Hold up Starbucks, the Swiss want in too. Familiar food and drink maker Nestle just announced that it’s pouring $270 million into building another coffee factory in Vietnam. According to the Wall Street Journal, the factory will be built in Dong Nai province, in southeast Vietnam. Nestle plans to source most of its beans from local farmers in a measure to cut cost, engage the … [Read more...] about More Multinationals in Vietnam: Nestle Invests $270 Million to Build New Coffee Factory
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May the Best Brew Win: Vietnam, Starbucks, and the International Coffee Market Competition
In America, Starbucks is ubiquitous. New Starbucks shops continue to pop up on every other urban street corner, and on any given weekday morning commute, it's likely that you'll run into at least one or two caffeine fiends with the familiar mermaid-branded cup in hand. With over 11,000 Starbucks already in America and Canada and another 6,000 locations dotting the globe, … [Read more...] about May the Best Brew Win: Vietnam, Starbucks, and the International Coffee Market Competition
Health Officials Pulls Vietnamese Yogurt, or Da Ua, from Shelves
The OC Register reported today that da ua, the Vietnamese yogurt made from condense milk, is being pulled off the shelves in Orange County due to health regulations. What's the regulation? Basically, you cannot make dairy products at home and sell it to the public. Da ua, which originated from the French "yaourt," is a house hold dessert in Da Lat, Vietnam, my home town. A … [Read more...] about Health Officials Pulls Vietnamese Yogurt, or Da Ua, from Shelves
Video Mondays: Re-connecting to the Motherland, Banh Mi becomes a Star
Video Mondays [vid-ee-oh muhn-deyz] noun; – a weekly blog series in which VTP attempts to save readers from the Monday doldrums by offering a selection of informative/insightful/interesting online videos. Videos may be Vietnam-related, current event-inspired, or just whatever VTP’ers are into at the moment. For the inaugural installation, we bring you two videos. The first is … [Read more...] about Video Mondays: Re-connecting to the Motherland, Banh Mi becomes a Star
Food, Accents, and Authenticity in Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam
For those who don't yet know, I'm fond of all things food and Vietnamese. And judging by recent responses on VTP, I'm not the only one. I am, however, equally - if not more so - obsessed with the cultural production of “accents.” Imagine my delight then, when confronted with the Australian hybrid travel-cooking show, Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam. If I were a bit more sexually … [Read more...] about Food, Accents, and Authenticity in Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam