Author Archives: Susan House

Broken rice – Saigon’s specialty

Cơm tấm or com tam (US: /kʌm təm/; Vietnamese: [kəːm tə̌m]) is a Vietnamese dish made from rice with fractured rice grains. Tấm refers to the broken rice grains, while cơm refers to cooked rice. Although there are varied names like cơm tấm Sài Gòn (Saigon-style broken rice), particularly for Saigon, the main ingredients remain […]

The city is named after President Ho Chi Minh and the symbol flower of Vietnam.

“There are flowers in the green fields, there are also flowers blooming on the branches, each flower, each color… Not the flower of sorrows, I am the flower of smiles” (Excerpt from “Living like flowers”). No matter where you come from, wherever you are, you have the right to shine and contribute. The lotus was, […]

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