vietnam Medical Tourist For Cosmetic Surgery&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vietnam is indeed a cost-effective destination for cosmetic surgery. Many over seas Vietnamese return to their homeland to perform cosmetic surgery. Prices here are much lower than abroad. People in quest for good looks can have their nose done for a fraction of the price they will pay at home. You will find modern, cozy facilities to relax in before and after the operation and the staff are known for its friendliness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, the quick rise in demand and the lack of efficient controls have led many unqualified surgeons to get into the plastic surgery industry. They perform operations in unsafe conditions, leading to complications, such as infections or poisoning. Out of 200 plastic surgery clinics operating in Ho Chi Minh City,only one quarter are fully accredited by the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thinking of going to Vietnam to have a nose job or your eyelids done is a good option if you take the time to choose the clinic you are treated at carefully and avoid those that can perform treatment with only one-hour’s notice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While growing quickly and presumably improving with the burgeoning demand,plastic surgery in Vietnam shares several big shortcomings with neighboring Cambodia: a large unlicensed and unqualified pool of providers, minimal regulation, and lax enforcement of laws.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are indeed well-trained and skilled plastic surgeons providing cosmetic services in licensed facilities and hospitals at prices sometimes only 15% of those in the West.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Still, many patients select their surgeons based on cost alone, and so the best doctors may find it hard to compete with even lower prices available from the unlicensed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Ho Chi Minh City, a major plastic surgery hub along with Hanoi, only about one-fourth of the clinics are accredited by the city health authorities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Advertised training, references, and certifications are sometimes not authentic, making it hard to evaluate qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Only Hanoi University has a formal training program in plastic surgery, so most practitioners either come from abroad or are trained in other specialties and learn their new trade on the job.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regulation so lacking, patients can also choose to undergo major surgery by the unqualified in shady beauty salons and spas on one hour's notice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong class="pros"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;Pros&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As Vietnam becomes a more desirable destination for medical and cosmetic surgeries, its infrastructure has seen appropriate improvements. Though still nowhere near the top of the heap as far as medical tourism destinations go,Vietnam is slowly gaining ground in an ever more competitive industry. With prices that are up to 70 percent cheaper than in the west, Vietnam is becoming an attractive option for many. Some Vietnamese doctors are trained overseas and can speak English fluently.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong class="cons"&gt;Cons:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The war between the communist north and the capitalist south ended with Ho Chi&amp;nbsp; Minh’s socialist victory. Since then Vietnam has become a rather isolatedplace, but the borders are now opening up to tourists. Infrastructure remains limited, however. Language can also be a problem in Vietnam, as some doctors don’t speak English, making communication difficult.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.xuvn.com/beautifyfood/plastic%20surgery/vietnamese_plastic_surgery.htm%3Cbr"&gt;www.xuvn.com/beautifyfood/plastic%20surgery/vietnamese_plastic_surgery.htm&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Vietnam Travel Blogs</title>
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			<name>Chd</name>
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		<category term="Travel" />
		<updated>2009-04-30T22:29:00Z</updated>
		<published>2009-04-30T22:29:00Z</published>
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I searched for Vietnam Travel Blogs, hoping to find really
impartial reviews and information about travel lodging and dinning in Vietnam,
but most of what I found was very much commercial advertising sites. These are
the most interesting &amp;amp; informative Blogs (some what). If you know a good one, please add to this list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/"&gt;http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://my.opera.com/thehiddencharm/blog/"&gt;http://my.opera.com/thehiddencharm/blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://realtravel.com/de-1229-vietnam_real_trips"&gt;http://realtravel.com/de-1229-vietnam_real_trips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



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		<title>Vietnamese Blogs</title>
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			<name>Chd</name>
