korn wrote:#1: I want to know whether bicycles still dominate Vietnamese streets like they used to do. If not what vehicles is most seen on Vietnamese streets? Thanks in advance.
korn wrote:#3 Do you think Vietnamese think about coupling in inappropriate situations? When a little boy and a little girl (or babies of different gender for that matter) meet each other, most of their family members would say "con rể" resp. "con dâu" or when teenager of different genders meet each other their mom and dad are talking marriage and about what a cute couple they would make.
abcdefg wrote:#2. Er.. I think it depends on the person. Generally? I don't know . Also I don't know how much is a lot, I have a boyfriend who is Ukrainian and he complains about everything every times we meet, from weather to Microsoft. He says it's usual in Ukraine, where people complain to find a common topic & start a conversation. I'd say it's the same in Vietnam, but maybe less often and in smaller dose than in Ukraine. But we are keen on criticizing, everything. So criticism is the most frequent, then complaints, then whines. I don't know about the south but up north, especially in rural areas, people have extraordinary sharp tongue. Their criticisms and complaints are really... a trait of culture, very interesting.
Pangu wrote:korn wrote:#3 Do you think Vietnamese think about coupling in inappropriate situations? When a little boy and a little girl (or babies of different gender for that matter) meet each other, most of their family members would say "con rể" resp. "con dâu" or when teenager of different genders meet each other their mom and dad are talking marriage and about what a cute couple they would make.
I don't think this is limited to just Vietnamese culture. It occurs in many "older cultures". I remember an Indian friend of mine complained about that with her family and friends.
korn wrote:Pangu wrote:korn wrote:#3 Do you think Vietnamese think about coupling in inappropriate situations? When a little boy and a little girl (or babies of different gender for that matter) meet each other, most of their family members would say "con rể" resp. "con dâu" or when teenager of different genders meet each other their mom and dad are talking marriage and about what a cute couple they would make.
I don't think this is limited to just Vietnamese culture. It occurs in many "older cultures". I remember an Indian friend of mine complained about that with her family and friends.
Does this occur in Chinese culture too?
korn wrote:Does this occur in Chinese culture too?
... much money flowed into the country over the past decade, particularly following its admission to the World Trade Organization in January 2007. Foreign direct investment that year surpassed the dollars going to Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the rest of the region combined, according to the World Bank. The country’s creaky communist institutions couldn’t absorb all the funds, leading to a textbook instance of what economists call capital misallocation. On Friday, Moody’s downgraded the creditworthiness of eight Vietnamese banks and cut the country’s credit rating to B2, the lowest ever.
korn wrote:It was very hard for me to understand since she spoke so quickly and either with a huge accent or in southern dialect. Anyway, what I understood was:
She won't ??? (...I didn't understand the first sentence)
She Won't go out with her friends
She won't go shopping (??)
She will cook his favorite meal for him
She will watch football with him
And after that she will make love with him
モモンガ wrote:I guess she has no native accent.
モモンガ wrote:It's about a dating proposition, so she probably says what the guy will have to do to get date approval.
korn wrote:5. Why is facebook blocked in Vietnam? It doesn't make much sense to me since even little children get access to it and even the Vietnamese media is talking about facebook....
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