The Vietnam Thread

[AmeriTrader]

Swear to god i've got a love-loathe relationship with this place.

Actually, I'd say it's really good to share the downsides of a place, too. I liked this post a lot.

The honking situation is just gratuitous noise pollution. People will honk for no apparent reason.

Serious question - what the hell is with the honking? I was checking out a random YouTube video the other day to hear a sample of what the Vietnamese language sounds like, and this newscast was marred by a bunch of idiots honking horns like toddlers in their push-cart playmobiles. I figured it was just a weird video, but practically every one I stumbled across had ridiculous honk-honk-HONK-honk sound effects in the background.

Oh yea - people chew with their mouths open here.

Uff. Absolute deal breaker for me. I've had girls do that to me in the US on first dates, and there has never been a second date thereafter.

This ain't Thailand or the 1st world. It's still pretty rough around the edges.

It's cool that you've got experience with a bunch of different countries as a frame of reference. If you were stuck in one place for the rest of your life, would you go with Vietnam, Thailand, or Korea? The impression I always got was that the standard of living was far lower in a place like Vietnam or Thailand than Korea, but having never been to any of them, I can't really say for sure.