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[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Looks nice, may want to try this on my next trip

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

try and post review here...

I will post more news here...

[Hurricane88]

Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – October 31

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 10/31/2016 08:30 GMT + 7

Happy Halloween from Vietnam!

Society

-- Four people were killed and another seriously injured after a seafood processing facility in the northern Vietnamese province of Thai Binh exploded on Sunday morning, the local administration stated.

-- Police in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on Sunday evening arrested two suspects for trading a total of 5,600 synthetic drug pills. An investigation showed that the two were members of a drug ring that smuggled the illegal products from Laos.

-- A twelfth-grade student in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai drowned in a local reservoir after trying to rescue a friend who tripped and fell into the lake on Saturday evening.

-- Three people in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have been detained for stealing from a vice-chairman of the local administration at his house, officers affirmed on Sunday.

-- A 27-year-old woman was slashed to death by a stranger as she was carrying her eight-year-old son on her motorcycle in Thai Binh Province on Sunday morning. The little boy suffered minor injuries, according to local police.

-- The General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed that a four-month-old girl in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has suffered from microcephaly, a birth defect brought about by the Zika virus, making it the first case in Vietnam.

Business

-- Continuous downpours have submerged many farms in Ho Chi Minh City, resulting in a hike in green vegetable prices.
-- The Ministry of Finance is considering taxing people who own more than one house.

-- Banks in Vietnam have been reluctant to invest in agriculture due to high risk and low profitability, Lai Xuan Mon, president of the Vietnam Farmer’s Union, said at a conference on Sunday.

Lifestyle

-- The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ho Chi Minh City has kicked off the Buddhism week, which is scheduled to run from October 31 to November 7, at the Pho Quang Pagoda in Phu Nhuan District to commemorate the Sangha’s 35th anniversary.

[Hurricane88]

Ho Chi Minh City curfew on bars, Internet cafés proves ineffective

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 10/28/2016 15:59 GMT + 7

While authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have imposed curfew on local bars and internet cafés, the rule seems to have fallen by the wayside.

Though regulations dictate that bars and clubs must shut down by midnight, and Internet cafes are not permitted to operate after 10:00pm, it seems curfews in Ho Chi Minh City are not proving quite as affective as some might hope.

Local residents and foreign tourists wishing to continue their parties well into the night often clash with such curfew regulations.

According to the observation of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, at 1:30 am on October 19, the OXC Disco, located in District 1, was still bustling, with long lines of motorbikes parked along the entrance and party goers showing their wild sides on the dance floor.

“We stay open until the morning. Just enjoy your time here until you cannot handle another drink,” a waiter told our correspondents when the clock struck two.

At CCC Bar, also situated in the downtown area, hundreds of local and foreign customers were still gathered around beer towers and hookahs after midnight.

“We only close when the very last customer leaves. Sometimes the bar is still filled with people, even at three in the morning,” a waiter said.
Just a few kilometers away, about 20 young men were still fixing their eyes on the computer screens at an Internet café on Le Van Si Street in District 3, failing to notice that it was already 1:00 am.

“For only VND30,000 [US$1.33], you can play games from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am,” an employee advertised.

After arriving at another Internet café in Phu Nhuan District at 3:00 am, the reporters were required to show their ID in order for accounts to be opened at the Internet café, a necessity to use the service.

Using a computer at the café from 3:15 am to 6:00 am costs VND20,000 ($0.88).

The best solution?

According to Pham Van Dung, deputy chief inspector of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, it is common for local bars to operate after the curfew.

About 17 administrative penalties have been imposed on facilities still open after regulated hours during the first six months of 2016, Dung said, adding that more inspections are expected to be carried out in the near future.

About 31 Internet cafés were also fined for failing to comply with the curfew during the same period, said Nguyen Duc Tho, chief inspector of the city’s Department of Information and Communications.

Several operators tried to dodge their penalties by claiming they were not charging customers, or that their customers were actually relatives, Tho added.

Local legal experts believe that the curfew is not needed.

