Soil and climate in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre are behind the steady and strong growth of local coconut trees.

Longan cakes is traditional local food in Hai Hau District, Nam Dinh Province. Although it is rustic from its look to the flavor, the dish is well-known.

The salty, sweet and sour flavors in the cashew nut salad of Binh Phuoc Province are appealing to food lovers.

Shrimp rolls—a specialty of Thua Lam Village in Tien Phong Commune, Thai Nguyen Province—can be said to be a typical shrimp dish of Vietnam.

Aside from various dishes of fresh, delectable seafood, Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province also offers bun quay (literally stirred noodle soup).

Diners will first be served thin sheets of steamed rice cake and many plates of fillings such as grilled meat, herbs and pickles.

Nga Son District in Thanh Hoa Province in the north has a popular raw fish salad whose main ingredient is ca nhech, or nhech fish (pisodonophis boro).

Visitors to Binh Duong Province should taste the local chicken salad with mangosteen—one of the most well-known specialties there.

Locals in Vinh Phuc Province’s Thuong Trung District are very proud of their rau rút or nhút, known as water mimosa in English, a green, reed-like vegetable that grows in freshwater ponds or lakes.

Aside from the beautiful mountainscape and caves in Trang An and Tam Coc-Bich Dong, Ninh Binh Province is also famed for its specialties made of goats that live on limestone mountains.