What special Vietnam has in the eyes of foreigners? Let's explore 10 funny things listed by Ideal Travel Asia now!
1. The multiple number of motorbikes that they have never seen before!
Motorcycles are the main kind of transportation of 90 million Vietnamese people with 37 million motorbikes are registered but that figure of cars is just 2 million. Owning a car is a luxury thing because the taxes were pulling up to 100% -200% of the vehicle's value.
- Many foreigners may be shocked and scared of walking across the streets in Vietnam, Source: Internet.
So visitors who visit Saigon or Hanoi for the first time will be shocked by the traffic problem.
2. The finger
- Holding up the middle finger means nothing in Vietnam, but crossing your fingers (like we do when we say “good luck”) is like saying “F— You”. Source: Internet.
Also a bit like the finger in te world except that for foreigners it is only the middle finger image, while in Vietnam the middle finger image and index fingers interlocking. But all the same purpose which means vulgar and rude.
3. The heaven of coffee
Vietnam is the most 2nd coffee producing contry in the world behind only Brazil (16% of the world's coffee comes from Vietnam).
- Coffee in Vietnam is strong but easily addictive. Source: Internet.
Vietnam Coffee is strong but cheap, add a little ice and that is an ideal drink to quench thirst in the hot days.
4. The last name of Nguyen
Nearly 38% of Vietnam's population has their last name as Nguyen. For foreigners, "Nguyen" is usually pronounced as the word "win".
5. The Kitchen God
Vietnam is the only country in the world to worship a god of the kitchen and it is absolutely that every Vietnamese person knows who Mr. "Tao" is.
- In the end day of calendar year, Vietnamese people usually have the custom of workship the Kitchen God. Source: Internet
According to legends, before the days of the Tet festival, the Kitchen God will send the report to (God of heaven) the Jade Emperor to report on the situation of the family in the past year. It is said that he wear a wide cloak because he could not wear formal clothes.
6. The conception of beauty
In the eastern contries, brown skin are often not appreciated as white rose in Asia and especially in Vietnam.
- White Pink skin is seen as the standard of beauty in Vietnam. Source: Internet
That is why domestic cosmetic companies have huge business markets with suitable sunscreen products with the activities under the sun, including work in the fields or bathe in the beaches.
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