According to Vu Quang Duc, a law practitioner, implementing a rule that no one follows only leads to neglect of other laws.

There should be more regular inspections of the facilities and sterner punishments for violators if local authorities want to keep these regulations, Duc stated.

The lawyer stated that local bars should not be inhibited from providing their services after midnight.

Experts recommended that some areas, such as Bui Vien Street, be exclusively designed for late operation in order to meet the demand of local citizens and foreign visitors.

However, competent authorities should ask for the consent local residents and increase taxes on such facilities.

[Hurricane88]

Hẻm Gems: Mì Hến With Cong the Enforcer

Last Updated on Friday, 19 August 2016 10:35 Published on Friday, 19 August 2016 10:35 Written by Dana Filek-Gibson.



Shuffling along in flip-flops and a pair of baggy shorts, Cong the Enforcer arrives at our table.

“Mì ốc hến đây!” he shouts, thrusting a steaming bowl of soup into outstretched hands. As soon as the bowl is accepted, he turns on his heel and disappears to fetch another helping. It takes seven trips to serve the entire table, and then he fades into the background, standing along one of the dingy walls to observe his customers.

While he’s certainly a man who gets down to business, Cong the Enforcer is having a good time. He takes pride in running a successful restaurant, enjoys the power of managing a small but dedicated team and delights in seeing his diners tuck in to a bowl of mì ốc hến. Beaming from the sidelines, he watches over us as we dig in. Cong the Enforcer is a hard-working, honorable businessman. Cong the Enforcer is also 12. And yet, from the moment we sit down he caters to us, hurrying to and fro as he coordinates our order, shouting out the specifics like a short-order cook.

The signature dish at Tu Thuy, where Cong the Enforcer supervises the floor, is mì ốc hến, a bowl of noodles featuring snails and baby clams doused in subtly sweet broth. Everyday from 8:30am to 9pm, Tu Thuy’s cook ladles the tasty soup onto a pile of instant noodles, which serves as a base for the aforementioned aquatic ingredients. The entire dish is then topped off with some fresh greens and fried shallots before being whisked away by the boss himself. It’s possible to mix things up a bit and substitute the mì for bún or hủ tiếu should you feel the need to be different; you can also get rid of the ốc, but we don’t recommend it.

Whatever you order, it’s best to spruce up the dish with a sauce of some kind. The standard condiments are available – chili sauce, soya and chili with lemongrass – as well as a tangy tamarind sauce. We tried the latter, but unfortunately it didn’t pack much punch when combined with the larger dish so the tried-and-true standards are your best bet.

While you’re at it, you’ll also want to order a glass of trà tắc to wash your soup down. The sweet, citrus-y iced tea is like trà đá on steroids: bright, flavorful and refreshing.

As we finish off our lunch, one by one, Cong the Enforcer returns, scooping up bowls and refilling empty tea glasses. Since the soup portions leave us room for more, we decide to try Tu Thuy’s bánh trứng while we’re at it. Once again, the boss springs into action, calling out our order and rushing over with a hot plate when it’s done.

As far as snacks go, the bánh trứng is a winner. You can barely see its stark white, quail egg cakes beneath the heaps of chili sauce, mayonnaise, peanuts, dried shrimp and Vietnamese ketchup. If you closed your eyes and took a bite, you could easily mistake these tasty morsels for bánh tráng nướng, the grilled rice paper snacks you find in the hands of high schoolers and patrons of the cà phê bệt in 30-4 Park. Neither too light nor too filling, the bite-sized snacks manage to combine an impressive range of flavors onto one plate.

The far side of District 4 is a forgotten land, at least if you’re an Uber driver. With lunch finished, we make several failed requests for a ride and take siesta at the same time. This is when I meet the only employee in the restaurant with more authority than Cong the Enforcer: his mother. She used to be a mobile vendor, she tells me. For nine years, the boss' mum sold mì ốc hến around District 4, eventually setting up shop on Ton That Thuyet a few months ago. So far, business has been steady, and of course, she’s got reliable help.

