The taste of noodle soup in Soc Trang is different from other places, because it is a harmonious combination of ingredients and the way of food preparation of local people. The essence of this dish is the broth – a soup made from a blend of fish sauce, lemongrass and wormwood noodles (a tuber similar to turmeric, but smaller and darker in color). The commonly used fish sauce are locally available ones such as: choke fish sauce, snakehead fish…; Particularly, Khmer people often cook with beef sauce… Also wormwood noodles, lemongrass are used to remove fishy smell and create a special fragrance for the broth. However, in order to be able to cook a pot of broth that is both delicious and fragrant, the kitchen often combines many types of fish sauce, including the Khmer’s specialty beef sauce and the local fish of the South in one cooking process. quite complicated. Fish sauce is processed separately, cooked and only filtered for clear water. Then, this broth is cooked with lemongrass and wormwood noodles for a period of time when the cook feels the flavor blend. Then, the cook adds coconut water to make the broth more sweet and clear. Using coconut water in soups is a familiar cooking method of the Kinh people in the Southwest region. As a result, the broth has its own flavor, aroma and clarity than vermicelli. The ingredients for the noodle soup are also processed quite elaborately, of which there are three main parts: boiled snakehead fish, meat removed, and bone removed; Boiled ground cloves with skin removed and roasted pork cut into pieces – a familiar dish of the Chinese. The crispy, greasy skin and the five flavors in the roast pork make the noodle soup more attractive. Besides, noodle soup is also served with a variety of vegetables such as bean sprouts, chives, grated morning glory, grated banana, herbs, laksa leaves to round out the flavor. When enjoying, diners can add a little lemon, chili, fish sauce for more flavor. It can be said that Soc Trang noodle soup is very easy to please gourmets. In Soc Trang, it is not difficult to find delicious noodle soup shops such as: Ca Dong, Cay Long, Thao – Phu Loi, Ms. Hanh, Mrs. Xim…

1. Located at 53 Ton Duc Thang, Soc Trang City, Soc Trang Province, Kh’Leang Pagoda is one of the Khmer pagodas with a long history and the most beautiful architecture in the South. The pagoda was built in 1533, at first it was just a pagoda with thatched roofs. The current architecture dates back to the late 1910s restoration. The pagoda has a campus of 3,825m2, the central work is the main hall divided into three ground steps, each step is about 1 meter high, surrounded by fences, forming internal courtyards. The top floor is where the shrine is located. The entire main block of Kh’Leang pagoda is built by 60 pillars, divided into 6 rows. Inside the main hall, the altar and the place to place the statues are in the two innermost compartments. The centerpiece is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha meditating on a high pedestal, decorated with many layers of lotus and fire patterns. In addition to the main hall, on the premises of Kh’Leang pagoda, there are other auxiliary structures such as Sala (meeting house), houses of monks, guest houses… With great values ​​of history and architecture The architecture and pagoda have been recognized as a national historical and cultural relic of Vietnam. 2. Located on Van Ngoc Chinh Street in Soc Trang City, Soc Trang Province, Bat Pagoda (also known as Ma Toc Pagoda or Mahatup Pagoda) was started construction in 1569. Since then, the pagoda has been restored many times. , the last major restoration in 2009. This temple has ancient Khmer architecture with the main hall built of bricks, tiled roof, four curved roofs carved with Naga snakes, on top of the roof there is a pointed tower. In the main hall there is a monolithic statue of Shakyamuni Buddha placed on a lotus about 2 meters high and a statue depicting the Buddha riding on the god Muchalinda snake. Outside the main hall of the temple are other buildings such as the sala house, the monk room, the relics tower.. located in the green campus shady with ancient trees, the space is cool and pure. In particular, the temple garden has a lot of bats and crows to live in. This is the origin of the name Bat Pagoda. 3. Located in Dai Tam commune, My Xuyen district, Soc Trang province, Chen Kieu pagoda or Sa Lon pagoda is one of the most unique pagodas in Vietnam. This is a temple of Khmer people, whose original name is Wat Sro Loun or Wat Chro Luong. Over time this name became Salon. The pagoda was first built in 1815 with leaves. In 1969, the pagoda was rebuilt. During the construction process, due to the lack of funds to buy enough decorative ceramic tiles, the monks came up with the initiative to donate broken cups and plates from Buddhist relatives in Phum and squirrels for wall cladding. The pagoda has mobilized Buddhists to donate tons of cups and plates for decoration. Intact cups and plates are left on the wall by the monks, while broken cups and plates are broken down to form floating patterns on the wall. With skill and meticulousness, Khmer artisans have created an extremely unique artistic architecture. Since then, the pagoda is also known by the people by the second name, Chen Kieu Pagoda. Invite readers to watch the video: Charming Non Nuoc Tam Chuc Pagoda | VTV24.

