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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" face=Arial color=#0000ff>Longan (Nhan)</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#000099>The longan grows in many provinces in the North. The longan is no bigger than a ping-pong ball with brownish peel. The peel only has to be slightly removed to reach the whitish pulp, enclosing the glistening black kernel.</FONT></SPAN> </FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
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<TD align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>There are many varieties of longans. The most renowned variety of longan is the cage longan of </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Hung</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Yen</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Province</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">. There are varieties that have a thick pulp and a very sweet taste called pulp longan. Water longans have a thin watery pulp and a fresh sweet taste. In the South, there is the longan of Chau Thanh (</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Dong</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Thap</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Province</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">), which is fairly renowned. This variety has a watery pulp, a very sweet taste, a perfumed scent, and small black seeds, which is why it is called <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">nhan tieu</I> (pepper grain longan). <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Bodytext style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The longan is a tropical fruit rich in nutrients. It is used in the preparation of sweet lotus seed soups. A longan that has been rid of its black kernel then dried over a fire is called <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">long nhan</I> (literally: dragon’s eyes); it is one of the tonics used in the recipes of traditional medicine.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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