Nguyen Thi Thuy took her stroke-stricken son from Bac Lieu to Can Tho recently for emergency treatment with the only belief that “my son will be saved” despite having no money in her pocket.
Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves encasing a squishy, sticky rice cake known as "banh chung" -- a Lunar New Year delicacy in Vietnam.