According to people in Vinh Chau, if the time of planting onions to keep seeds starts from April and May of the lunar calendar, the commercial onion crop (the main production crop) falls around September of the lunar calendar, lasting until after Tet about 2 months. , 3 months. Due to the short life cycle, every year, people grow onions continuously for 3 to 4 crops. First, about onions, people carefully choose dark purple bulbs, firm, do not grow young roots, round bottoms, no signs of pests. After that, people peeled the top shell and planted it. The volume of onion seed corresponding to about 1,000 m2 of arable land is 70-90 kg. In terms of soil, because this type of agricultural product does not like water, when making land, people often make high beds to avoid waterlogging. In addition, people always focus on growing onions, which must fall in the rainy months to avoid tuber rot. After planting, farmers cover a thin layer of straw on top and then water to create enough moisture for the soil beds. After about 2 months of planting, when the onion leaves turn red, wilt and fall on the bed, farmers will harvest. For easy transportation, people pull up onions and then dry the whole plant for about 2 to 3 days for the leaves to dry completely, limiting leaf rot that affects the tubers. Fertilizer formula can be changed according to the soil, weather and green color of onions. If the onion is bad, you should water it with SA or DAP to make the leaves and roots grow, don’t water the leaves will stretch out (cow onion) to create difficult tubers. In terms of care, in the first 10 days watering 1 to 2 times / day, 11 days onward watering every 2 days, the amount of water changed from 1,000 m2 / time (400 to 600 liters / time) and stopped watering completely. 1 week before harvest. The amount of water must be increased steadily, if watering irregularly, the tubers will be torn. Weeding twice in the first 35 days, avoiding late pulling of onions will cause damage to roots and tubers. Spray regularly, especially in bad weather. While growing purple onions often appear major pests such as omnivorous worms, green worms, onion flies (onion borer maggots) … need to spray insecticides alternately with microbiological drugs, to prevent reaching effective. In the period of 55 to 60 days, the tubers turn red, the leaves have fallen 80%, then start pulling, usually 2 to 3 days in the sun to soften the leaves for easy transportation. Onions should be harvested only on dry days. Pull out the tubers to keep the soil clean, put them in a basket and transfer to a place of storage, to avoid scratching or crushing the outer skin, which will affect the storage period. For onions produced in February and March of the solar calendar, to keep as seeds, harvest 40 to 45 days after planting (old bulbs stop growing so they can be damaged for a long time). How to preserve: sun-dried for 10 to 15 days, the straw is really dry, must be free of pests and diseases, piled high, covered with a layer of straw for every layer of onion, the straw is in the open air, or hangs a bunch of onions in a well-ventilated place .

ST25 is the best Vietnamese rice variety in the world in 2019, researched and bred by engineer Ho Quang Cua and his colleagues. Around the story of Vietnam’s ST25 rice being registered for trademark protection by 4 US enterprises, the Intellectual Property Department (Ministry of Science and Technology) said: ST25 cannot be registered for trademark protection exclusively at Vietnam as well as the US for any individual or organization. ST25 is the best Vietnamese rice variety in the world in 2019, researched and bred by engineer Ho Quang Cua. By 2020, ST25 rice will continue to win the second prize in this delicious rice competition. Mr. Nguyen Van Bay, Deputy Director of the National Office of Intellectual Property said: the rice variety named ST25 has been granted the protection certificate No. 21.VN.2020 according to Decision No. 45 / QD-TT-VPBH dated March 6, 2020. Director of Department of Crop Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The holder of the certificate of protection is a private enterprise of Ho Quang Tri and the breeder of rice varieties is Mr. / Mrs. Ho Quang Cua, Tran Tan Phuong, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong. The new ST25 rice variety is a registered product, while ST25 rice is a product with a common name, produced from ST25 rice, so it is not protected in Vietnam as well as in the US. . Mr. Nguyen Van Bay, Deputy Director of Intellectual Property Department (IP) under the Ministry of Science and Technology According to the provisions of Article 186 of the Intellectual Property Law, the plant variety protection certificate holder has the right to use or allow others to exercise the following rights regarding propagating materials (or rice seeds) of the existing variety. Protected: Production, propagation or processing for the purpose of propagation; Offer; selling or carrying out other market access activities; export… As such, the group of authors can prohibit exploitation, production or propagation; processing for propagation; to offer or market this variety. But with rice products, protection cannot be granted because when the enterprise purchases paddy which is harvested from rice grown from ST25 