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49. Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Vietnam

There are contradictions galore in contemporary Vietnamese culture. “You can’t kiss in the street, but you can piss in the street,” one longtime resident noted.

Posted byJohn Gottberg AndersonSeptember 1, 2021Posted insociology, travel, UncategorizedTags:age, ears, eyebrows, garbage, Ho Chi MInh City, language, parks, PDAs, psychology, sex, travel, Vietnam3 Comments on 49. Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Vietnam

38. On Speaking Vietnamese

Learning to speak Vietnamese may be harder than it first appears, no thanks to 11 vowels, six tonal diacriticals and a handful of regional dialects.

Posted byJohn Gottberg AndersonJuly 1, 2021July 2, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Buon Ma Thuot, Ho Chi MInh City, language, learning to speak, Saigon, travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese1 Comment on 38. On Speaking Vietnamese
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