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Foamcore, foam board, or paper-faced foam board is a lightweight and easily cut material used for mounting of photographic prints, as backing for picture framing, for making scale models, and in painting. It consists of a board of polystyrene foam clad with an outer facing of paper on either side, typically white clay-coated paper or brown ...
It was built in 1956 and was the headquarters of Buddhism in South Vietnam. The pagoda is located in District 3, Hồ Chí Minh City and lies on a plot of 5000 square metres. The name Xá Lợi is the Vietnamese translation for śarīra, a term used for relics of Buddhists. The pagoda was best known for the raids, in which the Army of the ...
Caramelized pork and eggs. Caramelized pork and eggs (Khmer: ខសាច់ជ្រូក, khor săch chruk, Vietnamese: thịt kho tàu, Lao: ຕົ້ມເຄັມ, thom khem) is a dish found in Cambodia, [5][6] Vietnam [7] and Laos. It traditionally consists of small pieces of marinated pork and boiled eggs braised in coconut juice.
The Imperial City (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành; chữ Hán: 皇城) is a walled enclosure within the citadel (Kinh thành; chữ Hán: 京城) of the city of Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty. It contains the palaces that housed the imperial family, as well as shrines, gardens, and villas for mandarins.
Nón lá (chữ Nôm: 𥶄蘿; lit. 'Leaf hat') or nón tơi (𥶄𥵖) is a type of Vietnamese headwear used to shield the face from the sun and rain. [1] Nón lá is a typical symbol of the Vietnamese people. It is a common name for many types of hats in Vietnam, but now it is mainly used to refer to cones with pointed tips.
Hội An (chữ Hán: 會 安) translates as "peaceful meeting place" from Sino-Vietnamese. In English and other European languages, the town was known historically as Faifo. This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội An phố (the town of Hội An), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo". [ 9 ]
Yam mu yo thot khai dao is a spicy Thai salad made with fried mu yo and khai dao. Chả lụa, also known as mu yo (Thai: หมูยอ, [mǔː jɔ̄ː]) in Thai and (Lao: ຫມູຍໍ, [mǔː jɔ̄ː]) in Lao, the term is a combination of the word mu, meaning pork, and the word giò which means ham or sausage in Vietnamese. [2][3]
A woman wearing white Áo dài, May 2021. Áo dài (English: / ˈaʊˈdaɪ, ˈɔːˈdaɪ, ˈaʊˈzaɪ /; Vietnamese: [ʔaːw˧˦ zaːj˨˩] (North), [ʔaːw˦˥ jaːj˨˩] (South)) [1][2] is a modernized Vietnamese national garment consisting of a long split tunic worn over silk trousers. It can serve as formalwear for both men and women. Áo ...