seed to milling and selling rice to the market, of course the product must called ST25 rice. That is why there are so many varieties of rice advertised as ST25 rice on the market. Because it is the common name of a product, anyone dealing in this product (rice) must use the same name, so Point b, Clause 2, Article 74 of the Intellectual Property Law stipulates that the common name of the goods in any language that is widely used, often known, will be considered indistinguishable and will not be registered as a trademark. “Thus, the protection of the state is for the seed rice itself, not the rice – the post-harvest processed product. In this case, not anyone, not even the private enterprise Ho Quang Tri. can be protected exclusively with the ST25 mark for rice products “, said Mr. Nguyen Van Bay. In case many enterprises also put the ST25 rice product on the market, what is the distinguishing sign for consumers to know the commercial origin of the rice product they buy? Mr. Nguyen Van Bay said: Enterprises must bring ST25 rice products to the market under their own brands. That is why we can buy ST25 rice branded “Bao Minh” or ST25 rice from other businesses with different brands … Regarding the fact that there have been a number of businesses registering for ST25 trademarks in the US, the representative of the National Office of Intellectual Property said that all such applications are currently in the process of processing. According to the laws of other countries, including the US, the generic name of the product / service will not be protected as a trademark. For the United States, according to the US Patent and Trademark Application Examination guidelines (USPTO), the assessor will deny the trademark application for the cultivar name. “This can be clearly seen in USPTO’s intentional denial of November 20, 2020 to the mark of“ VIETNAM’S ST25 RICE, DAC SAN SOC TRANG ”according to the application form No. 90151727 filed on September 1, 2020. Company Transworld Foods, Inc (USA). Accordingly, ST25 is the common name of a plant variety (rice) and cannot be registered as a trademark under the provisions of section 1202.12 of the Trademark Appraisal Regulation ”, said Mr. Bay.

Nga Nam Floating Market is an attractive destination attracting tourists to visit, buy and sell. Located in the southwest of Soc Trang province, Nga Nam town, the waterway gateway to the two provinces of Bac Lieu and Ca Mau, at the same time as the intersection of the five river branches, is gradually becoming an attractive new destination. tourists. People in the southwestern region always advise, come here, do not forget to buy snakehead fish sauce, anabas fish sauce with the famous folk flavor: “Fish sauce with minced meat duck seeds / Thuong Sao flavor of Nga Nam”. Nga Nam town is 60 km far from Soc Trang city, 80 km from Can Tho city along National Highway 1A, the East borders on My Tu district and Thanh Tri district (Soc Trang province); the North borders Long My town and Long My district (Hau Giang province); the West borders Hong Dan district (Bac Lieu province); the South borders Phuoc Long district (Bac Lieu province). While the tourism and service industry brings many socio-economic changes to neighboring localities, Nga Nam is somewhat quieter. The natural landscape in Nga Nam is not really outstanding compared to many other localities in the Mekong Delta but still has the advantage of pure nature, not affected by commercial and industrial activities. . In addition, the locality also owns a variety of cultural resources of three ethnic groups: Kinh, Hoa and Khmer Nam Bo, with architectural works: pagodas, churches, temples, historic sites … forming groups of potential sightseeing and tourism. In addition, Nga Nam town owns a convenient waterway and road network that can connect rural residential areas with the central area, as well as with other provinces. Notably, this is the gateway for tourists to connect the tour to the western provinces: Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Hau Giang. With favorable natural conditions, in recent years, Nga Nam town has had significant changes in socio-economic development. The limited tourism service economy is also seeing positive changes. The World Bread Organization and Action on Poverty (AOP) in Vietnam, the Consultative Institute for Rural and Mountainous Socio-Economic Development (CISDOMA) have conducted research to assess the CBT potentials in Nga Nam aims to identify opportunities to build new business models to help local people increase their income, preserve traditional cultural values, protect the landscape and environment, and gradually adapt and limit climate change impacts. According to project experts, Nga Nam has great potential for developing community ecotourism. Firstly, Nga Nam floating market is the most potential tourist destination. The market has been around for a long time, located at the intersection of five rivers: north to Phung Hiep, east to Thanh Tri, south to Phuoc Long (Bac Lieu province), west to Long My town ( Hau Giang province), the remaining branches go to Vinh Quoi commune, Nga Nam town. The market starts to meet around 3am and is busiest at 5am to 6am, lessens around 8am and ends in the morning. The whole scene of the market is like a vivid, multi-colored