Vietnamese foods frequently use rice, fish sauce, soy sauce, fresh herbs and spices, fruits and vegetables. The most frequently used meats are beef, pork, chicken, shrimp, cockles, and different kinds of seafood. A typical Vietnamese family meal includes individual bowls of rice, boiled, steamed, grilled or stewed meat or fish, vegetable dish, Vietnamese-style soup, and fish or soy sauce for dipping. Vietnamese immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States also help popularize Vietnamese cuisines in the west and in some Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, South Korea and Laos.
Popular Vietnamese dishes are the following: