(Baonghean.vn) - During each visit to Vietnam, many world leaders do not miss the opportunity to explore local cuisine, and Vietnamese specialties are famous around the world after being enjoyed by special guests.
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| In 2016, former US President Obama visited Vietnam. During his stay in Hanoi, Mr. Obama made a surprise visit and dined in the simple atmosphere of the Huong Lien Bun Cha restaurant on Le Van Huu Street (Hanoi). The former president's meal that day included bun cha, seafood spring rolls and beer, priced at 85,000 VND. |
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| During his official visit to Vietnam in early November, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat and enjoyed a cup of coffee on the sidewalk at a Saigon cafe located right on Le Thanh Ton - Le Anh Xuan Street, District 1, for 30,000 VND per cup. He sat and drank on the sidewalk like any other customer, using a plastic chair as a table. |
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| On the morning of November 10, 2017, before starting his working day at the APEC 2017 event series, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had a typical Vietnamese breakfast of a sandwich at an address on Tran Van Thanh Street, My An Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang. |
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| On the occasion of attending the APEC 2017 Conference in Da Nang, at noon on November 9, 2017, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited here, bathed in hot mineral water and enjoyed banh xeo and many other rustic dishes of many tourists at Nui Than Tai Hot Spring Park (Hoa Vang district, Da Nang city). |
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| British Prince William visited Vietnam in mid-November 2016 for a wildlife conference. The Prince chose to visit Thuoc Bac Street - where there are many traditional medicine shops - and ended up at the Aha cafe on this street. |
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| During a walk around the old town on the afternoon of September 6, 2016, former French President Francois Hollande stopped at Cong Cafe on Ma May Street and had a conversation with many former French students there. |
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| In 2000, former President Bill Clinton and his wife's first visit to Vietnam was marked by eating pho in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. In Hanoi, the couple stopped by Pho Co restaurant - near the Temple of Literature. Because they liked this dish, when they went to Ho Chi Minh City, the Clintons stopped by a pho restaurant near Ben Thanh market. Later, the restaurant changed its name to Pho 2000 to make its mark and from then on became famous. |
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| Former US President George W. Bush, when attending APEC Week in November 2006, enjoyed Hue-style dishes such as crab claws with flowers, coconut soup, spring rolls, jackfruit salad, shrimp leaf cake, mixed jackfruit and lotus seed sweet soup for dessert. When eating the spring rolls, Mr. Bush praised them and advised Mrs. Laura to try them. At the end of the meal, the former US First Lady praised the restaurant with the words “Wonderful!” |
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| Instead of enjoying the dishes at the reception during his visit in July 2016, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico chose to visit a Vietnamese-style restaurant on Nguyen Gia Thieu Street, Hanoi. Cho Que Restaurant is decorated in a rustic and simple style, with staff wearing brown uniforms and paintings depicting the landscape of Vietnam. |
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| On July 13, 2016, Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos unexpectedly visited a restaurant in Hanoi specializing in dishes from the northern mountainous region. He and his delegation enjoyed black plum salad with sprouts, grilled sticky rice with purple leaves, lotus seed sticky rice, charcoal-grilled H'mong beef, H'mong beef steak, Tien Yen chicken fillet with orange sauce, highland vegetable soup... All dishes were prepared in the traditional way to preserve their natural flavors. |
Kim Ngoc
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