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		<updated>2008-11-17T05:14:00Z</updated>
		<published>2008-11-17T05:14:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;title&gt;HTML clipboard&lt;/title&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;font color="#336600"&gt;Vietnamese Blogs&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;These are few Vietnamese Blogs and Blogs that contain subjects related to Vietnam or Vietnamese. Post your comments and evaluation. Have fun.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;From Viet Nam&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://royby.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Royby.com&lt;/a&gt;: The personal weblog of a chap 
  teaching "Web Construction" at RMIT International University. Some 
  snaps. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://remittance-girl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Remittance Girl&lt;/a&gt;:&amp;nbsp; 
  "Multimedia designer, wannabe writer, general all around curious 
  person." Another personal weblog. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://nostarwhere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;No Star Where&lt;/a&gt; - Personal 
  weblog with links to local news and me. Saigon. &lt;i&gt;UPDATE: Now in NYC and &lt;a href="http://www.nostartravels.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;blogging 
  here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alisonbradley.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Here I go again&lt;/a&gt; - 
  Newbie EFL Teacher called Alison Bradley. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ourmaninhanoi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Our Man in Hanoi&lt;/a&gt; - KOTO PR 
  fundraising maestro, VSO volunteer, regular commenter at noodlepie and fellow 
  lover of the great British greasy spoon. Hanoi. &lt;i&gt;UPDATE: &lt;a href="http://www.ourman.typepad.com/" target="_blank"&gt;He's 
  moved here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tayho.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;I love the smell of coffee in the 
  morning&lt;/a&gt;... - Personal weblog with pics. Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carrienakan.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Pourqois non?&lt;/a&gt; - EFL 
  teaching and yeast infections from Carrie. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietish.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Vietish&lt;/a&gt; - Another VSO volunteer 
  and TV star based in beautiful Yen Bai City&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://toilanguoi.lethien.com/nowhere/" target="_blank"&gt;Toi la Nguoi&lt;/a&gt; - Gets in 
  bother with Saigon's underbelly. Author has now left Vietnam.&amp;nbsp; Saigon. &lt;i&gt;UPDATE: 
  Toi la Nguoi has left the building.&lt;/i&gt; Shame.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=lindapark" target="_blank"&gt;Nhin cai ga?&lt;/a&gt; - 
  Personal weblog of Linda Park in English with pictures. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.upsidegone.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;upside gone: down in saigon&lt;/a&gt; 
  - Beers, girls, shagging and no capital letters. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://cottontimer.livejournal.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Cottontimer&lt;/a&gt; - LiveJournal 
  of an expat Mum in Saigon, regular commenter at noodlepie. She updates her 
  site daily and has lots of photos. Saigon. &lt;i&gt;UPDATE: Now moved to London and 
      &lt;a href="http://cottontimer.com/" target="_blank"&gt;blogging here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itshotdamnhot.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Good Morning Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; - 
  Diary style weblog of Minty Russel. Saigon, I think.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://virtualdoug.typepad.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Virtual Doug&lt;/a&gt; - Vietnam Vet, 
  teacher and pavement pounder. Hue.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://homepage.mac.com/skingsley/blogwavestudio/" target="_blank"&gt;Our Hanoi Blog&lt;/a&gt; 
  - Personal weblog from a Network Engineer/Mac user. She has Tiger... grrr. 
  With some pics. Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://lonelyplanet.mytripjournal.com/wendy_yanagihara_in_vietnam" target="_blank"&gt;Wendy 
  Yanagihara in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; - Lonely Planet writer updating Southeast Asia on a 
  Shoestring. Vietnamwide.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://interplast.blogs.com/my_tho/" target="_blank"&gt;My Tho, Vietnam Surgical Trip&lt;/a&gt; 
  - Interesting diary of an Interplast Surgical Volunteer. My Tho&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.whisperingj.addr.com/weblog/" target="_blank"&gt;Ed and Oren's Vietnam 
  Bike Ride Blog&lt;/a&gt; - Self explanatory. Vietnamwide.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.whisperingj.addr.com/weblog/" target="_blank"&gt;NamViet.net&lt;/a&gt; - General 
  stuff, some politics. In English and Vietnamese. Dunno where.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://chryde.typepad.com/vietnam/" target="_blank"&gt;Blo-Chi-Minh&lt;/a&gt; - In French. 
  All about living and travelling in Vietnam. Inactive since June, 2004. Dunno 
  location.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietnamesegod.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Vietnamese God&lt;/a&gt; - By a 
  Vietnamese guy from Nha Trang, but living in Hanoi. He blogs in English. Good 
  English. Hanoi/Nha Trang.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://thealphaproject.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Alpha Project&lt;/a&gt; - 
  Diary come novel come stream of conciousness. Some pics. Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://hanoidays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Hanoi Days&lt;/a&gt; - Diary style 
  written by JC, a British guy working for the Bao Nhan Dan Newspaper. Some pics. 
  Hanoi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heede.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Philip's Vietnam Diary&lt;/a&gt; - Diary of 
  experiences cataloguing Philip's time in Vietnam from August 2004 - August 
  2005. Some photo albums. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ipa-nima.typepad.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Ipa Nima&lt;/a&gt; - A blog by bag 
  designer Christina all about her Ipa-Nima hand bags. Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://xinchao-vietnam.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Xin Chao Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; - Ola! 
  A travelogue blog in Spanish with pics. Vietnamwide.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://jessonroad.typepad.com/southeast_asia_weblog/" target="_blank"&gt;Jess on the 
  road&lt;/a&gt; - "Vietnam/Cambodia 2005: Travels of a former business 
  journalist." Vietnamwide.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://kyky14.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Diary of love&lt;/a&gt; - In Vietnamese. 
  Not sure what it's about. Love?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tuyendung.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Tuyen Dung&lt;/a&gt; - In Vietnamese. 
  All about jobs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://thericebowl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Rice Bowl&lt;/a&gt; - A yoga 
  practicing English teacher who sounds rather fun. Saigon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tphcm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Down and Out in Saigon&lt;/a&gt; - Blog of 
  another expat teaching English. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/" target="_blank"&gt;Travelblog 
  - Saigon&lt;/a&gt; - Blogs and travel journals from the south of Vietnam. Some pics.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://thang-long.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Thanh Long&lt;/a&gt; - A travel blog. 
  Experiences in Vietnam by Sean Lovell. Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vietnamjournalism.com/english/index.php" target="_blank"&gt;Vietnam 
  Journalism&lt;/a&gt; - Vietnamese journalist Le Quoc Minh provides insight into 
  journalism in Vietnam including 'personal stories by journalists on their life 
  and work.' Vietnamwide.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cpi.org/cpiblog/archives/cat_vietnam.php" target="_blank"&gt;Clear Path 
  International&lt;/a&gt; - Work with landmine and bomb victims in Vietnam and 
  elsewhere. Vietnamwide.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://fa1alit1es.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Such is life&lt;/a&gt; - A personal 
  weblog in English of Vietnamese student Van. Hanoi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noodlejournal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Noodle Journal&lt;/a&gt; - From 
  a Vietnamese student called Phuong about study.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dichthuat.com.vn/" target="_blank"&gt;My translation diary&lt;/a&gt; - A 
  personal weblog by someone by the name of Dich Thuat. He also keeps a &lt;a href="http://nhatky.lecuoi.net/" target="_blank"&gt;'wedding 
  diary'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vietnamtours.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;VietnamTours&lt;/a&gt; - Tien 
  Nguyen is a tour guide.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiwinhanoi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kia Ora Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; - A Kiwi 
  couple in the early 50's living and working in Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://layered.typepad.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Antidote to Burnout&lt;/a&gt; - An 
  architect who lived in Vietnam in the 70's returns to work in Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stickyrice.typepad.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sticky Rice&lt;/a&gt; - If it's the 
  Hanoi food scene you wanna check out, these are the guys for you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://nostarwhere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;No Star Where&lt;/a&gt; has a list of 
  Vietnamese student blogs &lt;a href="http://nostarwhere.blogspot.com/2005/06/student-blogs.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; 
  and &lt;a href="http://nostarwhere.blogspot.com/2005/06/more-student-blogs.html" target="_blank"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://step2vn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Step2Vn&lt;/a&gt; - A blog about mobile 
  technology in Vietnamese.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietinme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;A Viet soul in Texas&lt;/a&gt; - 
  Vietnamese expatriate/student in the US.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vietnamtours.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Vietnam travel guide and 
  good friend to have&lt;/a&gt; - Tour guide about guiding and looking for people to 
  guide. Hanoi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://lewinsky.blogs.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sky's Vietnam Diary&lt;/a&gt; - Diary of a 
  Danish expat trainee project leader and IT developer. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://rvrw.typepad.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Renee's Weblog&lt;/a&gt; - The life of a 
  volunteer in Vietnam. With photos. Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietbloom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;A country on the change&lt;/a&gt; - 
