Vietnam is well-known for its amazing cuisine (Pho, Banh Mi), Vietnam War or being one of the cheapest countries to travel to? What else should you know?

1. Transportation

Vietnam ranks forth in the motorbike ownership rate worldwide. It is an impressive ranking when there are 60 million motorbikes in the population of 90 million people. Vietnamese people choose motorbikes as their main means of transportation as motorbikes are cheap and convenient to travel in crowded cities or tiny lanes. Owning a car is still considered expensive property for wealthy people because the tax is around 100-200%.

Due to the variety of vehicles on the road, crossing the cross is “nightmares” or “cultural shock” for for foreigners. You need both courage and skills to cross the road in Vietnam!

2. Economy

Vietnam is developing country but it is Asian’s shining star during COVID 19 with 2.9% growth in national economy last year.

Vietnam is global king of cashew nuts producers. Besides cashew, Vietnam’s leading export products are rice, pepper, coffee and rubber. Do you know that Vietnam’s Jasmine Rice ST25 was granted World’s Best Rice 2019?

3. Cuisine

Do you know that though Pho is traditional food in Vietnam, it is cooked differently in the North and South? The broth in the Northern Pho is clear and simple while Southern Pho is sweeter and richer. Southern Pho also uses more styles of beef such as rare beef, tendons, meatballs, tripe or brisket. Unlike the South, Northern Pho is not served with lime, beansprout, hoisin sauce, chili sauce and fresh sliced chilies.

One must-try drink when visiting Vietnam is Egg Coffee (Ca Phe Trung). it is a sweet treat made by beating an egg yolk with sweetened condensed milk until it makes an airy, creamy, meringue-like fluff.  Worth to try!

4. Surname: Nguyen

You might automatically call a person with the Nguyen in their surname Vietnamese. Over 38% of Vietnamese people have Nguyen in their surname. The second common surname is Tran and Le.

5. Some “most” things about Vietnam

• The world’s largest cave – Hang Son Doong: Being 38.5 million cubic meters, Son Doong is able to accomoate an entire New York city block. The ecosystems within the cave has its own weather systems and can even create its own clouds.
• Vietnam ranks fifth in the Happy Planet Index results, and second in the Asia Pacific region
• The country has the most dishes made from noodles and broth with 164 dishes. Beef Noodle Soup (Beef Pho) came second in the 20 delicious noodle soup chosen by CNN.
• With  272 dishes made from 43 different flowers, Vietnam is the country with the highest dishes made from flowers.
• The world’s most dishes from rice flours with over 143 dishes using various recipes.

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