What started as an army recipe has become a 29-year culinary institution in Nam Dinh, where grilled chicken feet reign supreme.

‘Bun sung’ (Vermicelli with fig) is the name Nam Dinh people call a dish similar to ‘bun rieu cua’ (Vietnamese crab noodle soup), served with cracklings and salted fig.

Dich Diep village, established in the 11th century, captivates visitors with its traditional Vietnamese architecture and an 800-year-old heritage tree, recognized as a national treasure.

Located on a sidewalk corner of Quang Trung Street in Nam Dinh City, a grilled chicken feet restaurant has been well known over 30 years without using advertisements or signboards.

The oldest house in Nam Dinh, Vietnam, once home to legendary scholar Trinh Bich San, still stands as a cultural monument.

Known for its unique shape and flavor, this noodle dish from Nam Dinh delights with its sweet crab broth and thick, chewy noodles.

A nearly 2km mural road in Nam Dinh was painted by 30 artists continuously for a month.

Polish bread features distinctive flavour and taste thanks to a special fermentation process, and salt and water sources in the locality

Xuan Thuy National Park, nestled in Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province, is a vast expanse of brackish lagoon and alluvial area.

Dich Diep, an ancient village in Truc Chinh commune of Truc Ninh district, the Red River Delta province of Nam Dinh, is a mirror of the traditional culture of Vietnam.

Nam Dinh is not only well known for specialities such as beef noodle soup and ‘banh xiu pao’ (char siu dumplings) cake but also ‘bun sung’ (fig vermicelli).

Crab paste rice noodles are popular in Vietnam but are served differently in the northern province of Nam Dinh. Salted figs are added to the dish to create fig rice noodles (bun sung).

The Rural Museum, located in the tranquil village of Binh Di in Giao Thien Commune, Giao Thuy District, is about 110km from Hanoi.

The tile-roof bridge of Luong Pagoda in Hai Anh Commune, Hai Hau District, Nam Dinh Province has existed for nearly 500 years.

Pho Minh Pagoda - a famous pagoda in Nam Dinh province - is the home to "priceless green treasures".