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Vietnam spends $1.14bn on foreign cars in 10 months: customs
================================================== ========================== Vietnam’s imports of automobiles in the January-October period posted strong growth in both volume and value, data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs shows. The Southeast Asian country imported 51,600 complete automobiles in the year to October, a steep increase of 79 percent compare to the same period last year, according to the general customs department. These cars were worth VND24 trillion (roughly US$1.14 billion), up a record 96 percent from the same period last year. Imports from key markets also expanded sharply from a year earlier. Vietnam imported 96,500 cars from China, a 205 percent increase year on year, in the ten-month period, while imports from Thailand rose 68 percent to 107,100 units, and South Korea, 5 percent and 13,000 units. Of the 51,600 cars imported in the Jan-Oct period, 22,800, or 44.2 percent, are automobiles with nine seats or less, while the respective numbers of trucks and other automobiles were 20,500 and 7,500 units, according to the customs department. Vietnam has apparently become a magnet for global luxury carmakers as three major industry players have already opened, or plan to open, showrooms in the Southeast Asian country, and particularly in the capital city of Hanoi. British luxury automobile manufacturer Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited launched its first Vietnam showroom in Hanoi on August 27, whereas Bentley Motors is slated to open its first dealership in the city this month. A strong player from Italy, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., has also chosen Vietnam as a destination for the expansion of its dealer network across Asia Pacific. Besides Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Lamborghini, other brands such as Lexus, Audi and Porsche are also present in Vietnam. While consumption of luxury cars in the Southeast Asian country is still small, the interest of ‘upper-class’ customers in cars worth hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars “is enough for automakers to open showrooms” here, according to The Saigon Times Online. Most of these customers are celebrities or business moguls, the economic newswire said.
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Cứ cố gắng làm mọi thứ trở nên đẹp đẽ thì lại bị đổ vỡ ...có con đường nào đi đến thành công mà không có khó khăn chứ !!! Cố lên sẽ làm được thôi cứ sống chậm lại nghĩ khác đi và yêu thương bản thân mình nhiều hơn là được
— at noi dat niem tin qua nhieu..suy cho cung da dung hay chua. Can anyone help to translate what it meant?
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Top 10 spiritual tourist attractions in Vietnam
================================================== ============== VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) has announced the top 10 spiritual destinations that attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. 1. The Mot Cot Pagoda The Mot Cot Pagoda (one pillar pagoda), which was built on a 4m high pillar with a diameter of 1.2m in Hanoi in 1049, is recognised as the most architecturally unique. The temple was built by Emperor Ly Thai Tong, who ruled from 1028 to 1054. According to the court records, Ly Thai Tong was childless and dreamt that he met the Avalokitesvara Boddhisattva (Kuan Yin – Goddess of mercy), who handed him a baby boy while seated on a lotus flower. The Emperor then married a peasant girl that he had met and she bore him a son. He constructed the temple in gratitude for this in 1049. According to a theory, the pagoda was built in a style of a lotus emerging out of the water. During the Ly Dynasty era, the temple was the site of an annual royal ceremony on the occasion of Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha. A Buddha-bathing ceremony was held annually on April 8 in the Lunar Calendar by the monarch, and it attracted monks and laymen alike to the ceremony. The monarch would then free a bird, which was followed by the people. 2. Chua Huong (Perfume Pagoda) Chua Huong (Perfume pagoda) is located in Huong Son (Perfume Mountain), 70 km southwest of Hanoi. Chua Huong is a cluster of temples and shrines in the general vicinity of Huong Son. The pagoda is located in My Duc hamlet in the province of Ha Tay. According to the book, Huong Son Thien Tru Pha, Huong Tich temple was built during the reign of Le Chinh Hoa (1680-1705), by a monk who happened on the site on his way to search for enlightenment. Other shrines and temples were later built in this area to take advantage of the local beautiful scenery. Perfume pagoda has a long history in Vietnamese literature. This temple has been a theme of many songs, topic of poetry, used in literary works as well as backdrops for paintings. 