Bánh mì is a Vietnamese staple: a short baguette with a thin, crisp crust and a soft, airy inside, usually made from a mix of rice and wheat flour. It is split lengthwise and filled with Vietnamese sausage, coriander, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber and chili, plus French-style pâté and mayonnaise. The baguette came to Vietnam with the French colonial administration in the mid-19th century and became a staple by the early 20th century. In the 1950s, a distinctly Vietnamese sandwich style developed in Saigon as a street food, and after the Vietnam War overseas Vietnamese popularized it in Australia, Canada and the United States.

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Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.