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PhucDatBiet

Why are they so despised by many local Vietnamese? I mean they exhibit the same poor manner and attitude as some local Vietnamese and yet most Vietnamese here do not like having them around. I've heard of mainland Chinese tourists are not welcomed in HK but here in Vietnam too? Are they really that bad?

jimbream

PhucDatBiet wrote:

Why are they so despised by many local Vietnamese? I mean they exhibit the same poor manner and attitude as some local Vietnamese and yet most Vietnamese here do not like having them around. I've heard of mainland Chinese tourists are not welcomed in HK but here in Vietnam too? Are they really that bad?


Not only here.
That is their Global outlook on other countries.
They paid money for the trip,so they deserve the right to not change behaviours simply because of another country's culture or customs.
The Vietnamese traveller is the exact opposite.

There could be many things that influence a VN'ese opinion of them.
- only going to 'tour group approved' restaurants?
- haggling for prices to extremely low levels?
- centuries of distrust?

12xu

PhucDatBiet wrote:

I mean they exhibit the same poor manner and attitude as some local Vietnamese ?


according to which standards ? have you heard about ethnocentrism ? if not , try this for a first approach, mate (oops sorry, I meant "buddy").

PhucDatBiet

12xu wrote:
PhucDatBiet wrote:

I mean they exhibit the same poor manner and attitude as some local Vietnamese ?


according to which standards ? have you heard about ethnocentrism ? if not , try this for a first approach, mate (oops sorry, I meant "buddy").


Spitting, picking their nose, talking loudly while cutting in line, urinating on public road or off it. I'm sure YouTube will give you more example visually. I don't mean to offend you if you're a Chinese descent.

12xu

Youtube ? to prove what ? I can find thousands of videos showing people from different nationalities (including yours and mine) doing the same in every corner of the planet.                                                                                                                                        And keeping to VN I can't see any difference with some non-chinese foreign tourists on Bui Vien / De Tham  who every single night or even during daytime do behave exactly the same as "chinese tourists do" ?                                                                                                                    If some of them come from the USA or Russia or Irak or UK or Bolivia or Congo would you say all tourists coming from these countries  "exhibit the same poor manner and attitude (as some local Vietnamese)" ? What makes you think that your standards are superior to others ? judge less, try to learn more about other cultures , you'll feel much happier in this country and in any other too.

Happy8888

@phucdatblet You said spitting , picking their nose , talking loudly while cutting in line , urinating on public road or off it !!!
I see all that 5 times a day , if not more , in vietnam !!! I think it fair that you :
Look in your own back yard before you criticize others . However I personally think  the Chinese are certainly more in your face and definitely lead the pack in rudeness
It's actually so bad that the Chinese government launched a campaign not so long ago , trying to educate tourists about how not to behave when traveling . If that is necessary , it's got to be bad

ralphnhatrang

#6 wrote: "the Chinese government launched a campaign not so long ago , trying to educate tourists about how not to behave when traveling."  Yes, that is true.  I recently read a report of inappropriate behaviour by Chinese on Chinese aeroplanes, including a passenger illegally activating the emergency exit while taxiing, which activated the emergency exit slide, which in turn caused a three hour delay in take off.   But I must say that almost all the Chinese tourists I have met in Nha Trang have not been rude in any way.

I, too, regularly see very bad behaviour by Vietnamese in Vietnam.  Apparently, for example, waitresses consider it acceptable to turn away from the customers and to pick their noses while waiting for the customers to order.

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