Red jellyfish is one of the hottest snacks in Hanoi in late March, with young people eagerly inviting each other to try it and calling it "Vietnamese sashimi".
The red jellyfish dish is appealing not only because of its striking color but also because of the harmonious blend of the crispy, refreshing jellyfish with the sour, astringent, spicy, and aromatic flavors of the herbs and dipping sauce.
Thirty-four rosewood trees on Nguyen Van Huyen Street (Cau Giay District, Hanoi) have been fitted with surveillance cameras and iron fences to prevent theft.
Fearing theft, the local police have set up a guard post to protect three centuries-old Dalbergia tonkinensis trees, including one that was once valued at over 60 billion VND, at Quan Gia Temple (Yen So commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi).
In many rural areas of Vietnam, ancient rosewood trees, hundreds of years old and valued at hundreds of billions of dong, are considered treasures and valuable assets.
The Hanoi People's Committee has directed relevant agencies to guide residents of Phu Chinh village in exploiting and using Dalbergia tonkinensis trees in accordance with regulations.
The people of Phu Chinh village, Hoa Chinh commune (Chuong My district, Hanoi) are heartbroken as they watch the rosewood tree, once valued at 100 billion VND and considered the village's "exposed gold mine," slowly die without being able to obtain a permit to sell it.
To protect the rare rosewood trees and prevent them from being illegally cut down, Thong Nhat Park is piloting the installation of iron fences around each tree.
To prepare the construction site for the S10 - Cat Linh and S12 - Tran Hung Dao underground stations of the Hanoi urban railway line from Nho Son to Hanoi Station, at least 12 rare red sandalwood trees will be relocated.
(VTC News) - Looking at the patterns on the wood grain of Dalbergia tonkinensis, people often associate them with powerful, alluring, and demonic figures with human faces.
(VTC News) - Just based on the buying and selling price of two branches of Dalbergia tonkinensis in 2010, which was 11 million VND/kg, this Dalbergia tonkinensis tree must be worth hundreds of billions of VND!