@danggang Yes, and, like in every such museums in the country, it explains the atrocities of the French, the Americans and the South-Vietnamese; North-Vietnamese atrocities ??? they were none, my Dear...

Unfortunately, Vietnamese are like every other tribe in the world, insisting in monkeying Americans. There was a nice times when Europeans wore nice clothes and Americans were mocked for their appalli...

Diversity not only from region to region, but mostly from many places within a region. This is due to the existence of 53 minorities, each of them ferociously preserving its culture. For example, in S...

@danggang There still are over 2 million Catholics in Vietnam, and they are extremely devoted, most of them going to church at least two or three times a day; A nice way to say "No" to communism !!!!

Scam ? They do like all people everywhere in the world, they give you a price and you bargain ! I am always amazed by people talking about scams here when they are scammed constantly in their own coun...

@pinkcherie Poor it was and very dirty as well. When I arrived in Hanoi in 2007, the streets were littered with trash, no longer. It has to be said to the defence of the people that the authorities di...

Again, both are completely different ; therefore, it is NOT a matter of using one rather than the other. You MUST use "Lunar year" when you speak about YEAR and "Chinese New Year" when you speak about...

Salt, pepper (the Phu Quoc one is the best in the world, far superior to the Cambodian Kampot), fish sauce (nuoc mam), alas ketchup for the young, some chili sauce (the Viêt are not very fond of spicy...

There is no impoliteness in writing that more and more people are obese, which is A DISEASE

You can grow anything you want indoors, including pot !!!

Why there is no possibility of editing a message like in ALL the other travel forums ????

Which holiday ??? If it is Xmas/NY, no big problem, but is it is Têt (22 January this year), then all means of transportation are full a few days before and after, especially flights, so, if you inten...

Very few differences, except that sea-food products are more frequent and cheaper in the South (for example, shrimps are very expensive in the north).It is true that they cook more spicy in the south,...