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Hẻm Gems: Mì Hến With Cong the Enforcer
Last Updated on Friday, 19 August 2016 10:35 Published on Friday, 19 August 2016 10:35 Written by Dana Filek-Gibson. Photos by Brandon Coleman.


Shuffling along in flip-flops and a pair of baggy shorts, Cong the Enforcer arrives at our table.

“Mì ốc hến đây!” he shouts, thrusting a steaming bowl of soup into outstretched hands. As soon as the bowl is accepted, he turns on his heel and disappears to fetch another helping. It takes seven trips to serve the entire table, and then he fades into the background, standing along one of the dingy walls to observe his customers.

While he’s certainly a man who gets down to business, Cong the Enforcer is having a good time. He takes pride in running a successful restaurant, enjoys the power of managing a small but dedicated team and delights in seeing his diners tuck in to a bowl of mì ốc hến. Beaming from the sidelines, he watches over us as we dig in. Cong the Enforcer is a hard-working, honorable businessman. Cong the Enforcer is also 12. And yet, from the moment we sit down he caters to us, hurrying to and fro as he coordinates our order, shouting out the specifics like a short-order cook.



The signature dish at Tu Thuy, where Cong the Enforcer supervises the floor, is mì ốc hến, a bowl of noodles featuring snails and baby clams doused in subtly sweet broth. Everyday from 8:30am to 9pm, Tu Thuy’s cook ladles the tasty soup onto a pile of instant noodles, which serves as a base for the aforementioned aquatic ingredients. The entire dish is then topped off with some fresh greens and fried shallots before being whisked away by the boss himself. It’s possible to mix things up a bit and substitute the mì for bún or hủ tiếu should you feel the need to be different; you can also get rid of the ốc, but we don’t recommend it.

Whatever you order, it’s best to spruce up the dish with a sauce of some kind. The standard condiments are available – chili sauce, soya and chili with lemongrass – as well as a tangy tamarind sauce. We tried the latter, but unfortunately it didn’t pack much punch when combined with the larger dish so the tried-and-true standards are your best bet.

While you’re at it, you’ll also want to order a glass of trà tắc to wash your soup down. The sweet, citrus-y iced tea is like trà đá on steroids: bright, flavorful and refreshing.

As we finish off our lunch, one by one, Cong the Enforcer returns, scooping up bowls and refilling empty tea glasses. Since the soup portions leave us room for more, we decide to try Tu Thuy’s bánh trứng while we’re at it. Once again, the boss springs into action, calling out our order and rushing over with a hot plate when it’s done.

As far as snacks go, the bánh trứng is a winner. You can barely see its stark white, quail egg cakes beneath the heaps of chili sauce, mayonnaise, peanuts, dried shrimp and Vietnamese ketchup. If you closed your eyes and took a bite, you could easily mistake these tasty morsels for bánh tráng nướng, the grilled rice paper snacks you find in the hands of high schoolers and patrons of the cà phê bệt in 30-4 Park. Neither too light nor too filling, the bite-sized snacks manage to combine an impressive range of flavors onto one plate.

The far side of District 4 is a forgotten land, at least if you’re an Uber driver. With lunch finished, we make several failed requests for a ride and take siesta at the same time. This is when I meet the only employee in the restaurant with more authority than Cong the Enforcer: his mother. She used to be a mobile vendor, she tells me. For nine years, the boss' mum sold mì ốc hến around District 4, eventually setting up shop on Ton That Thuyet a few months ago. So far, business has been steady, and of course, she’s got reliable help.



As our driver nears, we call for the bill and once again the floor manager comes over, pointing at the remnants of our lunch and rattling off prices like an auctioneer.

“Mì hến 20 ngàn, 5 tô mì ốc hến 125 ngàn là 145 ngàn, hủ tiếu ốc hến 25 ngàn là 170 ngàn rồi 7 ly trà tắc 35 ngàn là 205 ngàn...”

We collect our money and hand it over to Cong the Enforcer, who pulls out a wad of cash from his waistband and begins flicking through the bills one by one, retrieving our change as he goes.

