Beauties plant trees in Danang and Hoi An

Posted by admin on November 30, 2010 under Vietnam Travel in the Central, Vietnam travel News | Be the First to Comment

By Thanh Hai in Danang
Justova Carmen, from the Czech Republic, plants a tree at the Vinpearl Danang Luxury Resort and Residences – Photo: Thanh Hai

Beauties from the Miss Earth 2010 pageant planted trees at Vinpearl Danang Luxury Resort and Residences and Hoi An ancient city in Quang Nam Province on November 21 and 22.

Part of the “For the Green of the Earth” campaign, the planting aimed to create a green and clean society and raise public awareness of the need to plant trees and protect the environment.

Beauties had a gala party at Palm Garden Resort in Hoi An on Sunday evening with artistic performance from Vietnam and Philippines groups.

on Monday some of the pageant contestants visited orphans in Quang Nam and handed out medicine.

They will also join activities such as bicycling for green environment, Earth Hour, cooking classes and cultural exchanges with local arts troupes.

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Con Dao’s delicious Malabar almonds

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Con Dao’s delicious Malabar almonds Con Dao island ’s unique local specialty is a type of nut that the islanders call mut hat bang (malabar almond jam).
Despite the name (mut means jam) it’s not really a jam, it’s a nut that tastes like walnut. Vendors sell the nuts in jars along the waterfront in the evenings. There are two kinds, salted and sweet.

To make mut hat bang, the ripe Malabar almond fruits are collected after they have been eaten by birds and fallen to the ground. The fruit are dried for four or five days and then peeled and the seeds are removed. Then the seeds are fried with either salt or sugar. Like walnuts they are dark brown outside and white inside. The small nuts are quite expensive because of all the labor to prepare them and are crisp and buttery to eat.

The coastal streets of Con Dao are lined with Malabar almond trees that are all fixed with a sign to identify them.

Malabar almond season is during summer in July or August.
Mut hat bang is sold for VND45,000 per 200gram for sweet nuts and VND55,000 per 200gram for salted.

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