  Written in English by a woman called geminicat27, a Hanoian living in Saigon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://nhap.blogspot.com/2005/01/abc-vietnamese-blogs.html" target="_blank"&gt;ABC of 
  Vietnamese blogs&lt;/a&gt; - List of blogs in Vietnamese &amp;amp; English and some in 
  Vietnam&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elmoooh.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Elmoooh&lt;/a&gt; - Young Vietnamese 
  chap, with good written English, blogging from Hanoi. With photos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietnamstreets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Street Kids in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; - 
  A regular update on the work of Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, a 
  grassroots charity working in Vietnam with street kids and the poorest of the 
  poor.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://itsthefinalword.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Final Word&lt;/a&gt;. He's a 
  British English teacher, plays footie for the &lt;a href="http://www.saigonraiders.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Saigon 
  Raiders&lt;/a&gt; and is engaged to a Vietnamese girl. He lives in Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hau, friend of &lt;a href="http://elmoooh.blogspot.com/"&gt;Elmoooh&lt;/a&gt;, and an 'outted' 
  Vietnamese guy living in Hanoi blogging in English at &lt;a href="http://hanoirainbow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Hanoi 
  Rainbow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vn555333.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Vietnam 555-333&lt;/a&gt; is a French 
  language blog. I think the numeric name refers to fags and booze. But I could 
  be wrong.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Chris blogs at &lt;a href="http://chrisfharvey.typepad.com/charvey_in_vietnam/" target="_blank"&gt;Charvey 
  in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-CDF2PRImcqom_a7c.RhkWfPkieJw" target="_blank"&gt;Rose's 
  Blog&lt;/a&gt; - The blog of Rose Nguyen who works for Humanitarian Services For 
  Children Of Vietnam.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tomcang.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Les Tontons Blogueurs&lt;/a&gt; - In 
  French, and I am very reliably informed, bloody hilarious. From Can Tho/Saigon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://gialinh.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Gia Linh&lt;/a&gt; - A blog, in Vietnamese, all 
  about a subject very close to most Vietnamese hearts - babies.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.15mayschool.org/" target="_blank"&gt;15 May School&lt;/a&gt; - Not strictly a 
  blog, but a site/blog about a restaurant that helps children 'escape the 
  streets' in Saigon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vnpersonalwar.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Vietnam, Photos and Notes of a 
  very personal war&lt;/a&gt; - Reminiscence and photos of a British soldier serving 
  in the Mekong Delta, Tay Ninh, Phan Thiet and elsewhere.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span id="comment-4927961-content"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vietnamesegod.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;vietnamesegod.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; 
      (from Ha Noi)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span id="comment-4927961-content"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.thealphaproject.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;thealphaproject.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; 
      (from Ha Noi)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span id="comment-4927961-content"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.hanoidays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;hanoidays.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; 
      (from Ha Noi)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.noodlepie.com/2005/06/vietnam_blogs.html"&gt;http://www.noodlepie.com/2005/06/vietnam_blogs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itsthefinalword.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.itsthefinalword.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.visualgui.com/" target="_blank"&gt;VisualGUI.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://vietnamwatch.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://vietnamwatch.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://immigration.freedomblogging.com/category/vietnam/"&gt;http://immigration.freedomblogging.com/category/vietnam/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://my.opera.com/thehiddencharm/blog/"&gt;http://my.opera.com/thehiddencharm/blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://vietnam.blogs.wvu.edu/"&gt;http://vietnam.blogs.wvu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dir.blogflux.com/tag/vietnam" target="_blank"&gt;http://dir.blogflux.com/tag/vietnam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietnamstreets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://vietnamstreets.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.gadling.com/category/vietnam/"&gt;http://www.gadling.com/category/vietnam/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?tag=vietnamese"&gt;http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?tag=vietnamese&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://vietnamtravelblog.com/"&gt;http://vietnamtravelblog.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamarchive/reference/blog/index.htm"&gt;http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamarchive/reference/blog/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.elittlesaigon.com/"&gt;http://www.elittlesaigon.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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		<title>Food For Thoughts</title>
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		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
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		<updated>2008-11-16T14:11:00Z</updated>
		<published>2008-11-16T14:11:00Z</published>
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&lt;/style&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Each month, I will post some interesting
