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@dongshengdi773

Жыл бұрын

My brother s wife is Vietnamese. She wanted my brother, kiss in public, hold hands in public. So all the other girls lost the war. So my brother had no choice but to marry the Vietnamese girl 😂🤣😅

@dongshengdi773

Жыл бұрын

7:40 this is not just in Vietnam this is very common all over the world. This is proof that women just want to play. Women always want to test the man. Women always do the opposite.

@dongshengdi773

Жыл бұрын

Vietnamese people fighting foreigners is in their blood. Communism with Vietnamese characteristics. 😂 Vietnam is following the footsteps of China . Vietnam is still poor , So No power. Therefore , They are keeping quiet for now , keeping a low profile . After 2 decades later , if it succeeds economically , it will start to take over everything just like what China is doing now . They've got nothing to lose because They already Lost since 1975.

@aussieamy6367

Жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for a refund for some rain shoes I bought that sweat too much. Once the refund is processed, I think I'll buy a Vessi!

@nickdual

Жыл бұрын

Love Vietnamese people speak English! I'm from Vietnam.

I’m a Korean-American and everything you said in this video is exactly like the Korean culture. I didn’t realize that the cultures were so similar. It’s no wonder why I love going to Vietnam. I just got back a few weeks ago and I just night a return ticket for April ‘24 😂

@huyquang6308

Ай бұрын

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Another one (I know a lot of younger Vietnamese complain about this one in their own country) is the indiscriminate dropping of litter/trash on the streets/plastic bags everywhere and cigarettes. Some of my Gen Z Vietnamese friends have told me that it's definitely a middle aged/elderly generation problem and they feel embarrassed about it.

@prubly68

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I've witnessed people throwing trash into the river, on the roads, etc, but its always the older people that do this. I've talked with some of the younger kids about it, and it seems they are learning about pollution in school now so are becoming more aware.

@SaigonBrit

Жыл бұрын

@@prubly68 agreed:))

@Paslyona_Potopovna

Жыл бұрын

A lot of young folks litter as well, unfortunately. For instance, the young teacher of our kids can eat something in their school bus and then throw the pack out of a window. When little kids see that kind of behaviour from grownups around them they adopt it naturally. We ourselves have to put much more effort now to teach our kids appropriate behaviour, because we can see their negative transitioning after living here for one year. I can say the same about unhealthy habits in food (a lot of sweets, sodas, chemical contained food). A lot of time spending speaking and explaining to our kids is our salvation.

Those of us who have been around SEAsia for while and studied it will know that none of these dislikes and behaviours are unique to Vietnam. They are virtually present in all the region's countries and points to a general cultural uniformity based on a very early substrate of Indian and Chinese culture. It also points to the animist past (and present). Just one example. Indonesian will routinely ask you upon encountering you, 'sudah makan?', 'did you eat already?'.

Van, can you please do more videos like this? This will help others learn the Vietnamese culture. Thank you

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Yes of course!!

@monishavarma

2 ай бұрын

You are wonderful Vin

As an American and my Wife is Vietnamese. We have a new home in Saigon. I love Vietnam and it’s people but I do prefer Saigon the best for me. Like you said it is very international and I find that true. My wife and her family are what we would call very Westernized but still keep to some Vietnamese traditions. My wife has her daughter and husband and 2 grandchildren that live with us. I like that so much, the closeness of family. I am retired from ExxomMobil and my Wife who is a US citizen pooled our money together and had a house built in Thu Duc City outside of Saigon. Returning back in December this year and eventually sell our US home in New Jersey and live permanently in Vietnam. I listen to your channel a lot for insights on Vietnamese culture even though I am quite familiar with Vietnam for the last 26 years. Thank you for very professional vlog .

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Rick for taking the time of your day and letting me know my content has been helpful to you. I really appreciate it. As a foreigner living in Vietnam, what struggles do you have here?

@amnong1517

Жыл бұрын

Even im a Vietnamese but i still want to watch her channel because there are many things about cultures that i haven't known

@seanymac242

Жыл бұрын

How is the medical care there

@rickdavis2710

Жыл бұрын

@@WhatThePho Don’t know of any yet. Medical seems to me to be important. Since I have Medicare in US. Looking to find good affordable medical care insurance in Vietnam.

