Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper’s reporters have recently been present in trade villages where locals have made fish sauce for a century in Nha Trang of Khanh Hoa province, Ganh Do of Phu Yen province, Phan Thiet of Binh Thuan in the central region; Phu Quoc in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Cat Hai in the northern city of Hai Phong.
Phan Thiet produces over 20 million liters of fish sauce a year, mostly sold to companies to make fish sauce products
The common point of the above trade villages is that their fish sauce is made from fish and salt with natural fermentation without any additive. Their fish sauce is salty and red brown or bright yellow with the aroma of fish.
The man is mixing fish with salt
The traditional fish sauce village in Cai Rong town, Van Don district, Quang Ninh province
Fishermen catching anchovy, fish sauce material
The women washing tiny shrimp to make shrimp paste in Phu Thuan village, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien-Hue province
A modern phase of traditional fish sauce production
The man checks fish sauce quality in Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city
Mr. Tran Ngoc Vinh, chairman of Nam O fish sauce village association, in Da Nang city with thousands of liters of fish sauce in stock
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