Articles or Blogs that deal with intriguing and provocative human &amp;amp; social
subjects. You may enter your thoughts at my Blog or at the original Blogs.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Cooking Tips</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/10/05/vietnamese-cooking-tips-2.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-10-05:c6830678-21a5-468a-90ff-e69f88da0c16</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-10-05T18:40:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-10-05T18:40:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Please share your cooking tips with other readers. Thanks!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Thanks You for Visiting Chd&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnam Town Little Saigon</title>
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		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:242efa7f-2c8c-4f51-a6f6-ce44186cc907</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:45:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:45:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;With more than 3 millions oversea Vietnamese, there is a great interest to learn more about their abroad communities. In this page, I give you &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;some general information on well-known oversea Vietnam Towns.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt; Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/viet_nam_towns_in_u.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/viet_nam_towns_in_u.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thanks You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnam Travel Guide</title>
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		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:2ebfc2a2-be90-4d67-bd54-380cd769b8a3</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:43:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:43:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I give you &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;some key general information for traveling to/in Vietnam.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt; Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/travel_vietnam.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/travel_vietnam.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thanks You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Popular Dish Nutrition</title>
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		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:dbf248a4-46a7-4f03-9558-f042be2f6f54</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:41:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:41:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I give you &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;nutritional information of Vietnamese Restaurant popular dishes.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt; Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/popular_dishes_nutrition.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/popular_dishes_nutrition.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Restaurant Menu</title>
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		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:0d24ae87-3b30-4835-bb37-760d541bd425</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:38:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:38:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I give you &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;a few examples of Vietnamese Restaurant Menu, You can preview most common Dish Offerings and Prices before taking the Culinary Adventure.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt; Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/restaurant_menu.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/restaurant_menu.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Food and Culture</title>
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		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:8ddba180-a9bd-411b-a6d0-1f744e572c7d</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:36:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:36:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I give you a glance at Vietnamese Culture. Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/food_and_culture.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/food_and_culture.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Food Ingredients</title>
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		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:e4006e69-ff85-4323-9cee-47ac97a16c14</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:33:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:33:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;With the heavy reliance on rice, wheat and legumes, abundance of fresh herbs and vegetables, minimal use of oil, and treatment of meat as a condiment rather than a main course, Vietnamese food has to be among the healthiest on the planet. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Cuisine in Viet Nam, a country of 70,000,000 people differs strikingly between the north, south and central regions, but two key features stand out: First, rice plays an essential role in the nation's diet. But this is also a noodle-crazy population, regularly downing them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, mostly at restaurants and at roadside stands. Noodles are eaten wet and dry, in soup or beside soup, and are made in different shapes and thicknesses of wheat, rice and mung beans.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Secondly, no meal is complete without fresh vegetable and herbs.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;The key dishes that are served together with rice at every family meal at home are a protein dish such as fish, meat or poultry; a vegetable dish and some sort of vegetable soup. The more lavish the spread, the wealthier the household. But even the poorer families are likely to have multiple dishes of simple vegetables.