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- Some of their holidays are Hai Ba Trung, Tettrung Tha, and most importantly, Tet, their new year
- Some of the foods they eat are tropical fruits, stir-fries, soups, and rice, their main grain
- They eat rice at almost every meal, and can be eaten plain, sweetened, stir-fried, added to soups, made into rice cakes, or made into flour to make noodles or rice paper
- Another popular food that is eaten thought the entire country is Pho, a soup
- In the North, spices are very mild and not used often. In the Central part, spices are much spicier and used more often. Ground chilies are also often used. In the South, they use spices a lot to make curry and other spicy dishes
- Beef and many other meats are not used often, because they can spoil quickly, so instead they use meats like seafood, eels, frog eggs, and the occasional duck, chicken, or pig
- The main beverages are tea, soda, rice wine, beer, and water
- Some of their sacred animals include the turtle and the dragon
- The clothing they wear is alike all around the country, loose pants and shirts. They wear either sandals or go barefoot, and they wear hats made out of tightly woven materials to protect them from the sun and rain. Their formal wear is called an Ao Dai, a long-sleeved dress
- On a farm, the men do heavy labor, the women work around the house, help with the harvest, planning, and weeding. The girls cook, clean, and work in the vegetable garden, and the boys carry water and help the men in the field
- People who live in the mountains grow rice, harvest rubber trees, and work with tea and coffee, and some families raise livestock to earn extra money
- Lots of people are rice farmers, because rice is a staple
- Vietnam is the thirteenth most populated country in the world
- The official language they speak is Vietnamese, although English and French are spoken as well
- 80% of the population lives in rural villages scattered around the lowlands and mountains, and the other 20% live in cities
- Most of the rural families either don’t want or can’t afford running water, plumbing, and running water, and most of the houses are built on stilts to protect it from floods
- The architecture is a mixture between French colonial manors, Chinese pagodas, and temples