But for all his bravado, the boss is not much of a ham. As we wait for our ride, Brandon, our photographer, attempts to capture Cong the Enforcer at work. Suddenly, the boss gets shy. He hides his face, turning toward his mother with a sly grin.

“Let him take a photo!” she says. “He’ll bring it back to America.”

Without missing a beat, Cong the Enforcer stops in his tracks and raises an eyebrow. “Not China, right?”



A few minutes later, our Uber finally arrives, and we begin to stand up from the tiny stools scattered throughout Tu Thuy’s dining area. Our group bids goodbye to Cong and his mother, who points to our table covered in dishes and says: “What’s this?”

Cong the Enforcer frowns, picking up a few glasses by himself before he gets an idea. His eyes light up as he looks around the room and finds a young woman of perhaps 17 standing against the wall. “Chị ơi! Dọn bàn này, chị!”

She rolls her eyes, looking at Cong’s mother and then at the table and grabs a rag. As we pile into the car and head back to work, Cong the Enforcer is pleased with himself.


To sum up:

Taste: 3/5

Price: 5/5 – Mì ốc hến (VND25,000), bánh trứng (VND20,000), trà tắc (VND5,000)

Atmosphere: 4/5

Friendliness: 5/5

Location: 4/5

Mì ốc hến

92B Ton That Thuyet, Ward 16, D4

[smallplayer]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

I advise you not to try VBs there, cos its imported goods and cost at least 1.8m RP onwards for 1 shot at their MPs

I no need Indo SSSSYTs lobang lah, I need Indo Chinese SSSSSYTs

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

The spas that I went ..international cat is Thai n viet. ..1.1m per pop.
But I went Sunday. .all off..sianz
Some indo local really look like indo chi leh. .can still pass off if u don't look too closely..haha
But yet to find real indo chinese fl for now ...only those ol. Which I'm working on..haha
But hear very very hard one..machiam like become married into...haiz

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Lion dance display wows thousands in Ho Chi Minh City

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 10/31/2016 14:52 GMT + 7



A public display of traditional lion dancing enlivened Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday morning, captivating thousands of locals and tourists.

The performances were part of the first Ho Chi Minh City Qilin, Lion, and Dragon Dance Festival, which aimed to revitalize interest in the traditional art amongst the public.

The dance mimics the movement of three sacred animals, the qilin (a mythical hooved creature in East Asian culture), the lion, and the Asian dragon (a snake-like mythical creature with four legs) with dancers dressing themselves in brightly-colored animal costumes that take at least two people to operate.

Twelve participating dance crews marched through six streets in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday morning before assembling at Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street for a grand performance.

The audience were also invited to participate in the performances and introduced to the folklores behind the dance, while Vietnamese folk games were played as a performance by professional sports teams.

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http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/3779...-chi-minh-city

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Its Kang Kang cos waiting for Kang Tuo ma

then like that will remain kang kang lah?

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Harlo uncle the $50 is last time you tell me one leh......

si meh?
you still acting sua ku lah

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Wrong, I am sitting down and KT could be standing up so neither of us is lying down

simi position is that?
I stand up while you sit down do what

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Bro KT babysit today at home...kids dun need go school...

wrong assumption

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by KangTuo

wrong assumption

wrong also nothing far from this assumption...knew your kids still young...dun attend full school yet...

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

why sad...

Cos you dun let me hug you mah........

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

haha...you scarey meh...thought you like ssssssyts many black jewel...

On no I never say I dun like the goods, I say I dun like the way they were brought in

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

hehe...took many countries many years to realised that and you can see PRC is prosecuting these culprits...another country is solving drugs which also leads to corruption...many of our neighbours are still dozing...

Aiyah all wayang wayang one lah, then after a while settle down they still cuntinue with their corruption then after a long period they will come back again with some sweep and official announcements, then the cycle goes on.......

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

try and post review here...

I will post more news here...

Me hopeless at reports & reviews so I stick to what I do best, tok cok

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^