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Someone has asked on an online travel forum on what he have to do to see the real Vietnam. Some participants have pointed him to cities the North, somes directed hime to regions in the South. To me, the real Vietnam is what you are experiencing now. Maybe what the original forum poster wants to look for is a certain charms in the past. But for all the bad, the good, the beauty, the ugly experiences that one will have in Vietnam, all of it, IS the REAL Vietnam.
       
    
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Laying fishnet at dusk
  • 31Laying fishnet at dusk
On the rivers, these boats are to some people their only home
Most of the houses in the city have small frontal width, so to get more space you ended up with something like this. Some tastefully decorated, others just look like they were created by Dr. Frankenstein
  • 33Most of the houses in the city h…
Exotic food like this "balloon rice cake" is a treat for your taste buds.
  • 34Exotic food like this "balloon r…
Police escort for the Asian Games March. Do not make fun of their bikes, these guys can make your life miserable like hell if they wanted to.
  • 35Police escort for the Asian Game…
Written on their T-Shirts "The spirits of the youth". Well said.
  • 36Written on their T-Shirts "The s…
Of course, what a good communist country march without the red colors but I don't think the youth now actually cares about such a thing
  • 37Of course, what a good communist…
The march was massive, I figured somewhere around 50,000 people, all students. Ok so I did see some older persons but I assured you I did counted them out from my number
  • 38The march was massive, I figured…
Conga, conga, conga...
  • 39Conga, conga, conga...
The pre-requisite "look-ma!!!" shot
  • 40The pre-requisite "look-ma!!!" s…
Very much a communist country, it is easy to mobolize the youth for any forms of manifestation. In this case the March for the Asian Games later this year. Can you imagine asking 50,000 students to march for the support for an olympic in NA?
  • 41Very much a communist country, i…
A sign where communist today is no longer the communist of yesterday. Samsung is sponsoring the whole event and donating 30 cents per head in the march. I hope they did count mine in.
  • 42A sign where communist today is …
Hay collecting is still a manual process in the rural areas for from the major cities
  • 43Hay collecting is still a manual…
Uniforms for girls at the secondary schools are the traditional "ao dai" like the one in the foreground while the primary ones are blue pants and white shirts (not the one in the picture).
  • 44Uniforms for girls at the second…