3. Yen Tu Mountain Located in Thuong Yen Cong Commune, about 40 kilometres from Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province, Yen Tu is a magnificent mountain in Vietnam with silky streams running around bamboo forests; green pine forests, and towers and ancient temples appear and disappear alternately. Yen Tu region is well-known worldwide for its beautiful landscapes, historical relics and hundreds of ancient pagodas and towers, especially Dong (Bronze) Pagoda, with its peak at 1,068 meters above sea level. King Tran Nhan Tong devoted his life as a Buddhist monk in Yen Tu after his abdication. 4. Bai Dinh Pagoda Bai Dinh Pagoda is a complex of Buddhist temples on Bai Dinh Mountain in Gia Vien District, Ninh Binh Province. The compound consists of the original old temple and a newly created larger temple. It is considered the largest complex of Buddhist temples in Vietnam and has become a popular site for Buddhist pilgrims from across Vietnam. The 700-hectare complex holds many records in Vietnam and also in Asia like the biggest Buddha Shakyamuni statue in Asia, the biggest bronze Trikaya (the three bodies of Buddhas) in Vietnam, the largest Ngoc (Pearl) Well in Vietnam, the biggest bronze bell in Vietnam, the longest corridor with 500 Arhat statues, and the largest number of Bodhi trees in Vietnam. 5. Thien Mu Pagoda Thien Mu Pagoda (namely Heaven Fairy Lady Pagoda), also known as Linh Mu Pagoda, is a most fascinating and ancient pagoda in Hue city. It is situated on Ha Khe hill, on the northern bank of the Perfume River, in Huong Long Village, 5 kilometres from Hue city, which is easy to reach from the city centre. The name of the pagoda derives from a special legend. Long time ago, an old woman appeared on the hill where the pagoda stands today, telling local people that a Lord would come and build a Buddhist pagoda for the country's prosperity. Lord Nguyen Hoang therefore ordered the construction of the pagoda. With this mysterious history, the pagoda has attracted a great number of tourists from inside and outside of the nation to come and explore the legend themselves. 6. Truc Lam Monastery Truc Lam is a Zen Buddhist temple outside the resort town of Da Lat. The construction of Truc Lam Monastery started on April 28, 1993 and ended in 1994. The inaugural ceremony followed on March 19, 1994. Two days later, Master Thich Thanh Tu made an announcement of closing the inner part of the monastery from the public, so that the monastic practitioners could practice without distraction. With the goal of renovating Vietnamese Zen of Tran dynasty, the Master started to translate and lecture all writings and teachings of Truc Lam's sect. Since that time, all monasteries founded by the Master applied the same rites and practiced each night the "Rite of Repentance," which was written by King Tran Thai Tong. 7. Christ the King Christ the King, of Vung Tau is a statue of Jesus, standing on Mount Nho in Vung Tau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. The Vietnam Catholic Association built the statue in 1974 and completed it in 1993. It is 32 metres (105 ft) high, standing on a 4 metres high platform, for a 36 metres total monument height with two outstretched arms spanning 18.3 metres. There is a 133-step staircase inside the statue. 8. Ba Den Mountain Ba Den Mountain is located 11km Northeast of Tay Ninh Town and 106km from Ho Chi Minh City. It is a famous complex of cultural, historical and beautiful sites covering an area of more than 24 square kilometres. The complex includes three mountains: Heo, Phung and Ba Den, of which the 986meter-high Ba Den is the highest peak in the south. Ba Den Mountain is also called Black Lady Mountain. According to legends, Ly Thi Thien Huong, Black Lady, was forced to marry the son of a rich mandarin while she fell in love with a poor man who was fighting the aggressors. Rather than marrying a man she did not love, she threw herself from the mountain. 9. Cao Dai Temple Cao Dai Temple, also known as Holy See, is the centre of Cao Dai faith, an indigenous Vietnamese religion that incorporates the teachings of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism as well as some elements of Christianity and Islam. The Great Temple was built between 1933- 1955 in Tay Ninh province about 90 kilometres northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. Caodaiists believe that all religions are the same in principle and they credit God as the religion’s founder. 10. Ba Chua Xu Temple Ba Chua Xu Temple (Lady of the Realm) lies at the foot of Sam Mountain, Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province. It is said that the goddess is so sacred that anyone who offers incense to her can realise all his/her wishes. VOV/VNN