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Due to its proximity to the border, north Vietnam reflects more Chinese influence than central or south. Soy sauce that rarely appears in Vietnamese dishes except in the north is replaced by what is perhaps the most important ingredient in all of Vietnamese cuisine -- fish sauce or nuoc mam. Stir frying plays a relatively minor role in Vietnam and once again is seen more in the north than elsewhere. Frying in general is less important than simmering and steaming.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Northern cuisine exhibits fewer herbs and vegetables than the other regions because its climate is less hospitable than that of the Mekong Delta. For heat, north Vietnamese cooks rely on black pepper rather than chilies. Residents also exhibit a particular fondness for beef, picked up from the Mongolians during their 13th century invasions.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Servings are larger and fewer in the south; curries and hot chilies replace black pepper for heat. The profusion of fruit in the area means that sweet fruit occasionally makes its way into a dish of meat and vegetables. Preparations are less complex than many of those in the center and the style of cooking often resembles that of neighboring Cambodia.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I include some key Vietnamese food ingredients, some may fit American palate, other are for Vietnamese. Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/ingredients.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/ingredients.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Food Recipes</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/vietnamese-food-recipes.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:868939e4-34a9-4fec-9948-886e8de50849</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:31:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:31:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I include some Vietnamese food recipes in Vietnamese and English, some may fit American palate, other are for Vietnamese. Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/recipe.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/recipe.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Why Vietnamese Food is Healthy</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/why-vietnamese-food-is-healthy.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:28806718-7339-484d-a9a5-239af9339c01</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:28:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:28:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;Vietnamese food includes a wide variety of vegetables and herbs instead of oil, and much of the cooking is done with water or broth. The most popular dish, Pho (Vietnamese soup), is low in fat and calories. However, some dishes are loaded with fat and oil, so for health and weight concerns: Avoid fried foods. Stay away from the popular fried fish and fried stuffed chicken drumettes. Instead, select from the wide variety of meats, fish and shellfish that are grilled, simmered, braised or stewed. Wrap with lettuce or rice paper. Lean salads with a wide variety of raw vegetables and, perhaps, grilled meat or seafood are often served wrapped in lettuce or rice paper. Choose these rather than fried spring rolls. Use hoisin sauce and fish saucedipping mixtures. Stay away from the satay (grilled meat on a stick) dipping sauces&amp;nbsp;made with coconut milk and peanut butter, which are high in fat and calories. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I also include some discussion about the health benefits of Vietnamese food. Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/as_health_food.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/as_health_food.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Cuisine</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/vietnamese-cuisine.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:8d4ec6ee-a149-4289-b4c3-2949e0031c49</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:26:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:26:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Vietnam is a tropical country with more than two thousands miles of coastal line, lush and warm, where sea food, fishes, ducks, green vegetables, herbs and spices are plentiful all year round; chicken, pork and beef are considered to be luxurious items. Its meals are light but flavorful. To bring out the savories of the main&amp;nbsp;ingredients, the Vietnamese cuisine uses more herbs &amp;amp; spices instead of lard &amp;amp; oil, it enhances the sense of taste with a balance of salty, sweet &amp;amp; sour. Most dishes combines delightful mix of contrasting textures: soft &amp;amp; crunchy, chewy &amp;amp; tender, smooth and grainy. Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/introduction_to_vietnamese_cuisi.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/introduction_to_vietnamese_cuisi.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Grocery Online</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/vietnamese-grocery-online.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:7fb3b24a-1387-4c24-b4cc-a87d1b6364f0</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:24:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:24:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;If you live in an area with a decent size of Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Southeast Asian populations, there is very good chance that you can find at least one Asian grocery store that carries most of main Vietnamese cuisine ingredients (except for some very hardcore authentic Vietnamese fruits, condiments, herbs and spices). If that is not the case or for your convenience, you can go online; however, getting fresh herbs that are essential to Vietnamese cuisine is a little bit tricky. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I intend to provide to you a list of Online Asian grocery outlets and some concerns associated with online grocery purchases.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/asian_grocery_online.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/asian_grocery_online.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Grocery Search</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/vietnamese-grocery-search.