picture from vegetables and fruits to the image of the gentle rustic bra in the middle of the river. The sound of the paddle splashing the water, the call to buy goods on the canoe, the interest shell, the five-leaf, three-leaf canoe up and down… creates a very joyous scene. Helping the easy transmission of information between sellers and buyers, “crooked” trees are an effective means of this type of floating market. The “koi” tree is made of old bamboo, about 5 m high, with a sharp beveled angle for plugging and pliers when it is parked, the top is punched with holes to skew the rope, hang goods. From a distance, looking at the “crooked” trees, customers can find out what kind of goods to buy. Currently, due to the increasingly perfect road traffic system, some traders have turned to the form of onshore markets. However, the floating market is still operating quite bustling, still retaining the characteristic spirit of the southwestern floating market, which is a Soc Trang tourist destination that cannot be ignored. About 5 km from the town center is Tan Long stork garden in Tan Binh hamlet, Long Binh commune. The stork garden owned by the family of Mr. Huynh Van Muoi was formed decades ago, covering an area of ​​about 1.5 hectares with thousands of storks gathered every afternoon. This is also the locality with six ranked monuments, of which two monuments are nationally ranked: Ba My Dong Temple (Vinh Quoi commune) and the Victory site of Nga Nam area (ward 1); four relics are ranked at provincial level: Thanh That Minh Tien (My Tay A Hamlet, My Quoi Commune); Thanh Tri District Party Committee Base Area – Nga Nam (My Quoi Commune); O Chum Pagoda (Vinh Quoi Commune) and Victory Fortress Nga Nam (Ward 1). O Chum Pagoda is a typical relic of the Khmer Southern people, has a large campus and the location is also very convenient to access by both river and road. Currently, with the support of the local government, the socialization movement and the abbot’s devotion, many work items, the temple’s space is built and renovated. The pagoda is also a place to preserve and keep two ngo boats, the symbolic means of Nga Nam town to compete in the famous boat racing festival in Soc Trang and the Mekong Delta provinces. Coming to Nga Nam, tourists can visit the raw material area and the production of custard-apple tea, visit the orchard, experience knitting water hyacinths, cycle along the canals through the hamlets. Vinh Quoi commune, My Quoi commune and along the Phung Hiep Quan Highway, the amateurs’ song … In recent years, domestic and foreign tourists love to join the local people to participate in experiential activities such as collecting fruits, fighting catching fish, slapping fish, gardening, making beef cake, bean flour cake, banana cake … Regarding accommodation establishments, there is currently a two-star hotel with the number of 30 rooms; 14 accommodation establishments with 157 rooms are eligible to serve tourists. A tourist boat terminal is being invested and is about to put into operation and use, a private tourism company is operating. However, according to the leader of the Soc Trang tourism industry, besides its advantages, Nga Nam town is facing many difficulties when implementing community tourism. In addition to the basic difficulty that the tourism management team is inexperienced, the awareness of the community’s tourism is almost absent. This is the cause of spontaneous development of tourism, ineffective or wasteful investment, and the quality cannot meet the needs of visitors without good control and guidance. Besides, the issue of environmental protection in the locality has not been focused, people are littering in the floating market area, attractions, and gardens. At the historical and cultural sites, there are not many guides who are knowledgeable about culture and history to guide visitors. The handicraft households work infrequently, unevenly distributed, it is necessary to have a mechanism and train the people to welcome and guide visitors to participate in the experience. In addition, it is necessary to synchronously invest, improve the quality of the system of passenger boats, train tourists’ safety skills, and have a support mechanism for private businesses to boldly invest in the field. tourist transportation such as river ships, electric cars, trailers … Community based tourism is a type that does not require too much investment, but for a difficult locality like Nga Nam, it is very necessary to take advantage of and take advantage of capital. Sources of capital can come from state agencies, non-governmental organizations, investors, travel agencies and the source of socialization in the population. However, as project developers say, the most important factor is still the people. In addition to essential tourism operations such as cleaning the environment of landscapes, houses, welcoming guests, cooking, guiding tours … it is necessary to promote cultural advantages, restore traditional dances, singing, music. In the residential community, forming core groups in the community, creating favorable conditions and encouraging families with members to participate in learning, training tourism management, actively promoting tourism according to new trends, appropriate to the rapidly developing technology context.

