Our Apartment in Saigon // Vlog #2 

Khu này không phải Phú Mỹ Hưng. Bước ra ngoài một vài phút là Huỳnh Tấn Phát của Quận 7 việt nam hoàn toàn.

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Here’s the undeniable fact about Vietnamese and Vietnam. Vietnam could be better if the people stopped throwing garbage everywhere and served food and drink in a sanitary manner. And last but not least, they got to stop scamming and stealing. The culture knits and shapes this slum mindset for hundreds of years, if not thousands of years. And the saddest part is that this mentality continues to pass down generations to come. The same goes for the overseas Vietnamese who don’t assimilate with the new culture.

⁠​⁠@@nocancelcultureaccepted9316 I think you’re mistaking opinions for facts. The issues you pointed out, like sanitation and thefts, are not unique to VN. They happen in many communities around the world and, more often than not, are driven by the infrastructure, economic development, and wealth disparity in those communities. I also disagree with your comment regarding the culture shaping the slum mindset. And aren’t slums more of a modern thing that came about after the industrial revolution, which pushed people into crowded cities? Viet culture, to generalize, for hundreds, and maybe thousands, of years is about the family and the land. It often had to battle against the Chinese and, in the modern time, foreign influences. But describing it as you did just seemed shortsighted.

@@ntran1968 Văn hoá hẹp hòi, thô lỗ truyền xuống mấy chục đời rồi nên sanh ra con người sinh sống thói quen thiếu ý thức vứt rác bừa bãi, thiếu trật tự lộn xộn ồn ào, làm ăn buôn bán tham lam, gian lận, trộm cắp. Bước ra đường xã hội rõ ràng là như vậy từ chối làm sao được. Bọn 3 que mà không hòa nhập với văn hóa nước người ta thì vẫn sinh sống không khác gì lũ chuột đi đến đâu cũng cắn phá trộm cắp hủy hoại.

@@ntran1968 Maybe saying it in Vietnamese helps you understand it better. Văn hoá hẹp hòi, thô lỗ truyền xuống mấy chục đời rồi nên sanh ra con người sinh sống thói quen thiếu ý thức vứt rác bừa bãi, thiếu trật tự lộn xộn ồn ào, làm ăn buôn bán tham lam, gian lận, trộm cắp. Bước ra đường xã hội rõ ràng là như vậy từ chối làm sao được. Bọn 3 que mà không hòa nhập với văn hóa nước người ta thì vẫn sinh sống không khác gì lũ chuột đi đến đâu cũng cắn phá trộm cắp hủy hoại.

Thanks so much for your comment. I hope I can show all sides of Vietnam. There are so many nuances -- it's never just one thing or the other, especially now that it's developing so fast. There are also things I'm still learning about what people are experiencing here.

@@chris.tran.travels I appreciate your reply and thoughtfulness. I sure you already have a good knowledge base of the culture beings as you are VNese. I would like to travel to VN one more time.

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Thank you. I’m a teacher, but right now I just want to listen and learn.

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Thanks for the feedback! I’ll make sure to do that in future videos

Thank you Bhante! Yes I was one of those people when I traveled to Mexico City. It’s an amazing city. It changed my view completely. The good and the bad just exist together everywhere I think. Nothing is as it seems, especially if we just rely on media to shape our reality

I’m a teacher but currently working on starting my own school

I’m a teacher. My wife is a life coach.

Yes I do 😄

@chris.tran.travels Nice, I thought I recognized that. I'd love to stay in Vietnam for a couple of months while working remote. Like you, I am the only person in my family born in the states, and visiting for the first time back in 2018 was like experiencing a parallel life track, it was an incredible feeling. I share a lot of your sentiments.

You said nothing helpful or insightful in your comment. Looking at the name of your channel tells me you are the last person with whom I’d want to discuss anything substantial about culture, society, and human nature.

Extremely and poorly evaluated. Vietnam has gone through many wars, been colonized, robbed of resources from the French and Japanese... they even had to eat their own animals. Instead of helping and understanding, you look in a negative way. I just feel sorry for you. I think you are the person who deserves pity more than anyone