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:0af099f6-cff7-497d-b247-af2736a5ef02</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:21:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:21:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;I came to America in the early ‘70’s, when I was very young lad, and settled in a small town in Colorado. At that time, the closest thing to Vietnamese food that I could find was a bottle of soy sauce, and my most favorite condiment was ketchup because it has the three main ingredients in Vietnamese taste: sour, sweet &amp;amp; salty, which are key in Vietnamese cuisine. I used ketchup on everything, even salad, causing many people to stare in surprise at me. Eventually, I acquired a taste for western cuisine, even though occasionally I tried to prepare Vietnamese dishes with available ingredient in the market, following my own recipes. Now day, you can find most of Vietnamese ingredient at local Asian markets. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I intend to assist you in search of authentic Vietnamese grocery using Online Search Engines.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/grocer%20search.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/grocer%20search.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Restaurant Search</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/vietnamese-restaurant-search.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:40b7f643-1499-4c2d-8394-8856d0edc010</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:16:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:16:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;The end of the war, an influx of Vietnamese refugees headed to Santa Ana (CA), Bay Area (CA) and other cities in U.S. and formed pockets of concentrated Vietnamese population called Viet Nam Towns, and some of these refugees opened restaurants to make ends meet. Now, they are the second largest Southeast-Asian group, after Chinese. You can cruise your own yellow pages to find good Vietnamese restaurants. A couple of clues: a concentration of noodle shops or Banh cuon (very popular with Vietnameses but not with Americans) in any one area like Little Saigon in LA, Dorchester in Boston or Argyle Street in Chicago is a pretty good indicator of a large Vietnamese population -- and, hopefully, a sign of food quality and authenticity. If the Vietnamese restaurants in your city are principally soup places, you likely have a large North Vietnamese population -- as in Los Angeles Little Saigon and in San Jose, California.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;You can try these dishes at local Vietnamese restaurants in your area. Since most of the really authentic ones are the kind of "MOM &amp;amp; POP" joints, run by family and tailored to local Vietnamese community, don't expect a great ambience, but look forward to a delightful culinary adventure. Some places only accept cash and the waiters can rarely speak English, the service is far from elegant but friendly.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;In this page, I intend to assist you in search of authentic Vietnamese restaurant using Online Search Engines.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/restaurant%20search.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/foodofvietnam/restaurant search.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Thanks You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Food</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/-vietnamese-food.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:b27206ed-91f2-4eb6-9557-a4f3e0d9486c</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Vietnamese Food" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:08:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:08:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;With the heavy reliance on rice, wheat and legumes, abundance of fresh herbs and vegetables, minimal use of oil, and treatment of meat as a condiment rather than a main course, Vietnamese food has to be among the healthiest on the planet.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Fortunately for us living in the U.S., we have the option of sampling both the healthy, simple and delicious meals-in-a-bowl provided by the Vietnamese noodle passion and more elaborate authentic meals at our local restaurants. Unlike Chinese food, the Vietnamese dishes served at restaurants in U.S. have not yet evolved to tailor to the American palate; probably, Americans have become more adventurous. So get out there and do yourself a favor, search for the authentic Vietnamese restaurants and start exploring the delightful &amp;amp; healthy cuisine. Or follows some of the recipes provided in this site and start experimenting at home with ingredients mostly available at local ethnic grocery markets (maybe at some large grocery store chains).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English &lt;A href="http://www.foodofvietnam.com/"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.foodofvietnam.com/&amp;nbsp;Thank"&gt;http://www.foodofvietnam.com/&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;Thanks for visiting Chd&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<title>Vietnamese Food Diet and Fitness</title>
		<link rel="alternate" href="http://blogtrekker.com/2007/09/12/vietnamese-food-diet-and-fitness.aspx?ref=rss" />
		<id>tag:blogtrekker.com,2007-09-12:06edea8a-ca3d-401f-bee4-7a467d59cc03</id>
		<author>
			<name>Chd</name>
		</author>
		<category term="Country of Vietnam" />
		<updated>2007-09-12T21:01:00Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-12T21:01:00Z</published>
		<content type="html">&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.xuvn.com/vietnamese_food_diet_and_fitness.htm"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;http://www.xuvn.com/vietnamese_food_diet_and_fitness.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; In this page, I am not recommending any specific Diet and Fitness program, I just want to share with you what I understood about diet &amp;amp; fitness and what I did to successfully transform myself from an overweight college kid to a fit and physically active person and remain so for the last 20 years, I also include some Vietnamese recipes that may be included in a diet program&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt; Please share with other visitors and me your though, comments, suggestions, inputs, or any thing else to be included. Your comments may be written in Vietnamese or English.&lt;BR&gt;Thank You for Visiting Chd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</content>
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