The reason why banh chung is green

Here is why the Vietnam’s traditional Tet sticky rice cake is green.

Many residents of Saigon enjoyed a sleepless Friday night as they cooked the traditional banh chung for Tet.

The festive green cakes speak of Vietnamese cuisine, and national identity

February 15, 2018 | 07:32 pm GMT+7

Banh chung are being wrapped and cooked around the world in the Vietnamese kitchens in the U.S., Belgium and Japan.

February 14, 2018 | 03:28 pm GMT+7

These workers may be living in Japan but that's not going to stop them from celebrating a traditional Lunar New Year.

February 07, 2018 | 11:19 am GMT+7

'It was a lot harder than I thought it would be.'

February 06, 2018 | 03:04 pm GMT+7

This outlying village just makes the Lunar New Year atmosphere more intense with its green banh chung.

February 04, 2018 | 04:50 pm GMT+7

Want to become a banh chung expert in a day? Follow us into the sticky, sweet and sumptuous world of the Tet cake.

January 27, 2017 | 06:51 pm GMT+7