Cheap flights to USA

Booking cheap flights to USA to explore the American culture, Hollywood - the world's film capital, beautiful landscapes, and interesting recreational places will become easier if you catch the appropriate time and convenient way to buy tickets.

The United States of America (USA) or US for short is a country in North America, bordering Atlantic Ocean to the east, Mexico to the south, North of Atlantic Ocean to the west, and Canada to the north. The United States is the world's 3rd largest country, after Canada and Russian Federation. While the population of the US is about 300 million people and is one of the country with the largest population in the world. Its capital is Washington D.C - the surname of the first President of America. The country currently has 50 main states and 5 administrative sectors including Washington D.C, Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa and Puerto Rico. The US is considered a multi-religious country. The Christian covers the majority of population with approximately 76%. The Protestant accounts for 52%; Roman Catholicism occupies 24%; and other religions including Judaism (1%), Islam (1%), Buddhism and Hinduism. 

 

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Tourist attractions in USA

New York is an ideal stopover of tourists in journey discovering United States. Indispensable attractions in US consist of Times Square, United Nations Headquarters, Statue of Liberty, Cathedral of St John, Central Park, Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Carnegie, Rockefeller Center, New York Stock Exchange - Wall Street, Ground Zero, and Boulevard 5 - a popular fashion center of America.

Dusk at U.S. Capitol

Coming to Washington D.C, tourists will have the chance to visit the White House - the official residence and workplace of the US president, Bicameral US buildings - Capitol Palace, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial - the 3rd president of the US who drafted the famous America's Declaration of Independence, the Lincoln memorial, Museum of America Aviation and Space, Washington Monument... Golden Gate Bridge - the symbol of San Francisco is the longest suspension bridge in the world over 70 years, but now, this Bridge is only ranked 7th in the world's 10 longest suspension bridges.

New York City

Explore the Na Pali coast of Hawaii with romantic beaches, stunning coral reefs, volcanic peaks obscured by fog creating the dim scenery on the island. If tourists walk on the island, tourists will find the famous waterfall named Hanakapi'ai with great and poetic scenery and the tropical flowers blooming along hillside. The combination of landscape and light has created a masterpiece appealing tourists. Clingmans Dome is the ideal place for those who like to walk and explore. Located to the east of Tennessee State, Clingmans Dome is in the Smoky National Park, where there are many precious species of animals and plants. Hiking to the top of Clingmans Dome, tourists can observe and admire the panoramic view of wild world below.

Airports in USA

 

San Francisco International Airport 

There are many airports in US operating direct fights to/ from America. Tourists can find flights from US to following airports:

- John F. International Airport Kennedy Airport (New York)
- Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles)
- San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (Washington D.C)
- William P. Airport Hobby Airport (Houston)
- Chicago Midway International Airport (Chicago)
- San Diego International Airport (San Diego)
- O' Hare International Airport (Chicago)
- McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (New Orleans)
- Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta)

Currently, flights from Vietnam to America at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City) and Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi capital). But, they are connecting flights with one or two transits at one of main airports in Asia or Europe having direct flights to US. Flights from US to Hanoi are offered by Asiana Airlines, Qatar Airways, American Airlines, Etihad Airways; Jet Airways, Vietnam Airlines… While airlines operating flights from US to Ho Chi Minh City include Japan Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Emirates, China Southern Airlines…

Popular airlines in USA and to USA

San Francisco International Airport

American Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines are popular airlines in US. These airlines are operating domestic and international flights to countries in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Major and low-cost airlines flying to US consist of Aeroméxico, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, KLM, Korean Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Volaris, Swiss International Air Lines, Royal Jordanian, Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Finnair, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Air India, Air France, Air Canada, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, China Airlines…

Other useful information

 

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- In America, tipping is a mandatory provision for tourists when using the services. For example, in some large hotels and restaurants, a tip will be added from 10% to 25% of service charge in the bill of tourists. If bills do not include a tip, tourists should leave a tip on the table or give the waiter, hotel reception before leaving.

- Americans have very high self-discipline. Though the regulations of environmental protection are not too rigorous and strict as that in Singapore, the US government still has laws to punish those who knowingly littering public places. In America, tourists are not allowed to smoke in some public places. 

