We have a VietNamese story about watermelons called The Story of Mai An Tiem . First, King Hung ordered Mai An Tiem and his family to live on an island . The island was very far away. Then one day, An Tiem found some black seeds and he grew them. The seeds gave watermelons. Next, An Tiem's family exchanged the watermelons for food and drink . In the end, King Hung heard about the story and he let An Tiem and his family go back home.

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Bản 1:

The seventeenth King Hung Vuong had a son, Mai An Tiem, who was resourceful and wiser than others. The king who loved An Tiem often gave him precious things. An Tiem always thinks that his hands are only precious, and "Gifts are wealth, giving is debt!" and looked down on those things. When it came to the king's ears, the king was very angry, and his whole family went to a deserted island. Out there with the help of birds combined with his intelligence, he planted a fruit with a dark green outer shell, a bright red inside, succulent and even colored seeds. black, when eating, the fruit tastes delicious, sweet, and fragrant. He uses that fruit to change food. The king knows about picking up the couple. That is the fruit of today's watermelon.

Bản 2:

Prince Mai An Tiem is the son who is deeply loved by the 18th Hung King. He is full of good human qualities: intelligent and very hardworking, full of love. However, he is quite upright, does not like flattery.
At a banquet, the king gave Mai An Tiem a reward of strange foods, but he did not accept it, but replied that "Gifts are wealth, gifts are debts". His statement made his father very angry and ordered the exile of the son he loved to a deserted island. He left without taking anything but a dull knife.
Life on the island of the prince and his wife is very hard but still full of love and optimism. One day, he planted the seeds left by the birds with full of hope. In such a difficult situation, a strange garden is the hope and the future of the whole family.
After a few months of care, a sweet, succulent fruit is the reward for the hard work and efforts of Mai An Tiem and his wife. He named the fruit watermelon and exchanged it for rice and salt for the whole family.
The king's father was amazed at his son's spirit and ordered him to return. Mai An Tiem brought the seeds to the mainland and taught all people how to plant. Since then, watermelon has become an indispensable fruit in the national New Year holidays with the meaning of hard work, overcoming fate.