Vietnam's long, narrow geography (1,650km from north to south — roughly the distance from London to Athens) produces three distinct regional culinary traditions that Vietnamese food scholars identify as fundamentally different: the Northern tradition (Hanoi — the oldest, most Chinese-influenced, most subtle), the Central tradition (Hue — the most elaborate, the former Imperial capital), and the Southern tradition (Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City — the most diverse, the most herb-rich, the most recently developed).
The three Vietnamese regional traditions — their defining characteristics.
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