“Fish sauce is one of the foundations for flavor,” he said.
However, that heritage is under threat, and not only from giant conglomerates that mass-produce fish sauce in factories.
DA NANG, Vietnam — Bui Van Phong faced a choice when the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago: Stay in his small village, helping his parents carry on the family’s centuries-old tradition of making ...
Climate Change and Overfishing Threaten Vietnam’s Ancient Tradition of Making Fish Sauce DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — Bui Van Phong faced a choice when the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago: Stay in ...
Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much ...
Fish sauce from the village has been recognized by Vietnam as an indelible part of the country's heritage and the younger Bui is acutely aware of what that means.