- America has good security, but there are some areas in cities where tourists are advised not to approach.

- Buses in America are quite slow, so it is often popular for tourists traveling in short-distance routes between cities. Therefore, the most comfortable and convenient mean to travel round the country is private car. 

- Tourists should not use the phone at the hotels because the price is quite high. To have cheap calls, tourists should buy a prepaid sim card to call aboard and within states. Tourists should ask for tour guide for purchasing sim card. Come to places where Vietnamese or Chinese are living to make cheap calls to Vietnam.

- Supermarkets in US are often open from 09:00am/ 10:00am to 5:00pm/ 6:00pm. Many luxury items sold in US are often cheaper than those in European and Australian countries. Tourists to America often buy goods such as perfume, cosmetics, shoes, clothes, electronic products, medical equipment...

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Most ideal points for scuba diving in Vietnam

Diving in Hon Mun Island - Nha Trang

Red lionfish

Hon Mun Island is famous to fans of scuba diving. It is possible to dive and contemplate the beauty of more than 300 species of coral reef and thousands of species of fish. Divers will be lured into the diverse marine creatures like a colorful picture. Most visited diving areas in Hon Mun are Fisher man bay, Small hill, Small wall, South rock, South reef, Moray beach, Pipe beach, Lobster beach, Mamahanh beach, Madona rock, Rom wall, Hard rock, Small rock, and Big wall.

Diving in Son Tra Peninsula

Son Tra Peninsula

It is no doubt Son Tra Peninsula is a favor bestowed by the nature. In Son Tra Peninsula, there is a diverse natural reserve of various, specious flora and fauna system. Only by diving deeper under the sea can divers see a totally different under sea world full of colors. Also, divers have a chance to listen to sounds of coral reef which are developing strongly and wildly. Here is not just the home to strange coral reef species, but also the shelter of many fish species. That is a wonderful experience on dipping in the turquoise water, looking at vivid and different-in-shape coral reef and many fish species.

Diving in Phu Quoc Island

Phu Quoc Island

Phu Quoc is an ideal destination for anyone who wishes to escape from the bustling and busy city life. Phu Quoc Island is also a wonderful place for natural exploration, sightseeing, fishing, swimming and diving. Beaches in Son Tra Peninsula have smooth sand fields, deep and clear sea water. This is a primitive area. Divers as tourists can take part in diving tours in Son Tra near the northwest of the island, or around a small southern archipelago. The best time for scuba diving in Vietnam is from May to July when sea is calm and clear with the outlook of 20-30m. During November - February annually, not many people join divingtours in Vietnam because of strong waves and billowy sea.

Diving in Cat Ba Island

Lan Ha Bay

Cat Ba Archipelago consists of 367 islands, including Cat Ba Island. This island is located in the south of Halong Bay, off the coast of Haiphong City and Quang Ninh province, about 30 km from Haiphong City, and about 25 km from Halong City. Cat Ba Island is recognized as the world biosphere reserve by UNESCO. Cat Ba Island is a beautiful and romantic island, located at an average latitude of 70 m above the sea level (in the range of 0-331 m). Under reef around the foot of island, there are red coral reefs, specious marine creatures such as abalone, pearl, spiny lobsters along with colorful fish, bringing second-to-non "garish beauty".

Diving in Halong Bay

Halong Bay

Not just appealing tourists by yellow smooth sandy beaches, turquoise waters, charming islands, Halong Bay is also famous for being one of the most outstanding aquariums in Vietnam. Just diving down 20 meters, divers can enjoy the entire breathtaking scenery of the huge aquarium. Multifold beauty of untouched coral reefs continuously stretches with all sorts of red coral, or antler coral... Tourists can also be an opportunity to get delight with all kinds of colorful fish. Tourists as divers can feel delight in playing with various species of fish. Sometimes, divers can meet fish weighing 7-8kg, or huge anchovy’s herds with an area of over 1 square kilometers crossing your eyesight. Those who are fans of adventures can diver deeper to explore undiscovered coral reeves.

