- RecipesChuối Chiên
In Vietnamese, chuối means banana and chiên means fried. These delicious fritters, dubbed the Vietnamese banana pancake, are one of the most popular traditional sweets in the country. They are incredibly crisp, slightly sweet and certainly a little fat. Chuối chiên are from the Vietnamese countryside.
- CultureVietnam
The Vietnamese culture is one of the oldest in Southeast Asia and is heavily influenced by the Chinese culture. After Vietnam attained independence from China in the 10th century, the country began to expand southwards which led to the incorporation of elements of the Champa and Khmer cultures into the Vietnamese culture.
- Special SightsHo Chi Minh Mausoleum
Before 1954 when Vietnam came under the power of Ho Chi Minh, the country was part of French Indochina. Remnants of this era can still be seen, with the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Ho Chi Minh’s Vestige in the Presidential Palace area dominating the capital city of Hanoi.
China is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion. China spans five geographical time zones and borders 14 different countries, the second most of any country in the world after Russia.
Cambodia is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and maritime borders with Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Laos is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest.
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