Black Deer In order to successfully raise snails, farmers need to have a good source of breeds, choose big and healthy parents, and have a full mouth and body for breeding. Breeding density is from 10 – 12 animals / m2 in proportion to 1 male – 1 female. Every year, every year through Thanh Minh (lunar March), snails are in the breeding season. Need to create a humid environment suitable for eggs for snail eggs to develop. At first laying, the eggs are white, when they are about to hatch, they turn white. In 15 more days, the eggs will hatch, the lime shell of the egg will slowly dissolve to form a layer of glue covering the baby. How to incubate black snail eggs When the snails are young, they will eat the big bran duckweed, until a few weeks the snails are bigger, the farmers often supplement with rice bran, to stimulate the snails to grow faster. Until the snail is equal to corn kernels, drop it into the pond. The typical culture period from the infancy to the commercial snail stage is more than 3 months. If you want to keep it as a parent, you need to raise it for another 2 months. The time to harvest commercial snails is scattered throughout the year due to the seasonal crop, especially from April to September. Commercial snails usually weigh about 35 fish / kg In An My commune, Ke Sach district, Soc Trang province, many establishments and farms producing quality snails are developing day by day, serving the needs of farmers in the region and neighboring provinces. Ut Tri Real Estate In addition to selling snails, snail farms also contract to advise on farming techniques, how to set up ponds, issues related to snail care and farming, helping beginners can feel secure. rich. Because of the reason that it is easy to care for, easy to raise and the price is high, the supply potential is huge, the supply is always short of demand. Many people who raise snails have started to study the model of rearing black snails in their home ponds and ditches and have succeeded beyond expectation. If there are techniques and hard work, each family can raise 10 commercial black snail nets and make another 9 nets to raise parent black snails to get hatched eggs into hatchlings. From there, bringing a good source of income, helping Soc Trang farmers get rich. More information: Ut Tri Real Estate Phone: 0982153865 – 0975679960 Address: 41/1 Phu Truong Hamlet, An My Commune, Ke Sach, Soc Trang Webiste: https://ocbuouden.net.

According to Soc Trang Newspaper, the name of Soc Trang province has been recorded in books such as Khâm Định Đại Nam Congress, Directory Nam Kỳ, or research books by Vuong Hong Sen, Son Nam, Le. Huong, Hua Hoanh … Accordingly, the name Soc Trang is translated into Khmer is “Srok Khleang”. In which, “Srok” means “land”, “realm”, “Khleang” is “warehouse”, “barn”, which contains a lot of gold and silver of the king. Srok Khleang means the king’s gold and silver storehouse. Under the reign of King Minh Mang, Soc Trang was renamed Nguyet Giang province. Soc Trang Province is located downstream of the Hau River, where the Hau River flows into the East Sea at two estuaries of Dinh An and Tran De. Soc Trang province covers an area of ​​more than 3,000 km2 and a population of more than 1.1 million people. The population and area are both sixth in the Mekong Delta region. Soc Trang province currently has 11 administrative units at district level, of which 2 towns are Vinh Chau and Nga Nam. The capital of this province is Soc Trang city. Soc Trang province is bordered by Hau Giang province in the North, Bac Lieu province in the southwest, the Northeast bordering Tra Vinh and Vinh Long, the East and Southeast bordering the East Sea. In Soc Trang there is a Khmer ethnic museum, located in the city of Soc Trang. This is one of Soc Trang tourist attractions that attracts tourists. Tan Long stork garden located in Long Binh commune, Nga Nam town is one of the largest bird sanctuaries in the West. This place has a rare species of heron, the number in the garden is only a few hundred. Coming to Tan Long stork garden, in addition to seeing many rare and precious birds and storks, visitors can also enjoy specialties such as pancakes, noodle soup. Doi Pagoda is located about 2 km from the center of Soc Trang city. This is an ancient temple with a unique architecture in Soc Trang, built 400 years ago, now retaining a lot of precious treasures. On February 12, 1999, the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture – Sports – Tourism) issued Decision No. 05/1999 / QD-BVHTT recognizing Doi Pagoda as a national artistic relic.