A rice banh hoi craft more than 300 years old in An Nhut, now part of Long Dien commune, Ho Chi Minh City
An Nhut is a long-established area for making rice banh hoi (fine rice vermicelli sheets) in the former Long Dien area, now part of Long Dien commune, Ho Chi Minh City. The press records the craft as dating from around the late 17th to early 18th century, passed down from parent to child within each family, and it has just been added by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to the national list of intangible cultural heritage (announced on 24 June 2025). Makers soak the rice, grind it into flour, press it into strands and steam them, then brush them with spring onion oil according to each household's own secret; not many households still practise the craft, with the press recording around four or five depending on when the report was made.
English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.Good to know
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- Enjoy hot banh hoi (woven rice vermicelli) straight from the workshop
- Watch the stages of pressing the dough, shaping and steaming the noodles
- Try making banh hoi on a tour-operator package
- Eat banh hoi with grilled pork at eateries along National Route 55
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