Diving in Hoi An

Cu Lao Cham Island

Cu Lao Cham Island (Hoi An) is the lengthened part to the southeast of Bach Ma - Hai Van - Son Tra area, where geologists call it "Hai Van complex" formed about 230 million years ago. The history of earth crust’s volatility formed interesting a fault system, making this undersea complex become the habitat of many marine species. Therefore, Cu Lao Cham Island was zoned officially by international and Vietnam organizations, and the marine protected area was established. Tourists can travel to the island by speed boat, and approach one of three destinations for diving at Bai Bac Beach: Hon Dai, Hon Tai, or Hon Mo. In addition, tourists should choose some diving forms: shallow dive with propellers, deep snorkel and dive with the boiler to explore rich marine ecosystems in this region - where there are up to 135 species of coral, 202 species of fish, 84 different special seafood, including many pearl, shrimp and fish species in the Red Book of Vietnam.

A wonderful and interesting under sea world in Vietnam is looking forward to your exploration. Let’s AloTrip (a travel agent with its official site of AloTrip.com) solve your problems of transportation and other information about these destinations. Visitors can travel to these above places by road, water, or taking cheap Vietnam flights.

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Vietnam Airlines upgrades service quality

Located in overall program upgrade of service quality to 4-star standard, catering services on flights of Vietnam Airlines are strong innovated to bring their passengers interesting experience. Compared to the past, the list of VietnamAirline services of meals is richer and more diverse; menu on each route is designed separately between outbound and inbound, changed from time to time and every season to meet the demand of passengers.

lunch on board vietnam airlines

Vietnam Airline representative said catering services on its flights according to 4-star standard service has changed comprehensively from meals to drinks. Facilities are redesigned modern (Economy Class) and according to standard of restaurant and hotel (Vietnam Airlines BusinessClass with large plates, standard wineglass and cups). Also, menu is selected and fully renewed.

Business Class passengers can enjoy Signature Dish like traditional beef noodle served on original flights in Vietnam and main course directly presented on large dish by flight attendants for return flight from British, France, Germany, Australia and Japan. In addition, drinks are also added such as juice fruit, 3 special cocktails of VietnamAir Lines (Hello Vietnam, Red River and Saigon Sunlight) made by specialist Vo Tan Si, Chairman of Saigon Bartenders Association and member of World Bartenders Association. There are 6 types of tea (green tea, black tea and herbal tea) and three types of coffee (black, cappuccino and espresso), brand-name pure water and carbonated mineral water.

meal on board vietnam airlines flight

Signature Dish is one of hot main courses served on the Class C of the preferred routes. From September 2015, Business Class passengers on VietnamAir flight from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Heathrow (London, UK) has been serving the beef noodle, one of three main courses to choose from in breakfast.

This is a traditional dish that Vietnamairlines introduces to the program upgrade of catering services on flights following the 4-star standards. Following the route to the UK, beef noodle is expected to serve on the flights from Vietnam to France, Germany, Australia and Japan, after the aircrafts of B787- 9 and A350-900 are put into operation on these routes.

From the freshest ingredients, carefully selected and prepared by experienced chefs of Noi Bai Catering Services Joint-Stock Company and MTV Catering Services Limited Company, the aromatic and hot bowls of beef noodle will bring passengers delicious taste of the famous noodle shops in Hanoi. Moreover, earlier in September, Noi Bai Catering Services Joint Stock Company (NCS) - a subsidiary of Vietnamese Airlines received award the best catering services company in 2014 (The best caterer) awarded by Japan Airlines. This is the second time (2013 - 2014) NCS receives this award. 

Vietnam Airlines serves cocktails on long haul flights

Cocktail is a mixed drink is blended from wines and fruit juices and considered a popular drink of numerous people. Also, it is a diverse beverage in menu of bars in the world. Drinking cocktail is not only to refresh, but also to enjoy the taste, color, decorative art. Therefore, Vietnam Air has selected cocktails designed by itself to serve passengers on long-haul flights. It also contributes to the introduction and promotion of special fruits of Vietnam to international friends.

starter meal on vietnam airlines

With professional restaurants and bars, concocting dozens of cocktails is not difficult. However, international flights serve many passengers with diversity of nationalities, culture, habits and preferences. Feelings of passengers on color, taste and smell on aircraft is different on the ground. Restrictions on alcohol in the long-haul flights, conditions of preparation and ancillary components to serve fast but high quality... are the criteria that need to be considered carefully.

