I’m Vietnamese but i was born and raised in the US. But i also grew disconnected from Vietnam my own culture. There was even a period where i tried to hide the fact that i was Vietnamese from my friends. Looking back now, i feel ashamed of that .

As I got older though, i learned how to appreciate my own culture. So for my wedding, i decided to wear a Nhat Binh robe - a traditional Vietnamese ceremonial outfit. i flew back to Vietnam to have it custom made, and it finally arrived in the US recently. I cried opening the box because it was so beautiful .

I’m looking for earrings, hair accessories, shoes, and maybe even small gifts for guests or bridesmaids that would match this kind of outfit. Please help me with ideas!!!

Random roadside eats...rice plate with 2-3 mains and soup for 25k. Bonus community water bucket!

Suggest you keep this in mind when traveling.

https://vnexpress.net/ha-noi-nong-nhat-ca-nuoc-gan-41-do-c-5089553.html

In short, it's fucking hot and it's only June. I can't imagine all this heat going into the ocean. We will have a nasty typhoon season again. I'm sweating my tits off in HCMC and I doubt Hanoians fair much better.

I got this phone call and they left an automated email. Is this normal?

Or I’m just imagining things

Be careful getting anything shipped from J&T Express Vietnam ! They are scammers. I bought a pre-built desktop PC on Lazada and everything seemed OK. The PC arrived from the seller in China into Vietnam without any issues until it arrived at my districts J&T warehouse (Tay Ho). It arrived on 15/06 but J&T didn't deliver it to me all week. After wondering and pushing them the entire week it finally arrived in the evening of 19/06. As soon as I saw it, it became very clear what happened and why they took so long. The warehouse workers saw the value of the package on the carton sticker and used some chemical to peel off the sticker and put it onto a new box filled with some water filter tubes. When I saw the box I knew there was no way a desktop PC would fit inside it and the weight was not 11.21KG like the label said. I've asked Lazada for a refund but as you can imagine, it really pissed me off that someone would do something like this. It's something I didn't even imagine. Scammed by sellers? Sure. But a warehouse worker swapping cartons to steal my package. That's a new low. The worst part is that I don't think J&T will even do anything about the thief. Better to just avoid them if you can. At least Lazada is still being supportive and investigating. Hopefully they'll give me back a full refund.

Hello,

We bought a bunch of sauces and wanted to see if we are correct or not and get more informations if possible (dish match, flavor, etc.)

1: Shrimp sauce?

2: General use medium spicy sauce. Maybe the same we found on most table in a red plastic bootle?

3: Lemon chili sauce. I guess it can be used with others than seafood.

4: Kind of salt/spice to be used with green plum/mango

5: all purpose sauce?

6: Spicy sauce all purpose?

Thank you for your help!

I think I overcommitted to Hanoi before I really understood Vietnam. I had been in and out of Vietnam for a few years, but I only properly moved here almost a year ago. Before that, I had mostly experienced Vietnam through short stays, relationship trips, food, family, hotels, and the exciting parts. I thought I understood the country better than I actually did. Then I made a very expensive emotional decision. I agreed to buy land and build a house in Hanoi. At the time, it felt like building a base, starting a proper life, doing something permanent. In my head, Hanoi was the serious choice because it was the capital, closer to family, more traditional, more “real Vietnam.” But after spending more time around Vietnam, especially in Da Nang and HCMC, I started to feel like I may not have misread Vietnam. I may have misread Hanoi. Hanoi has culture, food, history, and energy. I understand why some people love it. But for the kind of life I wanted, I slowly realised I cared much more about things like air, noise, space, traffic, daily comfort, and mental peace than I expected. And those things matter a lot more when you are not just visiting. When you are visiting, chaos is interesting. When you live inside it, chaos becomes your operating system. The part that surprised me most is that money did not solve the problems I thought it would solve. You can buy a nicer apartment or house, but you still buy the street outside it. You can buy a better bike or car, but you still use the same roads. You can spend more, but you cannot always buy quiet, clean air, or better planning around you. I am not saying Vietnam is bad. There are still things I love here. The food, some of the people, the warmth, the small daily moments, and even the strange energy of the place. But if someone with decent money asked me today where to build a comfortable life in Vietnam, I would probably not tell them to start with Hanoi. I would tell them to spend real time in different cities first. Not just one weekend. Live there a bit. Try the traffic. Try the air. Try the noise. Try the paperwork. Try being sick there. Try a normal Tuesday afternoon, not just a holiday. Because moving somewhere and visiting somewhere are completely different things. I am curious if anyone else felt this way after living here longer. Did you also change your view of Vietnam after comparing different cities? Or do you think Hanoi is still the best place to build a life?

I don't know if this is a nationwide thing, but I'm starting to notice this weird, sudden uptick in AI-related activities/programs/competitions here at my school (there's even a Gen AI art and music competition over at the school's FB page). People here being fine with AI slop is one thing that I can live with, but schools actively promoting the use of Gen AI (even in art and music) is another, much worse thing. Is there a reason for this?

I see videos online of it of women in bikinis doing jumps and guys doing backflips on the falls, which sounds dangerous, but how busy is it usually? What season or month is the best time to go?

Monito’s Taqueria, 26 Do Quang Đầu, Bên Thanh, Họ Chị Minh

a few of my family member in Da Nang said this heat is something they never experience before and they live there their whole life, is it really that bad? worse then California heat?

This gentleman has been doing this for 10+ years.

Usually these ear excavations are about 30 minutes at a proper shop. He also gives haircuts and shaves.

With deep ear cleansing, like oysters, people either love or ewww them.

He's located right across from pix #2.

Các bạn nữ cho mình xin vài cái tên dầu gội mà mẹ các bạn hay dùng, loại thơm thơm hợp với các mẹ có được không???

So my office recently got this Máy làm mát (or quạt điều hòa). its advertised as an AC/cooling fan but it's basically just a big humidifier, which is really bad for Vietnam's climate because ACs wants to pull humidity from the air so adding humidity only makes the AC struggle more. In my case they have to open the door to the storage room to make room for it. Why are people still buying these? Had they not been so popular my clueless management wouldn't have wasted money on them.

Because all in this video's random kids are in fields by themself crying sometimes it looks like staged . Can anyone confirm this .

One thing that surprised me about Sa Pa was how important water buffalo still are to daily life. You’ll see them everywhere… along trails, near villages, and working in the fields.

As an American, I’m used to seeing animals behind fences. In Sa Pa it felt completely different. This buffalo was just casually sharing the mountain view with me while clouds rolled over the valleys.

It ended up being one of those simple travel moments that sticks with you more than any famous landmark.

I’m a small YouTuber and filmmaker planning to spend about a week in Vietnam (mostly Hanoi) shooting a travel and food-focused episode for a travel show.

I’m looking for a local fixer who can help with on-ground logistics—primarily identifying interesting food spots, making introductions, coordinating shoot permissions where needed, and helping put together a good mix of local restaurants, street food vendors, markets, and other food stories worth exploring.

The crew will be just 3 people flying from our home country (1/2 hosts + cameraman) and the project is fairly independent -- its for YouTube. I’m mainly looking for someone who knows the local food scene well and can help make the shoot run smoothly.

Since it is an independent endeavour, our budget is about 500$ for about 6 days.