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Where is your hometown?
Buon Ma Thuot is my hometown. It is the capital city of Dak Lak province, which is located in the central highlands of Vietnam.

2 Is that a big city or a small place?

It is just a small city with about half a million people.



How long have you been living there?

I have been living here since I was born, but I was out of town for about five years to study at a university in another city - so just over 20 years.


Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?
Yes, I think so. Several years of studying at a university in another city have made me realize that nowhere is as comfortable as my home. The streets in Buon Ma Thuot city are not crowded and the air quality is quite fine. Because the city is located on a highland, flooding rarely happens. And the key factor that makes me want to settle here rather than elsewhere is the food. I quite dislike the taste of food in other cities, and even in some other countries. I think it is because I am already used to the food here.


Please describe your hometown a little.
Buon Ma Thuot is just like all other cities with closely packed buildings and a network of streets that are crowded with vehicles during rush hour. But it also has various unique features. For example, it is known for producing high-quality coffee, which has always monopolized the Vietnam market. So coffee shops can find everywhere, and there is even a museum specifically for exhibiting coffee-related artifacts and tools, called The World Coffee Museum. Buon Ma Thuot is also famous for its majestic waterfalls, primitive jungles and ancient stilt houses made of wood or bamboo, but they are quite far from the city centre.

Do you like your hometown?
I do not really think about whether I like my hometown or not, because I just think of it as a place to live; it is not really different from other cities that I have lived in for a period of time. But I think to me and maybe to almost everyone, the thing that makes our hometowns so special and different from other places is that it is where we grow up and experience many memories with our families. I spent my childhood to adulthood in my hometown, Buon Ma Thuot city, and my parents and younger sister are currently living there, so it has a special place in my heart.

Do you like living there?
Yes, I do. The streets here are not as crowded as in other major cities that I have been to, the air quality is quite good, and the food is exactly up to my liking. There is not much to complain about.

What do you like (most) about your hometown?
To me, the best thing about living in Buon Ma Thuot is that the food is exactly up to my liking. Although I can find the kind of food here everywhere else, the taste is extremely different; I had paste vermicelli soup and meat bread, which we call bun rieu cua and banh mi thit, in Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh and some other Vietnamese cities, but the tastes are quite weird. They are too oily, meaty or salty, while in Buon Ma Thuot, they are delicate and tasty.

Is there anything you dislike about it?
What I dislike about living here is it is quite difficult to order food to home. While I was studying at the university in Ho Chi Minh, I did not know how to ride a motorbike, so I always ordered food online through some apps such as Grab Food and Baemin whenever I did not want to cook. But the online food delivery industry in Buon Ma Thuot has just recently started; there are not many restaurants and food outlets that register in such apps, and the choices of food for delivery are quite limited. I still do not know how to drive a motorbike, so it is really bothersome when I do not want to eat homemade food as I have to ask my parents to buy something for me.