From this reality, Mr. Vo Tan Si spent much effort to search and mix different ingredients in order to find the most suitable beverage, satisfying the needs of majority customers on VietnamAir flight. Under the skillful hands and creative mind of Mr. Vo Tan Si, three cocktails named Red River, Saigon Sunlight and Hello Vietnam was born to serve bring the passengers of Vietnam airlines. Vietnam Air passengers now can enjoy the delicious taste of the cocktails bearing the international mark and flavor of beautiful tropical country. These cocktails are also considered its proprietary products.

In Red River, connoisseurs will recognize the characteristic of Campari wine, combined with orange juice and Dry Martini. This is an ideal appetizer before enjoying exquisite cuisine. Saigon Sunlight with gentle smoky taste of Whisky when served along lemon juice, syrup and Sprite will become an attractive beverage that can be used at any time of the flight. The cocktail named Hello Vietnam is made from Campari wine, orange juice and Sprite, used for all the time before or after a meal.

vietnam airlines drinks

These drinks attract passengers not only by delicious taste but also by the beautiful and eye-catching color. When poured into a crystal glass that Vietnamese Airlines put its own production, the cup of cocktail becomes more attractive and delicious. This is one of 4-star services that Vietnam Airlines is looking forward to meet the demand of passengers. Along with the product systems on the ground and on aircraft increasingly perfect, the drinks and meals carefully invested are contributing to confirm quality service of Vietnam Airline.

According to representative of Vietnamair lines, in the future, passengers on long-haul flights, especially Business Class will be served more cocktails. All are to meet the increasing diverse demands of customers.

Top most visited aquariums in Vietnam

Tri Nguyen Aquarium Nha Trang

Tri Nguyen Aquarium Nha Trang is located in Hon Mieu Island in Nha Trang Bay, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. It takes about 20 minutes from mainland to Hon Mieu. In this island, there are two famous attractions as Tri Nguyen Aquarium and Bai Soi Beach. Tri Nguyen Aquarium is designed like a fossil ships covered by moss. Inside that ship, it is a miniature of ocean with many rare and precious fish species. The most special creature in the aquarium is live corals. The system of fish lakes consists of 2 forms: outdoor and indoor. On the ground, there is a fish lake with thousands of precious living creatures.

Tri Nguyen Aquarium

The lake is designed with glass surrounding, which helps visitors to see everything clearly. On the second floor, visitors can choose some nice and unique souvenirs for friends and family. On the third floor, there is a seafood restaurant with many delicious and fresh dishes. On the deck of ship, there are a cannon and a mast. Fish Lake in this aquarium always has the same water level as sea. In the outdoor lake, there are many common fish species such as mackerel, squid, tuna, stingrays... and big squids and lobsters hiding in coral reefs. At the lake, there are huts for leisure fishing service. Setting foot on Tri Nguyen Aquarium, tourists will actually feel like being lost in a real Palace with an extremely attractive and abundant flora and fauna.

Tri Nguyen Aquarium

The current ticket to Tri Nguyen Aquarium is 20,000VND/adult, and 10,000VND/children. Otherwise, visitors can spend 5,000VND to swim at Bai San Beach and visiting the outdoor lake. Located not far from Tri Nguyen Aquarium, Bai Soi Beach is one of famous attractions in Nha Trang. The unique thing at the beach is that it does not have sand, but colorful gravels. That is the reason why the beach is call Bai Soi (a field of gravels). Here is also an ideal place to enjoy great swimming time.

