What is Vietnamese food like?
Food has fish sauce—like soy sauce but from juice of fish. Foods from North or South (with lots of farms) are different. Pho is a beef noodle. There are spicy variations in the central region. I was watching TV, and they said there were just two names in Vietnam. What was your last name? Le, Nguyen, Tran are the most common names. But some people are really from China. Pham is a Chinese name. My name was Nguyen. What are the languages spoken? Three dialects are spoken in Vietnam. My mom is Central, and my dad is Southern. I enunciate words as they are written, but I use words from the south. Ant is “au” or “go”, depending on where you are from. The language is tonal. Ca can mean to sing, or fish, or rub or oldest male or all depending on the accent marks. What music do you listen to? We have opera (cai luong). This is a musical play. They stretch out the last syllable. What is your personal family history? Vietnam fell in 1975 when I was two. My dad got out of a concentration camp, and
