VTH3# 1180

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31 AUGUST 2025
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AN NHẤT RICE FIELDS

Hares: Secs, Bull Ant, Chippy (live trail)
Hash Flashers: Chom Chom (group photo), Chippy
Asset Wrangler: Chom Chom
Ringmaster: David
​Report: Uncle

Weather: Overcast, cool breezes. Scattered showers after trail.
Hash Cash: 1 pm run fees Bull Ant, Secs @ Mr C’s Speakeasy, 3A Lê Ngọc Hân, Ward 1 – now our official new weekly venue.
Total Hashers: 39
Trail: Dismounted Hashmobile on highway 55 in An Nhất, Long Điền, at famous local restaurant Bánh Hỏi An Nhứt. Chalk Talk by Secs then ~500 metres through residential area into rice fields and followed red marker tapes on sealed roads out, around and back to the start point on highway 55. Total distance ~7km. 
Highlights:

• Fashionable harriettes wearing áo bà ba (short shirts popular in southwestern VN countryside, worn with long silk trousers) and decorative nón lá (conical hats). National flag icons were prominent to acknowledge Independence Day, 2 Sept.
  
• Feasting on local delicacy bánh hỏi after strolling through the rice fields exchanging greetings with friendly locals, taking photos, admiring colourful flowers and fruits, watching kite flying and flocks of ducks paddling and waddling by. It was an interesting change to our usual mountainous jungle trails!
  
• Crowds at the night food markets (Ẩm thực quê) as we left the area, providing another strong reminder of our culturally different day in the laid-back ambience of VN’s countryside!
  

Special interest 1: Bánh hỏi is rice vermicelli woven into intricate layers and usually served with chopped scallions and garlic chives sauteed in oil, accompanied by sliced cucumber, carrots, diced meat ‘fingers’ and leafy greens.
Special interest 2: An Nhất is listed in official census documents by its original name: An Nhứt. It’s a rural commune and village in Long Điền district, BR-VT (pending confirmation of boundary restructures effective 1 July). 
Down Down: Bánh Hỏi An Nhứt restaurant – a popular eatery established more than 30 years ago, hence still using original commune spelling An Nhứt i/o today’s An Nhất.
Refreshments: Bánh hỏi. Water melon slices, pineapple chunks. Saigon Bia, Revive, softies, mineral water.
Circle: Trail awarded full marks by acclaim (especially the Seaview ladies who joined for today’s flat trail). Hares Secs, Bull Ant and Chippy applauded. Hash Virgins Trung, Thuy, Tony, Ngan (2-1/2yo), Steve, Mung, Hoa and Visitor Brendan introduced and welcomed (baptismal sprinkles by Bishop). Returnees John and Lady Di welcomed back. Congratulations to David for successful completion of his Ringmaster apprenticeship!
Official new venue: Effective run 1180, our asset storage and new weekly meeting venue is Mr C’s Speakeasy, 3A Le Ngoc Han. Many thanks to new hosts Randy and Ms Tam.
On on on: Mr C’s Speakeasy.
Next week: Watch this space, Zalo, facebook page @VungTauHHH and direct emails for details of next week’s run. If anyone would like to help set trails, please volunteer when paying run fees.
PLEASE REMEMBER: Hashmobile seats allocated in order of registration but CAN’T BE GUARANTEED if booked less than 24 hours before run start. Also PLEASE CANCEL YOUR REGISTRATION if unable to attend, so mismanagement can adjust/re-allocate seating and/or refreshments.
“On On”

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