@CurtFell

Жыл бұрын

@@seanymac242 There are international hospitals in the big cities in VN that most foreigners and wealthy citizens use. They have the latest equipment and excellent doctors.

Hi! Van. Thank You for sharing the 15 informative tips. Very handy for us as foreigners. Truly appreciated👍🏻

Your video is always so informative. Thanks a lot chi Van

So essentially. Just be respectful. I love the concept of avoiding conflict at all costs.

Hi Van Just back from Vietnam Had a wonderful time Your videos were informative and helpful. Cheers

Love your videos so very much. Keep it up!❤❤❤

Absolutely loved this video and outstanding job

Excellent video! Super informative!

Really helpful video. Thank you so much. Also, the shoes look really good.

One year ago you wrote about understanding cultural differences. This Video really does a more thorough work of understanding Vietnam and its mores. In Hawa'ii, because of the heavy influences of our Asian friends and residents, we are more familiar with these. I am so happy to see that you always explain with kindness and deep understanding. I can't comprehend why some people who travel abroad don't think to be more concerned about this. I always look forward to your updates... Thank You!

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment and your support!

Your tips are very useful, thank you!!

very helpful thanks pho!

Van, another great video! Love your new hair cut

I love your perspective! “Lets just roast each other in the comments down below because i feel like the more we understand each other’s culture. The better.” I visited hcmc and thu dau mot last year. It was such breath of fresh air seeing how everyone makes fun of everything/everyone. It’s a much more relaxed atmosphere i feel

Van VU thank you for this video. To me it is good to inform people about one's culture it goes a long way for better understanding and better relationships. What is sad for me is to see the new generation of Vietnamese slowly drifting away from the old culture. The Vietnamese culture has been around for thousands of years, and it is what has made Vietnam so Uneek especially when it comes to the family. That is what I love the most about Vietnam and its people. When I first came to Vietnam in 1968 and spent two years there, I learn lot of good ways and better ways to live and grow for I was a young man of 17 then. I am 74 now and still carry what I learn back then, and I think I have been a better man for it.

Another highly informative and interesting post. Thank you Van.

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Please share :))

Thanks for the interesting video 😊 I liked watching 😊 It would be nice to hear more about business culture 🙏

I'd love to see a video on business practices because working in Saigon it drives me nuts that the saving face culture runs so deep that a lot of my coworkers can never admit fault or apologise for their errors. In some cases there's a lot of tiresome buck passing, excuses and, sometimes even lying, rather than a simple apology

@franceskirsch9906

Жыл бұрын

This also frustrates me about saving face culture. I’m a Euro-Australian who married into a Chinese family and the lengths that people will go to in order to save face just baffles me. I understand and appreciate the idea of avoiding conflict and maintaining harmony in a community, and avoiding embarrassing anyone. But so often I’m finding it crosses the line from consideration of others to maintaining stupidly delicate egos and giving way too much power to what other people think of you. There’s very little balance. It’s not shameful to be humble, honest and teachable.

@ngochieu_nguyen

Жыл бұрын

That is absolutely accurate, Vietnamese right here. The saving face culture is rooted deep over generations, as many people are told to stay away from problems as much as they can, hence some tend to not take responsibility even though they're obviously at fault. Many Vietnamese are also afraid of failures, and mistakes, and they also consider saying sorry as a way of embarrassing themselves. This is not only true for some Vietnamese in the workplace, but even at school, many have the same character trait.

@caovan4912

Жыл бұрын

You can talk with your coworkers INDIVIDUALLY, give some hint to improve it, and the issue will be solved soon. They knew their problem already, they just don't want to admit it in front of the crowd

@ucngocnguyen8938

11 ай бұрын

Very simple. You just need to meet them privately in a room with no other people or outside a bar, pub or coffee shop to change the matter. Vietnamese people save face with others in the same workplace but are receptive to opinions, not conservative. Just do it right and the problem is solved.

@zhenghemei

5 ай бұрын

Try not to visit Vietnam and don't take VietJet Air.

Thank you for your hard work. Everything makes perfect sense. Godspeed!

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for the very informative video! It will be very useful when I go to Vietnam next month. I noticed that a lot of these applied when I went to Japan.