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Height of Vietnamese lowest in Asia
================================================== == VietNamNet Bridge - The average height of Vietnamese men is 164 cm, 8 cm less than that of men in Japan and 10 cm less than men in South Korea. However, the height could be improved with a reasonable diet, experts say. For the past 30 years, the height of the Vietnamese people has improved but very slowly, with only 1 cm increase in 10 years. The height of women was also very low, close to 154 cm, according to Dr. Le Bach Mai, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition. Dr. Mai said that the Vietnamese people’s height was the lowest in Asia. Many studies have shown that the development of the child’s height depends on genetics (20%), nutrition, sports training and environment (80%). In fact, the traditional meals of Vietnamese people have changed positively but are still imbalanced. Demand for carbonated soft drinks is on the rise. "Some suggested that carbonated soft drinks do not affect health; this is not true," said Dr. Mai. “Soft water, besides natural sugars in foods, is often included with glucose or fructose. These sugars provide easy kcal. A soft drink can contains up to 36g sugar. As announced on the manufacturer's label, 100 ml of soft water create 42 kcal. The problem is that consumers rarely read tiny texts on the label. Besides, no one buys a soft drink can and drinks only 100ml. That means a 300 ml can provides nearly 140 kcal, while it takes 45 minutes to walk to consume 100 kcal," Dr. Mai said. The experts also said that these drinks make the body lose calcium. Mai proposed a luxury tax on soft drinks and carbonated soft drinks. The percentage of overweight and obese children in Vietnam has increased nine times in 10 years and now accounts for 6.3% of all children. Le Ha
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Expat teachers in Vietnam – Part 1: The story of Robert Ackley
================================================== ========================= Editor’s Note: Robert Ackley, 27, who currently teaches at ILA English Language Center in Ho Chi Minh City, said half-jokingly, “The American dream is dead so I’m chasing the Vietnamese dream.” Ackley tells the story of why he came to Vietnam to be a teacher and shares his impressions of the country. Left home thanks to wanderlust A year and a half ago I was in Boston working for a library storage facility. Basically, we had a warehouse that would temporarily hold books for libraries that were moving or being renovated. Most of my time was spent slouched in a chair scanning barcodes of old books into a catalogue that seemingly had no end. Occasionally I would snap photos of particular titles of interest, but this work was far from fascinating and anyone with fingers and thumbs could do it. It was cold, there was snow, it was Boston. I swore that every winter I spent in the Northeast of America would be my last. I remember the final weekend at home before coming to Vietnam there were back-to-back storms that caused so much chaos on the roads that the city issued a driving ban. It was actually illegal to drive your car and anyone caught driving could be subject to arrest! It was also illegal to park on the streets so people were forced to shovel out spots wherever there was room, which became pretty creative. Aside from the unique experience of walking down the middle of an empty three-lane road in the strange quiet of a blizzard, I was done with these winters and tired of this weather. While the weather was at times unbearable, it was not the driving force behind my decision to move abroad. Rather, it was the monotony of a string of jobs that all fell far from any career path coupled with a bit of wanderlust. When choosing where to take the CELTA [Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages] and in turn where to live, I had a small set of criteria in mind: cheap, different, exciting. Vietnam seemed to satisfy my criteria, but I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what I was getting into prior to coming here, and how could I? There were other places I could have chosen to live that would have afforded me a more economic life. Places like South Korea, Taiwan and Japan are all destinations that offer comparable if not better compensation for teachers than in Vietnam. However, there was a certain mystery shrouding my perception of Vietnam, and this was ultimately what drew me in. Sure, I did my homework by reading about the culture in Vietnam, I browsed teaching forums to try to gain insight into the expat way of life, and I learned the Vietnamese numbers on the plane, but I’ve always found it best to keep expectations minimal as