The northern province of Dien Bien is well-known not only for the Dien Bien Phu Victory which "resounded across the five continents and shook the globe" 70 years ago but also for many typical dishes of ethnic groups living in the province.
An indispensable dish found at every festive event of the Lu ethnic minority people in the northern province of Lai Chau is five-colour sticky rice. The recipe has been preserved by the Lu people through generations and has become a part of their unique cultural identity.
“Com” (young sticky rice flakes), made from Tu Le glutinous rice grown in terraced fields of Van Chan and Mu Cang Chai districts in the northwestern mountainous province of Yen Bai, has gained a high reputation thanks to its unique green colour and special taste.
The weather in the northern mountainous region begins to get cold some time in October and yellow rays of sun shine over ripe golden rice fields, signalling a bountiful “golden season”. This is also a time when ethnic people in Ha Giang celebrate the “New Rice” festival.
The Department of Industry and Trade in the Mekong Delta province of Long An has called on the Ministry of Industry and Trade to scrap all restrictions on the export of sticky rice since it has around 56,000 tonnes of stocks.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on April 16 proposed continuing exports of sticky rice harvested from the 2019-2020 winter-spring crop.
The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) under the Thai Ministry of Commerce has assessed that the drought situation in 2020 could hurt agricultural production, resulting in continued price increases.
There is nowhere in Vietnam that so many types of sticky rice - or “xoi” - present like they do in Hanoi. However, Xeo sticky rice is standing out among the various kinds
A conference was held in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on October 13 to announce the local specialty sticky rice brand, Khau Nua Lech Ngan Son.