[government sponsored contest to improve English skills]

Excellent combo bowl for 55K [$2.16] at Bún Riêu Cua on Trần Hưng Đạo. Hot tea was free.

[Bún Riêu Cua on Trần Hưng Đạo]

[Bún Riêu Cua on Trần Hưng Đạo]

46-year-old café owner from Nam Định, my father's home province. Venturing south in 1995 at age 17, he found work in Saigon and Vung Tau. On a visit to Black Lady Mountain in Tây Ninh in 1998, he had his wallet stolen by a pickpocket, so was stuck here. Hired by a lumber mill, he labored there for 23 years. This café he's had for seven. He told me there are one thousand Nam Định natives in the area. He met his Nam Định born wife here.

[Cao Đài]

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