Vinpearl Land Aquarium Nha Trang

Aquarium in Nha Trang

Being dubbed a “mini ocean”, Vinpearl Land Aquarium Nha Trang has been one of the most famous attractions in Nha Trang tours. Vinpearl Land Aquarium Nha Trang has an area of 3,400 square meters. It is the home to more than 300 specious and strange marine creatures imported from different countries. The aquarium is divided into some areas: North Asia, South Asia, Amazon, and Coastal areas... The entire site of this aquarium is a 2-floor building inside an artificial mountain. Besides, to meeting the best exploring demand of visitors, a modern tunnel with escalators is equipped in Vinpearl Land Nha Trang. Visitors will have a feeling of getting lost under the sea bed and emerging the exciting and colorful life of marine creatures. More interestingly, Vinpearl Land Aquarium in Nha Trang also brings a vivid world with featured artistic performances of mermaids to visitors. The aquarium is open from 9:00 to 21:00 every day.

Vinpearl Land Aquarium Times City

Aquarium Times City Hanoi

Not just breaking the record in scale and square of its brother in Nha Trang, Vinpearl Land Aquarium Times City is also known as the most modern and biggest aquarium in Vietnam with many unique and outstanding features. With an area of nearly 4,000 square meters, the Vinpearl Land Aquarium Hanoi is the convergence of more than 30,000 species all over the world. This is also the first aquarium having an underground path of nearly 300 meters. Coming here, visitors can contemplate many cute penguins in a separate oasis at Vinpearl Land Aquarium Times City.

This is the first aquarium in Vietnam having an area of reptile including various amphibians, and tropical insects... All will bring a strange and interesting feeling. Moreover, visitors will be lured into an interesting undersea world with hundreds of colorful species of fish from China, Japan, I' and Pacific Ocean... Vinpearl Land Aquarium Times City Hanoi is not just simply an entertainment center, but also a tourist attraction having a great educational meaning of raising love for the nature, protecting environment.

Dam Sen Aquarium

Dam Sen Aquarium

With an area of about 3,000 square meters, Dam Sen Aquarium in Ho Chi Minh City is one of the biggest aquariums in Vietnam. Coming here, visitors can contemplate the beauty of over 6,000 oceanic creatures (with over 40 floral species and 150 fauna precious species. Some of them are in the edge of extinction. These creatures are collected from rivers around the world: Mekong River, Amazon River, and a great number of species taken from Spratly Islands Vietnam. Dam Sen Aquarium is a new and interesting tourist attraction in Ho Chi Minh City. It will take visitors to a new mini journey to explore the colorful undersea world. This visual and interesting educational work about sea life will definitely satisfy the exploring desire of everyone who loves colorful life under the sea.

These aquariums are located along the country in top destinations in Vietnam such as Hanoi, Nha Trang, and Ho Chi Minh City. These cities are easily approached by different means of transportation, including by plane. At present, there are many cheap tickets to Hanoi, Nha Trang, and Ho Chi Minh City operated by many airlines such as Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air, and Jetstar Pacific… To know more information about cheap airfares and tourism services, let’s visit AloTrip.com – the official site of AloTrip International Limited – a reputable travel company for further details about airfare promotion.

Mai Chau in Top 10 newest Asian destinations

Mai Chau valley with the majestic nature, amazing scenery, rich velvety green, and poetic beauty of the highlander becomes a wonderland, a wonderful natural painting. Tourists coming to Mai Chau will be lured into the greatness of wealthy farms, races on spring, green tours, and a "majestic world". In Mai Chau valley, there are many beautiful landscapes, including Mo Luong Cave. The cave is famous for mysterious stalactites captivating visitors. The stalactites have created flowers and streams like a masterpiece. Located in the Pu Kha Mountain Range in Mai Chau town, Hoa Binh, about 2km walking from Lac Village, Mo Luong Cave is one of ideal attractions in Mai Chau for tourists who love to explore and find a strange feeling in Mai Chau town.

Mai Chau valley

Mo Luong Cave in Mai Chau also has a different name - Bo Luong (Bó Luông) called by White Thai ethnic people. Mo Luong Cave is also known as Hang Bo Doi (Solider Cave). Bo Luong means a big water source. According to a legend, on every Tet holiday (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), Thai ethnic people go to deep streams in the region to catch fish. One time, there was a woman who caught an egg three times. After each time seeing that egg, finally, she decided to bring that egg home. Then, the egg turned into a snake. Since the appearance of this snake, the water level in rice fields raised. Wherever the snake was taken, the water level raised, creating favorable conditions for locals to expand lands and cultivate into fertile fields. To express gratitude to the snake, locals brought it to Mo Luong Cave, and then the snake turned into a dragon there. Annually, on the full moon of the seventh lunar month, there are swarms of fish appearing from the cave. Local people believe that the fish swarms are brought by the snake to return the favor to the locals.

Mai Chau

Mo Luong Cave - Mai Chau has four smaller caves with the depth of about 500m. The first grotto retains 60m long, 16m wide, with 20m high of the ceiling dome. The cave's ground is paved by concrete. During Resistance War Against America, the cave used to be an arsenal. The grotto is structured as a large living room with numerous spectacular stalactites on both sides of domed ceiling, which looks like decorative ceiling lights and colorful paintings. The second cave is 10m higher the first one. Entering the cave, visitors will have a feeling of getting lost in a different place. It is the wonderland of stalactites. There are many breathtaking Buddha-shaped stalactites on 2 sides of the wall or colorful ones like sparkling clouds. The background is the convergence of shiny stretching stalactites like a silver ornamented carpet. Going through the second cave will lead to the third one. This is a large cave with an area of 400 square meters, and cooler than other caves. In a serene space, stalactites from the dome of cave fall like huge teeth. The last cave has a height of 25m, a length of 15m, and a width of 12m. In the fourth part, there are many stalactites, stone pillars with unique shapes. At the end of Mo Luong Cave, there is an underground stream running to Mo Luong Lake in front of the mountain.

Mo Luong Cave

In Mai Chau tours, visitors can stay at stilt houses of Thai ethnic people. It is an interesting experience to explore more about cultural identity of locals. Other famous Mai Chau attractions are Lac Village, Pom Coong Village, Van Village, Mo Luong Cave, Chieu Cave, Pieng Kem Cave, and archaeological excavations as Lang Cave and Khau Phuc Cave.

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Taste street of Phu Yen

Phu Yen is a land of sun and wind, a land of forest and sea located in the south central coastal region of Vietnam. Traveling Phu Yen, visitors will have a chance to discover more about the local cuisine in Phu Yen.

Phu Yen province is home to numerous cuisines that have been rich to Vietnamese cuisine in general.  If I were in Hanoi at the moment, I would definitely go for a bowl a “Pho Bo” or beef noodle for breakfast. But now we are here in Phu Yen province, so we will have breakfast like Phu Yen residents. I am not sure about the origin of the dish “banh hoi long heo” or pork organs with “banh hoi”, but it is known as a popular breakfast not only in Phu Yen but also in central provinces including Binh Dinh and Gia Lai. This is rather unique because in this area, people eat “banh hoi” and intestine pork as two separate dishes. But here they eat them together and they got long along pretty well.

There are two ways of enjoying this dish. The first way, just simply take one rice paper, and then we add in a little intestine, a little bit of raw vegetables and of course “banh hoi”, and then wrap them over, dip it into the fish sauce and enjoy. In the second way, in a bowl, we add intestine, raw vegetable, banh hoi, several pieces of rice paper and then add a spoon of fish sauce, mix them well together and enjoy. Finally, don’t forget to enjoy a bowl of “chao long”. It is certainly not beautiful and delicate dish theoretically, but its flavor and aroma more than make up for its appearance. All ingredients on this table actually combined really well together.  This is crispness of pancake, toughness of rice paper, fragrance of banh hoi, especially, the protein of the intestine.  All can get a very delicious and nutritious breakfast.

Tuy Hoa market, the biggest traditional market in Phu Yen province is located in the center of Tuy Hoa city. Here you can find various delicious dishes at very reasonable prices.  Thach sam nam or sam nam jelly is a popular refreshing dessert in the region. People shopping here often stop by to have a cup of sam nam jelly in high summer heat.

Well-known for its drinking culture, Phu Yen cuisine has many special delicious dishes that attract food lovers and gourmets. One of the specialties is “bo mot nang” or one-sun dried beef.  People in Phu Yen just use the meat from the thigh and fillet if Phu Yen original yellow cows which have been raising in the grass fields of Phu Yen province. They do not use any preservative substance. They learnt the recipe of smoked beef from Ede ethnic minority people and then they re-created a new recipe for their traditional dish. After that the beef has been carefully marinated, we are now putting them on the racks to dry. We will dry the beef about 2 hours.