they’re too easily shattered, especially on the other side of the earth. The salary provided from teaching is ample enough to live and can provide some savings, but most teachers quickly turn it over to finance their travels. With Vietnam offering diverse landscapes and easy access to the rest of Southeast Asia, it’s hard to let the money pile up when a week-long trip to Thailand or Cambodia is more than feasible, and well within our budgets at that. I’ve managed to visit Thailand, Cambodia and Laos during my 16-month stay in this region and I’m sure I’ll visit a few more places. I will say though, no country has impressed me more than Vietnam. Teaching is fun At the time my teaching experience was limited, but I had taken an online TEFL course and had also volunteered to conduct one-on-one speaking classes with adults at a non-profit language center. This, to me, was not enough. I started shopping for CELTA courses, which would provide a month of training as well as hands-on teaching experience, which I lacked. The CELTA course in Ho Chi Minh City was my life for the first 30 days I was here, but proved to be worth the time and effort. With a college degree and a fresh CELTA under your belt, a plethora of options will become available to you. It really comes down to you and what exactly you want to do. Some teachers choose to work at language centers, which are heavy on weekend hours, while others value their weekends and keep to public school schedules during the week. For those with the necessary skills and experience there are international schools and universities, which offer more competitive salaries. Deciding to wave my weekends goodbye, I took a job at a language center, which has proved to be rewarding in more ways than one. Teaching, while sometimes maddening, has turned out to be good fun the majority of the time. Sure, there are young students who consistently try to thwart my lesson plans, but there are also management systems created to tame these mavericks and replace their mischief with inspiration. I’ve found these young learners to be the most inspiring to teach as they learn so fast and possess such pride and excitement in their new knowledge. Teenagers can be shy and “too cool” sometimes, but they just need their interest sparked by content that is appealing to them. Once they’re comfortable around you it’s easy to find classroom conversations going in all different directions. With any class, time creates comfort, rapport is built and soon you know how to tailor your lessons to fit your students’ needs. It all gets easier from there. A charming city The chaos in Vietnam was visible in photos and videos of the traffic, but what remained of a long, complicated history of struggle and war was unknown to me. However, signs of vitality and spirit seemed to be swarming in the economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City. My first reaction to the city upon arriving was “Uh, I can’t live here.” This thought raced through my mind as I tried to cross the street with little success. The sheer volume of people present in Southeast Asia was the hardest thing to cope with in my first few months. After teaching in Vietnam for a little while, it’s easy to realize that free time is not hard to come by. I work about 20 hours a week, spend 4-8 hours a week planning, and the rest is mine. I try to fill those extra hours by skateboarding around the city, playing soccer, reading, and going out for drinks sometimes. Occasionally, I go bowling too. However, I have met some foreigners who have trouble finding hobbies in a place that lacks the comforts of home. Jogging, for example, quickly becomes a chore if you don’t live in close proximity to a park. Similarly, outdoor enthusiasts may have a hard time finding a hike anywhere nearby. These are the disadvantages of living in a big, crowded, sprawling city. Like anything though, there are advantages to living here as well. Those of us coming from the West are blessed with the cheap prices of almost everything and minimal bills. For me, transportation and food come to mind, not to mention the endless restaurants with different varieties of international cuisine. Here we also live amongst a friendly population of locals who are quick to lend you a hand when your motorbike won’t start or point you in the right direction when you are lost in Go Vap District. The city has a certain charm and maybe that’s what keeps some of us here. For many though, they have the urge to keep moving, and that’s the sadness that comes with teaching. Contracts always come to an end and friendships are fleeting. However, the wheel keeps turning and new teachers come to give the city a go. This is the nature of the beast. Some will stay and some will go. As for me, I can’t say, but I’m here for now.
