Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves encasing a squishy, sticky rice cake known as "banh chung" -- a Lunar New Year delicacy in Vietnam. The ...

Family elders across Vietnam are making traditional, labor-intensive Tết cakes ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. But as the country modernizes, it's unclear whether the next generation will be ...

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Banh chung rice cakes are a traditional Vietnamese delicacy for Lunar New Year, or Tet. Photo: AFP Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves ...

Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves encasing a squishy, sticky rice cake known as "banh chung" -- a Lunar New Year delicacy in Vietnam.