Hello Honey! NEWSLETTER December 2022

Hello Honey!

NEWSLETTER

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December 2022

 

Good Morning from Vietnam!

 

Christmas is coming and the Year nears the end.

And we take some look back what we achieved this year.

 

 

Royal Viet Thanh is now on the map as the best and first Vietnamese 

Honey producer who developed its own brand and standing in the export market.

 

 

We presented the life and the struggle of Vietnamese mountainous people

In a colorful informative catalogue to collect the bets Honey on the world.

 

 

We introduced the four Monofloral Honeys specially from Vietnam 

Longan Honey, Café Honey, Rambutan Honey and Lychee Honey

 

 

We presented Royal Viet Thanh Monofloral Honey

to international buyers and tasting panels

 

Our Royal Viet Thanh Chief Founder and Co Owner 

Mr. Trung Thanh Vu

 

Worked tirelessly on a Biological curing System for Bees that was

Introduced on the Apimondia Exhibition in Turkey and became

A huge success in total natural healing of Bees called Dr.Bee

 

 

 

 

So now there is an outlook to 2023

 

We will go on working on the best and healthy conditions

for Bees and Bee Farmers in Vietnam

 

We expect the best export and branding conditions of 

Royal Viet Thanh Honey products that will be developed 

on a broader scale next year

 

We will go on to serve the customers with the best Honey

of Vietnam and we are proud to do so.

 

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023

Thank you for your interest in Viet Than is the past 

and hope we keep you trust, friendship and interest also in 2023

 

 

Herby Neubacher

Communications 

   

Merry Christmas from Vietnam

 

In Vietnam, Christmas was celebrated joyously with people thronging city roads right from Christmas Eve, which is often more important than Christmas Day!

Christmas is one of the four most important festivals of the Vietnamese year, including the birthday of Buddha, the New Year and the Mid-autumn Festival. Although the Christians observed the religious rituals of Christmas.

 

Traditional Vietnamese religions are Buddhism and the Chinese philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism. However, during French rule, many people became Christians, that occupy 8 to 10 percent of whose population. This is because the Vietnamese are a fun-loving, sociable people and the various Vietnam festivals and events are actually occasions for them to a gala time, all together. Christmas in Vietnam is a grand party.

 

 

Christmas in Vietnam has had a tumultuous history. The Catholics are a minority in Vietnam but they used to celebrate Christmas in Vietnam quite in peace right from the days of the French rule. That is until the New Order took over political power in 1975. The church-state relations soured during that time and the Catholics were relegated to celebrating Jesus’s birthday in privacy.

 

Since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, church-state relations have not always been smooth. However, they have been improving since the introduction of economic reforms in the late 1980s. Liberalist policies adopted since the 1980s saw Vietnam warming up to western influences and ideals and Christmas in Vietnam came back triumphantly. 

Now Christmas is one of the major festivals in Vietnam, celebrated with much fanfare by all religious communities.

 

Phat Diem Cathedral in Ninh Binh Province is considered the spiritual home for the seven million Catholics who live in Vietnam, a predominantly Buddhist nation. Hundreds of Catholics gather for Christmas Eve Mass in the northern city of Phat Diem. Children staged a nativity play to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ or Kito, as he is known in Vietnamese — in front of the city’s cathedral, built in 1891.

 

Christmas in Vietnam is nowadays a huge event, especially in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the Vietnamese Christmas celebrations here are like any other city in the western world. The Christians in Vietnam attend a Midnight mass on Christmas Eve and return home to a sumptuous Christmas dinner. The Christmas dinner usually consists of chicken soup while wealthier people eat turkey and Christmas pudding.

 

 

On Christmas Eve, Vietnamese people in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, especially young people, like to go into the city centre, where there is a Catholic Cathedral. The streets are crowded with people on Christmas Eve and in the city centre cars are not allowed for the night.

