Bought yours yet? Given a mooncake to the one you love? Mooncakes are the tradition sweet food to eat this time of year during Mid-Autumn Festival. And there's lots of flavours to choose from.

Guitarist Bill Frisell, widely known as one of the most versatile players in jazz history, performed for the first time in Vietnam at the "Bill Frisell: Summer of Guitar" concert last Sunday (May 26) in HCM City.

 On a recent sunny day, Phan Thi Kim Ngan, 53, wore an old palm-leaf conical hat, as she removed the cover of a barrel containing traditional fish sauce in her garden in Con Son commune in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Many eateries in Hanoi now feature realistic paintings of villages, mountains and dreamland of flowers, rivers and sky. To mark the Lunar New Year, we went to the strangely decorated Bong Lai Quan at 184 Trieu Viet Vuong Street.

Just like rice, fish sauce is a staple of almost every dish in Viet Nam. “For Vietnamese people, a meal without fish sauce is considered incomplete,” culture expert Tran Ngoc Them once wrote. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Among the hundreds of tailor shops in the ancient town of Hoi An, O-Thala is a new brand that was launched in December last year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bretons in Vietnam, an association of Breton people in Viet Nam, will present a programme of Celtic music called “Fest In Breizh” at the Cargo Bar on May 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Noey Neumark sits on a miniature blue stool – Ha Noi’s classic throne – admiring the bowl of banh da tron (flat noodles) she ordered from a food vendor.

 Vietnamese overseas entrepreneur-cum-chef Charles Phan (Phan Thanh Toan), the owner of ‘The Slanted Door’ restaurant in California, the United States, has made great contributions to bringing Vietnamese food into American culture.

 Vietnamese food is distinct and unforgettable, according to UK magazine Rough Guides.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As part of the ongoing Inter-Parliamentary Union's 132nd General Assembly, a city tour around Ha Noi and a visit to the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bank employee Hoang Minh Nhat won the Master Chef Viet Nam's second edition, which carries a cash award of VND500 million (US$23,500) and an opportunity to publish her own cookery book.

 Vietnamese Tourism Ambassador to Europe Bobby Chinn has introduced foreign tourists to Singapore and local islanders to genuine Vietnamese dishes from September 6-9.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After four years of preparation, Ha Huyen founded the largest channel featuring Vietnamese food on YouTube, called Helen's Recipes (Vietnamese Food). It has had over 20 million hits, mostly from foreigners, on YouTube.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A website specializing in Vietnamese cuisine, Viet Street Food, recently posted attractive images together with the introduction of the most delicious street cuisine of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Windsor Property Management Group Corporation, which runs the Windsor Plaza Hotel and several restaurants in HCM City, has achieved a coup by getting star Chinese-American chef and food writer Martin Yan to create the menu

 VietNamNet Bridge – During his trip across the country, American photographer Chris Goldberg missed no opportunity to consume Vietnam’s great dishes – through not just his palate, but also his lens.

VietNamNet Bridge – Living in Viet Nam is something Dale Gerstenslager, an American from Ohio, never thought he would do.

 Free pronunciation classes for expats; Cargo Bar hosts French hip-hop artist; Local reporter grabs WPGA Pollux Awards prize; International short-film festival returns; VN prepares to celebrate Day of Happiness