Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country, located in the tropical monsoon climate with a long coastline, the country’s geography created the diversity of ingredients like herbs, fruits, vegetables and flavors. As the result, the Vietnamese cuisine has its own unique features. The main principle of Vietnamese philosophy is the harmony of life, Vietnamese people believe that everything is the combination of yin and yang, heaven and earth and nature and people are created from the five principal elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth. According to that philosophy, the ultimate goal of human being is to maintain a balance between yin and yang, between the elements of the five elements together. Vietnamese cuisine also deeply reflects that philosophy of life, the secret of cooking is keeping the balance of ingredients, keeping the harmony between yin and yang. Vietnamese dishes are always the combination of ingredients in order to ensure the yin-yang balance according to the oriental medicine and also very suitable to the scientific view of nutrition and good for health.