Central Highlands: As floods recede, food shortage concerns surface

No need to travel far, you can find steamed rice pancakes, pig’s offal porridge and Vietnamese crab udon right in District 1.

A modest eatery selling rice pancakes on Cao Thang Street, District 3, has been a favorite for generations of Saigonese.

A bowl of vermicelli at Rom Map restaurant costs double the normal price, but is popular for its full filling of flavorful meat.

Pho cuon, a roll conjured up by a quick thinker, goes great with beer and the Truc Bach Lake breeze.

42 percent of children in Vietnam’s urban areas are overweight and/or obese, compared to 35 percent in rural areas, a recent study found.

Tay Ninh has become the latest Vietnamese locality to be infected with African swine fever, leaving just one left.

Hanoi is killing around 10,000 pigs infected with African swine fever every day this week, up from 6,000 in previous weeks.

Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands is the latest to report outbreaks of African swine fever, which leaves only three provinces unaffected.

Long An is the latest African swine fever victim, leaving Ben Tre as the only Mekong Delta locality untouched by the incurable disease.

Looking for noodles in the big city? You can find them with beef offal, wonton or duck meat among other delicious variations.

Chao canh or porridge noodles, a famous Nghe An specialty, is not a combination of noodles and porridge as its name suggests.

Six dishes step up as Vietnam celebrates Tet Doan Ngo on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

Vietnam has culled two million pigs infected with African swine fever as the virus continues to spread, the agriculture minister said.