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing

thank you for tjat video, that was very helpful

Learning about Vietnamese business culture would be great! I have had two Dutch managers, two Chinese bosses, some Indian bosses, a Brazilian boss, a German boss, and others and the cultural differences in management style are indeed enormous. Dutch people are exactly as you said )

@janruhlmann3725

Жыл бұрын

Indeed Please introduce us into the Vietnamese business culture.

@eMJay010993

8 ай бұрын

Lol! That must be a ride. Although Germany & the Netherlands are right next to each other, the management style differences are quite big. I really enjoyed the agency my managers gave me within the workplace. Titles meant little to them. It's their assigned tasks that mattered the most. Otherwise, everyone contributed to the improvement of the workspace. I've heard there's a bigger power distance in Germany though.

Same shoe policy in Finland. We never wear shoes in the house.

Thanks, this was helpful!

I am binging all your content. I am learning small words that I hope make my visit to HCM later this year a little more enjoyable. You are a god send. Thank you.

thank you for this great videos please continue sharing so we could have enough knowledge in case will go there have a great day God bless

Thanks for posting often.. we love all your contents! Pls film anything that is common to u too.. who knows it b interesting to us!

Great video ❤️

Whoa... 7 of the 15 is new to me... thanks for sharing Van and keep these insightful videos coming!

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Which one is the most shocking?

@WanderEats

Жыл бұрын

@@WhatThePho I would have to say is No. 8 = Not Fighting to Pay the Bill at least 3 times. Does this apply to business as well in any way?

Good helpful and pretty much spot on

Love your videos

Two things mentioned removing shoes and Chop Sticks put straight up in Rice is in every Asian culture. I did however learn many things I hadn't known about before.

Haven't seen you in a while. The new look is great. More sophisticated:)

I learned a lot, thank you very much :)

Glad I found this channel. Although I have been to Saigon several times I am still learning thanks to you..P.s Love the new hair style

This is very helpful information! THANK YOU! I will be going to Saigon with my girlfriend in March to visit her mother there for around 3 weeks, so I want to know as much as I can about the culture there.

Love the hair 🔥

Hello ma'am. I'm Latino man going to da nang in July. Whathepho lol. Thanks for keeping viewers aware of how to put best foot forward when visiting Vietnam

Thank you Pho, messaged received.

Than you so much for this extremely informative video.

Hi thank you for some information about your country and your culture. I really love to hear you in explaining everything about your culture thanks a lot for these because I plan to go there and hoping that someday we will meet each other.

This is one of your best videos yet Van! I’ve been in HCMC now for almost two months and your information has helped me tremendously. I love your “dude” voice! LOL!

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

haha thank you!

I will watch your videos all day and never get tired of it. Your content is very addicting. Plus u are always in a good mood seems like that keeps me watching. Plus love vietnamese culture and the vietnamese women have me hooked lol.

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

This is a great video. These manners cross many Asian cultures. Btw, your skin looks amazing!

Your haircut looks great!

Thank you for sharing.

Perfect timing! This video dropped 2 weeks before I head to Việt Nam. Thanks, Vân! 😀

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it’s helpful for you!

Great sharing! ❤❤👍

great video very helpful thanks van now i know what not to do when i go to vn

Thanks for the updates of your culture,liked to know more and see your country soon god bless

Thank you from Canada & Hope one day I can see your Country

Amazing video by Ms. Van Vu. Always beautiful and delightful.

Thank you for this wonderful cultural lesson. I knew or know NOTHING about beautiful Vietnam. Good luck and continued success! ~

All Asian cultures tend to remove shoes when going in the house and it makes a lot of sense. Don't track in dirt and crap from outside

Great content. And just saying your hair looks amazing.

@dandecker3694

Жыл бұрын

@UC-bC1zU5OL52TQrP8RcIRTAhello again

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

the fight to pay made me laugh so hard

This video is packed with very useful and valuable imformation thank you I will susscribe to this channel 👍

Hi I really like your videos and I am planning on visiting this year. What month is the best to visit please?

4:43 I feel like this is more universal across Asian cultures. I see this gesture in a lot of Chinese films, too.

