Sense Market, a new shopping model that combines food market and modern shopping places, is now a tourist destination in Ho Chi Minh City.   Opening from 8:30am to 10:00 pm daily, the underground Sense Market covers more than 5,000sq.m under the September 23 Park’s Zone B in District 1. Sense Market consists of the 1,500sq.m Asiana Food Town, featuring nearly 100 street food booths selling foods of different countries, such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Japan and India. A boy is having an Turkish ice cream at the market.  A stall ​selling Cao Lau, a signature dish of the Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam, which is made with noodle, pork, and local greens. Grilled meat  Spring roll Rice vermicelli...

1. Pho   What list of Vietnamese cuisine would be complete without pho? It's almost impossible to walk a block in Vietnam's major cities without bumping into a crowd of hungry patrons slurping noodles at a makeshift pho stand. This simple staple, consisting of a salty broth, fresh rice noodles, a sprinkling of herbs and chicken or beef, features predominately in the local diet -- and understandably so. It's cheap, tasty and widely available at all hours. 2. Bun cha   Pho might be Vietnam's most famous dish, but bun cha is the top choice when it comes to lunchtime in the capital. Just look for the clouds of meaty smoke after 11 a.m. when street-side restaurants in Hanoi start grilling up small patties of seasoned pork and slices of marinated pork belly over a charcoal fire. Once they're charred and crispy, the morsels are served with a bowl of a fish sauce-heavy broth, a basket of herbs and a helping of rice noodles. Bun cha sets often...

But you are still welcome to attend a service and say a prayer for the workers who are trying to fix the massive roof. Restoration work has started at Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, one of Ho Chi Minh City's most famous tourist attractions, and will take two years to complete. Father Ho Van Xuan, a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Archdiocese, said on Tuesday that the renovation work is expected to go until late 2019.  During that time, the cathedral will only be open for church services, he said. Workers will be cordoning off the area around the church for the next three weeks. The municipal government approved a plan to restore the cathedral late last year. In June last year, Father Xuan said some parts of the cathedral had fallen into disrepair due to the weather, adding that the restoration work would be conducted carefully to "keep the original beauty" of the historic building. Financed by the Ho Chi Minh City Archdiocese, workers will get started on fixing...