Bac Lieu is known for more than its charming, straightforward locals; it also boasts a rich culinary heritage.

Vu Ngoc Vuong from Nam Truc district of Nam Dinh province is famous for running a chain of ’pho’ (rice noodle soup with beef or chicken) restaurants in Hanoi, selling around two to three thousand bowls daily.

VOV.VN - Vlogger Brandon Hurley of the United States, who has been living in Ho Chi Minh City for more than eight years, has recommended six delicious local dishes that foreign visitors should not miss out on when travelling to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - When it comes to shrimp cake, Tay Ho (West Lake) will always be the place to enjoy this dish. Snail rice noodle is another dish diners associate with Tay Ho.

Mantis shrimp rice noodle soup, with simple ingredients bringing the taste of the sea, has become another famous specialty of Quang Ninh.

Crab paste rice noodles are popular in Vietnam but are served differently in the northern province of Nam Dinh. Salted figs are added to the dish to create fig rice noodles (bun sung).

Although rice noodle is available everywhere in Vietnam, it tastes somewhat different in the central province of Binh Dinh, and is called rope-like rice noodles by the locals.

VOV.VN - The traditional craft village in Cai Rang district that makes “Hu tieu”, a kind of rice noodle popular in the south, typifies the culture of Can Tho city.

Search engines in 20 countries, including Vietnam, the UK, the US, Canada, Israel and Austria on December 12 feature a Google Doodle of "Pho" – Vietnamese traditional noodle soup.

Of the several versions available so far of pho, the Vietnamese rice noodle soup, chicken soup is plausibly the most “delicate.”