I just want to know what vietnamese people think.

bawindayak · 2014-09-30T13:25:23+02:00

First time when I come to vietnam, I think they is nice and friendly when I walk alone. but for some month I living here. I just learn about vietnamese. just one think, I don't understand about vietnamese people attitude. I think they very nasty when see asian people hold hand when walk on street with west men (especially for asian women if have relationship with west men). even we walk not hold hand, i feel they still nasty. Many times when I walk with my men, they say something in vietnamese language. I don't understand what they say, but I think they say something bad about us, because I can see how they look at us. when we walk pass and back in same way, every they see us they say something. sometimes i don't feel comfort, when we eat in resto and they look at us. one time, when we have lunch in small com resto, one old men look at me like he don't like me, when i look him back, he doesn't move from looking me. it not just one time happen, it's many times happen. I don't understand about they attitude, if the young vietnamese people sometimes not problem to do same thing like us. Hold hand when walk together or sometimes they do more than us. hug they boyfriend or girlfriend on street and kissed. I living in distric 1, close with zoo and river. there have garden side the river every evening I see some couple get hug on top motorcyle and kissed they partner. but not one vietnamese people have complain to them. when I visited zoo, it's same too. I see much vietnamese couple visit there, they hold hand, sometimes hug they partner. and one time i just sit and come two couple vietnamese sit front of me, one couple they don't have problem when kissing front the other people.

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senwl Serial expat

Member since 02 August 2013

senwlSerial expat03 March 2018 15:03:27

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gobot wrote:
Staying at a guesthouse where the family speaks rudimentary English is a great idea. I have only seen guesthouses/B&Bs in the Mekong, wonder how common they are in other places? This could be a good general recommendation to all new expats...

Homestay is indeed a great idea and is quite popular in other parts of Vietnam as well.
I did it in MKD (Ben Tre) and in Hue. Wonderful experience!
I'd love to do it again whenever the opportunity comes.
Here's a website for those interested in VN homestay.

Bazza139 ViP

Member since 04 January 2016

Bazza139ViP03 March 2018 15:29:49

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"senwl Today 17:03:27 Report #123
644 posts Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh
gobot :
Staying at a guesthouse where the family speaks rudimentary English is a great idea. I have only seen guesthouses/B&Bs in the Mekong, wonder how common they are in other places? This could be a good general recommendation to all new expats...
Homestay is indeed a great idea and is quite popular in other parts of Vietnam as well.
I did it in MKD (Ben Tre) and in Hue. Wonderful experience!
I'd love to do it again whenever the opportunity comes.
Here's a website for those interested in VN homestay."

Finally..? A moderator who offers pragmatic pointers..?

Is this website achieving maturity..?

We, the unenlightened, dare to hope...

senwl Serial expat

Member since 02 August 2013

senwlSerial expat03 March 2018 16:34:48

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Bazza139 wrote:
"senwl Today 17:03:27 Report #123
644 posts Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh
gobot :
Staying at a guesthouse where the family speaks rudimentary English is a great idea. I have only seen guesthouses/B&Bs in the Mekong, wonder how common they are in other places? This could be a good general recommendation to all new expats...
Homestay is indeed a great idea and is quite popular in other parts of Vietnam as well.
I did it in MKD (Ben Tre) and in Hue. Wonderful experience!
I'd love to do it again whenever the opportunity comes.
Here's a website for those interested in VN homestay."

Finally..? A moderator who offers pragmatic pointers..?

Is this website achieving maturity..?

We, the unenlightened, dare to hope...

Nothing beats the excitement and thrill of doing a homestay with people who hardly speak your language ... and where you are considered a complete stranger in every sense. It's an opportunity to learn about, understand and show respect to other cultures and customs.
TBH, before VN I did it in China, in Japan and across India (in some of the remotest parts) through local contacts.
In most cases I was invited to spend a few days with the host families. The same in Vietnam.

That website I posted is a random one which seems to point to some 'well-organised' homestay options across VN .... Of course, price quoted in $$ and its Eng interface seem to suggest some business interests behind the scene and the promises of 'convenient location' etc. sound very much like regular ads on a hotel booking site.

IMO an ideal homestay is always the one that comes by chance or through local connections/contacts..... but, it takes time to find such an opportunity.
It can't be pre-booked and/or pre-paid through a website.

For those just-landed, willing to do a homestay, sites like that one could be a good place to get started.

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