The stalls have replaced the old bamboo shelves which we use to dry the beef under the sunlight. The haft cooked beef is grilled over the charcoal and served with a special kind of sauce. They catch the ants from the forest. After cleaning, they roast them and add some salt and chilies to make the sauce. The ants have a kind of acid which is good for digestion. They also use “then len”, a kind of wild leaf to mix with ant sauce. These leaves will add a bitter taste for the sauce, which combines the pungent sour and sweet flavors. There is so many different ways to enjoy the delicious beef. This is just one way that the local people in Phu Yen often eat as a side dish.  The dried beef can be torn into small pieces and then mix with vegetables to create a special salad or serves with rice as the main dish.

Phu Yen has a long coastline with unlimited beautiful beaches and sand dunes which is an ideal habitat for the lizards. I follow Mr. Truc, is skillful lizard hunter to the sand beach to catch lizards. During summer, together with two Phu Hoa villagers, Mr. Truc, a secondary teacher has to the sand dunes and beaches to catch the lizards. The dry and arid land here is great for lizards which live in holes and small crevices. However, lizard hunters here have found ways to catch them. They have to distinguish between which hole is new and which hole is old. After winter when the weather is warmer, during January or February, lizards often come out of their holes to search for food. So they often catch lizards from then until August. Lizards may not look appetizing to some but it is seen as a delicious specialty in Phu Yen and other neighboring provinces as Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and Vung Tau. The sweet smelling lizard rolls are accompanied with very kinds of herbs pineapple sauce.  Anyone who have never had a chance taste lizards are impressed by its fragrant and crispness.

Many tourists to Vietnam are impressed by the diversity of Vietnamese noodle. But there is one kind of noodle that not so many people know about and is actually a specialty of Phu Yen province. It is called “bun bap” or corn noodles. Not many people know about the place where corn noodle produce in Tuy An district of Phu Yen province, because they believe that this trade is long lost. However, thanks to the effort of Vo Tan Quan, a 29-year-old man, people in Nui Dat village can here the familiar sound of pounding corn again. He has a passion for this job and he want to restore the trade of making corn noodles. He has tried his best to learn this trade.  He wants to preserve the trade of making corn noodles for his homeland. The corn noodle trade was lost because they are difficult to produce. Another reason was that the profit of corn noodles was low. The price was too expensive so people didn’t buy them. That’s why the number of corn noodle makers has fallen and the trade has gradually been lost. We can use corn noodles with soybean sauce or fish sauce. We also use corn noodles in fish hot pot served with vegetables or sweet and sour crab soup, snail soup or chicken soup.

 Some restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City have asked him to work with them on long-term business, but his production is small scale due to the lack of equipment. More importantly, the number of orders is still limited. He just hopes to open a restaurant of his own and production corn noodles regularly. Quan continue to make corn noodles for full moon days or the beginning of the months to sell them to his regular customers. If you prefer vegetarian cuisine, you can use corn noodle to make a pretty tasty vegetarian food.

 If you visit Phu Yen, the 800-year-old Nhan tower, a symbol of Cham culture must be on your list destinations. It used to be a place to worship for the ancient Cham people in the late 11th and early 12th century. Today, there are no holy relics or statues in the tower, but it remains to be a symbol of Cham architecture in Phu Yen province and attracts tourists to come and admire. It í not very far from Nhan Mountain, you can find many stalls and restaurants serving different local delicacies. If you have to name the dishes that are very typical for the south central coast region of Vietnam, “banh canh” will be one of them. But in different area, people have been different way of cooking “banh canh” and they use different ingredients as well. Here in Phu Yen province we also have different way. “Banh canh” in Phu Yen is different from the other regions because local people use a lot of chives and fishes. Although in this region, “banh canh” is very popular and is loved by so many people. A bowl of “banh canh” is actually sold at a very reasonable price and people can find it almost every street around the province.

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