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Expat teachers in Vietnam – Part 2: Why they come
================================================== ===================== Ease of finding a well-paid job, a comfortable and affordable cost of living, and an interesting culture are some major reasons for scores of foreigners from across the globe to come to Vietnam to work as teachers. Many expats from western countries told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that they see coming to Vietnam as a chance to explore Asian culture because it is easy for them to earn money from teaching to travel to other countries around the continent. Natalie Markides, who was born in Cyprus and graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, said that she wanted to work in a Southeast Asian country to travel around Asia after finishing university. “I picked Vietnam because when I researched the job prospects, it appeared that it was better paid for teachers in comparison to other countries such as Thailand,” she said. “I also thought that as Vietnam uses an alphabet script similar to English, that would make it easier for me to adjust in terms of daily life,” the young woman, who is currently teaching English to fifth graders at public schools in Ho Chi Minh City, elaborated. Chris Roll used to be a primary school teacher in the U.K. and came to Vietnam in 2009 to teach English at ILA English Language Center in Ho Chi Minh City. Before Vietnam, Roll had spent four years teaching English in Africa. “I know Europe and Africa quite well but I did not know Asia. I wanted to go and live somewhere in Asia just because that would be a new experience for me. My friend recommended Vietnam, saying that Vietnam is a lovely country,” Roll said. Meanwhile, Timothy Connell, who has been a physical education teacher at the American International School in the city for the last seven years, told Tuoi Tre, “I just wanted to travel around Asia, but when I arrived in Vietnam, I fell in love with the local culture right away and decided to stay longer,” the Aussie said. A low cost of living is another main reason why many expats decide to come to Vietnam for teaching. “I was only able to save about 20 percent of my income from teaching back home but in Vietnam, I can save up to 50 percent. I use part of the income to support my family and pay loans that I obtained from the government to study at university,” Connell said. Lindsay Erdman, another teacher at the American International School, told the newspaper that she plans to stay longer in Vietnam because she wants to learn more about the country’s culture and people. Erdman, teaches visual arts at the international school, said that during her first week in the country, her motorbike broke down at a corner in District 1. An older local man then pointed to a KFC restaurant on the other side of the road. “I needed to have my bike repaired. I did not want to eat anything,” she recalled. “I argued with him using body language for ten minutes and the old man was angry with me,” she said. The Canadian woman only realized how generous and kind the local man was being when he took her bike across the street and showed her a small bike repair shop on the sidewalk in front of the KFC. “It has been a learning process and it was very humbling. I learned that you have to be more open to people when they try to help you. I’m not here to teach other people only. I’m here also to learn from other people,” she said. Safe and comfortable Unlike adventure-seeking Western teachers, some Asian teachers said they choose to live in Vietnam as expatriates thanks to the safe and comfortable living environment. Most of them are experienced teachers, who are in huge demand in the country. After spending three months seeing how life is in Vietnam, V. Ashok Kumar from India decided to move to Ho Chi Minh City to live here with his wife and little daughter in 2008. “I told my father that I wanted to come to Ho Chi Minh City since this city is growing rapidly and he agreed,” Kumar said. “Vietnam has a climate and living conditions similar to those in India. The country is even safer than my home country,” Kumar, who lectures in applied science at RMIT Vietnam in District 7, added. RMIT Vietnam, an Asian hub of Melbourne-based RMIT University, which is Australia's biggest tertiary institution, is a common place for Asian teachers. Meanwhile, it was quite difficult for Cherry Sriratanaviriyakul from Thailand to convince her mother to allow her to be a teacher in Vietnam at first, but she succeeded in doing so eventually. Now she teaches information systems at RMIT and has been living in Vietnam for almost six years. “Before coming to Vietnam, I had lectured in hospitality at an international university in Bangkok for four years. My colleagues told me about RMIT and I decided to give it a try because I wanted to live abroad,” Sriratanaviriyakul said. Anna Lyza Felipe, who had taught at a university in the Philippines for 15 years, received a surprise call from RMIT for a job interview when she was on vacation in Vietnam three years ago. “I just sent my CV to RMIT without caring about the results. But when my vacation was coming to an end, I received a call for an interview from the school,” the Filipina said. “After that, I talked to my university in the Philippines and made a decision to quit that job to come to Vietnam,” she said. Sriratanaviriyakul, Kumar, and Felipe chose to live in the Phu My Hung urban area in District 7 because there is a large community of expats there so they face few language barriers and little culture shock. Phu My Hung is also safe and comfortable and in close proximity to their school.