Very good and accurate video. A few things that I find annoying, especially with KZreadrs from America: Some how they think it is their job to expose fake markets in Bui Vien, it is as if their countries don't have them. Also, unlike Phuc Map, they live in Vietnam and thinks they don't have to learn Vietnamese while we live in America, we are supposed to speak English. Not talking about tourists. I have been helping most of my Vietnamese friends in Ha Noi that not all foreigners (including Viet Kieus) are the greatest. Some come very entitled and "I am an American" attitude. There lots of good foreigners too but have seen a mixture.

@davidzee641

Жыл бұрын

As an American that hopes to visit Vietnam someday, I have spent the last 18 months trying to learn Vietnamese. The more I learn, the less I know!

@jroddy1

2 ай бұрын

America doesn't have an official language for your information. 😂

I'm finally early to one! I would love to see a video on Vietnamese business culture! :)

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I will. Thank you for watching!

Yes! Please make a video about business culture.

thank you love the.channel.🎉🎉🎉🎉

You’re hair is so cute! and your face is so beautiful 💕

6:17 Yes, in 2008, it took me months to understand where I was in the scheme and how to call myself and Vietnamese people. 😅

OMG!!! I've done rude things. I feel ashamed 💔 Thanks for teaching us about your culture 🇻🇳 Btw, nice haircut 🥰

@threedoubles4827

Жыл бұрын

I agree with each point you make

My mom is a Vietnam War refugee but has been living in the U.S. since she was 12. Based on this video, she must be rude even by her own cultural standards. 😂 I was actually surprised how many of these I knew about.

Think you for sharing this information on what makes people in Vietnam uncomfortable. Thank you god I have you're channel to learn from. I'm understanding Vietnamese culture more from you Van.

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

Just in time haha

Another good video. Yes please do a video on Business.

we need some food vlog with you and calvin bui!

@WhatThePho

Жыл бұрын

For sure! We'll collab soon!

@blinkytran

Жыл бұрын

@@WhatThePho yay! i’m going over there to see him for tết! miss that fool, sometimes! lol

13:42 I learned this from a Korean childhood friend. He and his dad would snort a lot, too, during conversations.

Yes please make a video on Vietnamese business customs!

Thank you. This was one of the most helpful videos to understand, how to not offend Vietnamese people and culture.

As a staunch Hindu and an Indian, I would like to point out that touching feet at the altar is bad not because feet are the least important part, but because feet are assumed to have dirt which will soil the altar. In our culture, we take blessings from elders by touching their feet, as a sign of respect that I am not bigger than the mother earth.

@jroddy1

2 ай бұрын

So why you put the alter on the floor where people walk around with their bare nasty feet. Common sense, put it on a table then.

Very good video .cám ơn Vân

Wow, I felt that I was taught by elder sister 😅 By the way, we have a lot in common here in Indonesia. Just love your content as always.

Love your new hairstyle

Oh man, as I was watching the list I was scared to hear each one hoping I didn’t do any of these. Thankfully nothing except maybe saying I’m not hungry!

I love u and ur channel

Is that The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss behind you? That’s my favorite book! 😄

Phuc map seems pretty well-liked though. 😁

I wish that I knew these things, when I was in Vietnam many years ago. WOW!

Thank you Van I will go to Vietnam for cruise

I am going to go chi minh city for the winter. Any more things that I should know, I will be very grateful.

Love you, love your accent too

Respect always when you travel abroad

i have like 8 Vietnamese co-workers now i gain something Thank you ❤️

Quá đúng, quá hợp lý luôn chị ơi 😁😁

What The Pho, you must have seen Community Channel. I love you are playing your future mate.

Good post

Nice, really appreciate this info. Learning tôi học sinh của tiếng Việt

When I served in Vietnam as a Marine (Yeah! Once upon a time we fought a war there), we frequently saw male Viet soldiers walking down the street holding hands. This was long before being gay was cool and popular, and we were Marines, so this sent chills of revulsion down our spines.

Thank you.

I was in the train station in Ga Thap Cham and there was a was a vietnamese woman keep sneezing not only one time but 3 times while walking besides other passengers waiting for their train schedule . If I'm not mistaken she works as a helper, weighing luggage at the station. Gosh she might not know the it's very rude.