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Last activity 25 October 2011 by deslow11

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deslow11

Hi I'm Desmond from Malaysia currently running a small business in Vietnam (Hanoi and Saigon). I've been here off and on for more than 5 yrs but still find it excruciatingly difficult to pick up the local language! Would love to hear from anyone who's had better luck in learning Vietnamese.  Ironically, my wife's Vietnamese! (we converse in English, well, to the many shaking heads of my wife's family...)

Armand

Hi Desmond !

Welcome to Expat.com ;)

Armand

deslow11

Hi Armand, thanks for the welcome. Still trying to get use to some of the implicit cultural traditions e.g. giving of "incentives" to ensure assistance hahaha Hv u been in Hanoi for long?

Armand

Well, i've never been there for i'm living and working in Mauritius :)

deslow11

ah, an islander! :) good for u, nice place altho what i know about it are mostly from brochures and natgeo hahaha

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