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Motorbike owners in Saigon required to pay road fees from Jan 1
================================================== ============================ Ho Chi Minh City authorities will begin collecting an annual road maintenance fee of up to VND150,000 (US$7) from motorbike owners as of January 1, 2015. At its Tuesday meeting, the city People’s Council approved the People’s Committee’s proposal to impose the yearly road fee on motorbike owners in the city – the only locality in Vietnam that has yet to levy the fee on motorbike riders. Accordingly, owners of motorbikes with engines of up to 100 cubic centimeters (cc) will have to pay VND50,000 ($2.33) per annum, and those who own bikes with 100-175 cc engines will be liable for a higher rate, VND100,000 ($5.61) per year. As for bikes with engines of over 175 cc, the fee rate will be VND150,000 ($7) per year. No fee will be imposed on electric bicycles. The people’s committees of wards, communes and towns are tasked with instructing motorbike owners to fill out fee declaration forms for motorbike use, according to the fee collection plan of the city Transport Department. Based on such declarations, local people’s committees will assign staffs to collect the fees and grant fee receipts to owners at their home. Alternatively, motorbike owners can pay the fee directly at their local people’s committee. By late 2013, the number of motorbikes subject to the fee was more than 3 million, according to statistics from the city’s districts. The total amount of fees to be collected may reach VND300 billion ($14.02 million) per year, the department said. The fee will be collected pursuant to Government Decree 18/2012 dated March 13, 2012 on the establishment, management, and use of the Road Maintenance Fund. Under the decree, users of motorized vehicles were supposed to pay a road maintenance fee, which was intended to feed the fund, from June 1, 2012, but the government later delayed the fee collection until January 1, 2013, given that people were facing difficulties in their daily lives due to the troubled economy. However, while all other localities have set out their own fee rates and collected the fees since 2013, Ho Chi Minh City has continued to postpone its fee collection to spare residents any further burdens.
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Home food delivery at night in Ho Chi Minh City
================================================== ======== At midnight, you can call to order food from a restaurant to be delivered at home within half an hour at a trivial extra cost, any day of the week. This ever-expanding service in Ho Chi Minh City has helped provide more choices for a nighttime meal without the need to go out. Before, you might have had only instant noodles at home. The service is very busy at night, especially from 11:00 pm till 3:00 am. Orders can be made in both Vietnamese and English. Now, customers can order via websites or telephone and ask for home delivery at midnight with the total bill costing just VND58,000 (US$2.8). Dishes available on menus range from rice and noodles to fried fish cake, fried chicken, baked octopus, salad, pizza, hamburgers as well as Japanese, Indian, and Thai specialties. The dishes are illustrated with images and prices on the websites. Well known websites for home food delivery include www.vietnammm.com, www.ncook.vn, and www.blogandem.com. They are also available on Facebook pages. A customer tested the service by ordering a noodle soup dish with beef and a peach juice for VND58,000 at midnight. At 12:30, a restaurant worker knocked on the door of the given address to deliver the food and receive cash. The home delivery cost ranges from VND5,000 to VND20,000 (25 U.S. cents to $1), depending on the distance in the city. The dishes are not too expensive, averaging VND30,000-40,000 ($1.5-2) each. The website www.vietnammm.com offers one of the most professional services, acting as an intermediary between restaurants and diners. Customers accessing this site can order in Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese or English. On receiving orders via the website or telephone, Vietnammm will transfer them to the restaurant chosen by a customer and the business will then be in charge of food delivery. Accessing the website, customers can select not only food but also the restaurant processing it. A list of over 800 restaurants offering home delivery services is available on this website. Though the website is available at all times, most restaurants are closed from 3:00 am until early the following morning because there are few orders. The owner of one restaurant said that she has sold more dishes to customers for a year thanks to her coordination with www.vietnammm.com. The demand for ordering meals at night is big and increasing in this city, according to another restaurant owner. Pham Van Tai, of www.ncook.vn, said his business receives an average of 70 orders for home food delivery from 3:00 pm till 3:00 am. One problem restaurants face now is the lack of delivery staff. Several owners admitted they sometimes have to refuse orders since they would be unable to deliver them quickly.
