Vietnam Town is the world's first Vietnamese settlement with such a name and will have significant political, economic, cultural and people-to-people exchange implications for Vietnam-Thailand relations.

Many South Africans, members of the diplomatic corps and Vietnamese expatriates have enjoyed and learned about Pho and Vietnamese cuisine.

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Vietnamese cuisine will be introduced in the world-famous Michelin Guide Book (Le Guide Michelin).

The fragrance of steaming khuc pie will live forever as one of most potent childhood memories of Hanoian.

Boiled snail dish is even tastier, laying on the way it is eaten: sitting on the sidewalk, enjoying the food while watching people passing by.