 

People celebrate by throwing confetti, taking pictures and enjoying the Christmas decorations and lights of big hotels and department stores. Lots of cafes and restaurants are open for people to enjoy a snack!

 

Vietnam used to be part of the French Empire and there are still French influences in the Christmas traditions. Many Catholic churches have a big nativity crib scene or ‘creche’ with nearly life size statues of Mary, Joesph, baby Jesus, the shepherds and animals. In some areas of Ho Chi Minh City, usually in Catholic parishes, people have big crib scenes in front of their houses and decorate the whole street, turning it into a Christmas area! These are popular for people to visit and look at the scenes.

 

Also like in France, the special Christmas Eve meal is called ‘reveillon’ and has a ‘bûche de Noël’ (a chocolate cake in the shape of a log) for desert. Vietnamese people like to give presents of food and at Christmas a bûche de Noël is a popular gift. Other Christmas presents are not very common, although some young people like to exchange Christmas cards.

 

The Yuletide spirit of giving and sharing has been embraced with an earnest by the Vietnamese. Generous as they are, the Vietnamese give out gifts and presents in plenty during the Christmas celebrations in Vietnam. However, the children are more keen to have their stockings and shoes stuffed in with goodies from Santa’s bulging sack. The European customs of Santa Claus and the Christmas tree were popular and children would leave their shoes out on Christmas Eve.

 

Merry Christmas in Vietnamese is “Chúc Mừng Giáng Sinh”!

 

This Years Culinary Christmas with Honey from Vietnam 

Vietnamese Honey & Ginger Chicken

 

From the cook book "Vietnamese Favorites

Ingredients

3 tbsp canola oil

1 onion (large), cut into half-slices

500 grams chicken thighs (skin off, bone removed), cut into thinner slices

1 tbsp garlic, chopped

5 cm fresh ginger, cut into thin julienne

1 tbsp dark soy sauce

1/2 tsp "5 Spice" mixture

1 tbsp fish sauce

2 tbsp light soy sauce

2 tbsp honey

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 chili, sliced or chopped

2 tbsp green onion, green part sliced, for garnish

fresh coriander leaves

 

Instructions

 

Cut the chicken tights into thinner slices. Mix them with 1 tbsp dark soy sauce and let them marinate for at least 30 minutes.

 

Heat the oil in a wok. When it is very hot, add onion and fry for about 2 minutes until translucent and fragrant.

 

Add chicken tights and fry a few more minutes until golden and caramelized.

Add ginger and garlic and fry 30 seconds.

Reduce the heat, add "5 Spice" blend, light soy sauce, fish sauce and honey.

Fry for additional 3 minutes until the sauce thicken and cover the chicken.

 

To be sure that chicken is cooked through, you can cover the wok with the lid, and cook everything on the small heat for a few more minutes.

Add lemon juice and part of the chili. Check the seasoning.

 

Transfer to a serving plate. Garnish with spring onion, chili and fresh coriander leaves.

Serve with a steamed rice.

 

Recipe Notes

 

"5 Spice" is a basic mixture used in Vietnamese cooking. It reflects a balance between 5 basic flavors: sweet, sour, bitter, salty and spicy.

 Usually it is made of: star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel and Sichuan pepper, but every maker has his own proportions of these ingredients.

Ready to buy mixture is available in stores with Oriental food or even in supermarkets.

 

 

 

A Sing-along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-OF7KGyDis

 

Brought to you from

VIET THANH

HONEY EXPERTS

Contact:

Mr. Trung Thanh Vu

Founder and Co-Owner

Headquarter: 59 Truong Son Str, ,Tan Binh Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

 

Factory: 153 Ho van Tang Str, Tan Phu Trung ,Cu Chi District, Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Direction Calling: +84-88 834 3333

Viber/WhatsApp: +84.888 34 3333.

Email: trungvu.vietthanhfood@gmail.com,

Website: www.vietthanhgroup.com.vn