There are some big brewing companies with brand famed in Vietnam and several microbreweries in all over the country.

Coffee is said to have been introduced into Vietnam by French missionaries in the 19th century. Since then it has been a popular drink for an increasing portion of the Vietnamese population.

Geographically the Vietnamese refer to their country as 3 regions: the North, the Central Region and the South. The Viet people in each of the 3 regions of Vietnam have a distinct version of the Vietnamese food. Say, food in the North tends to be fresh with steamed and boiled dishes; food in the Central Region tends to be spicy and food in the South tends to be sweet.

Traditionally the Vietnamese would drink more tea. With the introduction of coffee to the Central Highlands of Vietnam by the French, people in the Central Region and South of Vietnam would drink more coffee than tea while the Northerners would drink more tea.

Vietnamese hotpots include a hotpot containing broth on a cooking oven and other ingredients such as beef slices, fish slices/pieces, chicken slices, fresh vegetables, herbs, fresh spices, raw noodles,..

Vietnamese popular alcoholic drink is rice wine which tastes horrible to most Westerners and which almost certainly guarantees a hangover after consumtion.

Vietnamese snacks are great dishes in company with tea, coffee, wine or beer. Vietnamese snacks include roasted peanuts, cashew nuts, prawn crackers, rice crackers, popcorn, poprice,...

Traditionally tea was once the most popular non-alcoholic drink in Vietnam, be it daily drink or at important occasions. Nowadays, quite a few youths switch to drinking coffee instead of tea, but tea remains the drink at important events like family meetings, weddings, funerals,...

Water buffalo meat is similar to beef but it tastes better and the smell is a bit stronger. Buffalo meat can be cooked into a variety of dishes.