Food
What is a common street food in the Philippines?
balut, a boiled duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo
What are the Vietnamese 4 cultural symbols?
dragons, turtles, lotuses and bamboo.
There are 175 estimated languages spoken in the Philippines
What are some Vietnamese traditional handicrafts?
(Any of the answer) lacquer wares, pottery, blacksmithing, embroidery, bamboo, rattan, basket-weaving, folk painting, and wooden and stone sculpture
Which Vietnamese dish is added in the Oxford Dictionary?
Pho is featured in the Oxford dictionary
The national hero of the Philippines?
‘Jose Rizal’, who wrote 2 novels which incited the Philippine revolution.
How many different tones does the Vietnamese language have?
6 different tones: level (ngang), acute-angry (sắc), grave-lowering (huyền), smooth-rising (hỏi), chesty-raised (ngã), and chesty-heavy (năng).
On New Year’s Eve, what are served in the Philippine to attract good luck and fortune?
12 circular (round) fruits
What is lumpia?
It is a fried spring roll usually filled with vegetables and ground pork.
The Saint of Tan Vien Mountain, Chu Dong Tu, the Heavenly General of Phu Dong and the Holy Mother Lieu Hanh.
Baybayin
What is the most popular traditional festival in Vietnam?
Tet - Lunar New Year
What is the most popular dessert in Vietnam?
Che (Sweet Soup) is the most popular dessert
What does each color on the National Philippines flag represent?
The blue colour represents peace, truth, and justice, the red colour represents patriotism, and the white colour represents Filipino equality.
Vietnamese is not only the official language of Vietnam but also which country in Europe?
The Czech Republic. In detail, it is officially recognized as the minority language in this European country since 2013 with 60.000 Vietnamese-speaking inhabitants.
What are are traditional Filipino folk dances?
Tinikling and Carinosa - include using objects such as tapping a stick on the ground or twirling a handkerchief or a fan in one hand.
What is Lechon?
A roasted pig that is frequently used during holidays and celebrations
What does each color/symbol on the National Vietnamese flag represent?
a yellow five-pointed star on a red background (The five points represent farmers, workers, intellectuals, youth, and soldiers. The red background represents the blood shed during wars.
What is the name for the Philippine alphabet?
‘Abakada’ alphabet.
What ritual takes place regularly on particular days such as festivals, new and full moon days, yearly ancestors’ death anniversaries or the Lunar New Year?
Burning votive paper: These papers are known as “votive papers”, which can be houses, clothes, fake money, cars, motorbikes... made of paper. They represent gifts for their ancestors.