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Decoding Vietnam’s road culture through David Beckham’s picture
================================================== ================================ HANOI – I first learned that football great David Beckham visited Vietnam from the Facebook post of a Vietnamese American friend. A post on Beckham’s official FB page has sparked a bit of controversy for its depiction of modern Vietnamese society. A depiction that is utterly accurate. Beck’s site sports a photo of a woman using a camera phone to take a snapshot of the international celebrity as she sits on her motor scooter. She is not wearing a helmet as required by law and, worse, is holding an infant between her knees. “I’m all for fans taking a picture but not sure this is the safest way to do it!” Beckham wrote. It’s hard to believe that such a sight would shock anyone who has been in Vietnam for more than a few days. But it’s easy to see why some Vietnamese find the image embarrassing, as some expressed among the thousands of comments prompted by the post. “This is an ugly face of Vietnam,” said Van Deng Yeu, according to one news report. “A baby in her lap? That’s crazy,” declared one Minh Anh. Crazy, perhaps, but also very Vietnamese. Yes, the Beckham fan was flouting the law – but don’t very many Vietnamese do this on a daily basis? Helmet laws are often ignored, as are laws restricting the use of handheld devices. Small children are routinely carried on motorbikes without helmets or, it seems, other safety precautions. Only the blind don’t see this. For foreigners visiting Vietnam, the crazy traffic offers the first dose of culture shock. My first weekend, my son and I were surprised by a rush-hour herd of motorbikes that crowded up behind us – on a sidewalk. Foreigners gawk and drop their jaws at the sight of motorbikes piled with cargo that is often odd – beehives, bags of tropical fish, flat screen TVs – and/or seems unwieldy. But it’s the sight of families squeezed onto a motorbike – four and even five butts on a long seat, plus a baby in mommy’s arms – that provokes moral outrage. Foreigners can be aghast: Don’t the Vietnamese care about the children? Aren’t there any child endangerment laws? After a few weeks in Vietnam, my standard quip to visiting Americans is to expect on any given day to see about 30 or 40 instances of behavior that, back home, would be a violation of our (overprotective) child safety laws. But as someone who often uses my old Nuovo to carry the kids, I also know some outrage is misplaced. My experience is that parents carrying children on motorbikes are typically among the safest drivers on the road. They rarely hurry and navigate carefully because they know the cargo is precious. (Of course there are exceptions: I was appalled by the young man who held an infant in his lap with his left hand, while navigating with the right at a dangerous speed.) When I’m out on the road, my larger concerns are car and truck drivers who act as if they owned the road, giddy teenagers who are fast and reckless, and the many motorists who are dialing or texting as they drive. Twice in recent days I had to swerve to avoid such motorists who weren’t paying attention to the road. Mobile phones have become a deadly menace to drivers in much of the world. The consequences of becoming distracted driving a ton of metal can be much greater than the typical distracted motorcyclist in Vietnam. But as Vietnam’s growing economy inspires more Vietnamese to buy sedans and SUVs, I fear that this could become a great problem in Vietnam. I, for one, am very reluctant to drive a car in Vietnam. “It’s nerve-wracking,” a friend once told me. “The other day I nearly killed a kid.” So if somebody offers me the keys to a car, I say thanks but no thanks. Maybe someday Vietnam’s motoring culture will be safer, but not yet. The news article that reported Beckham’s Facebook post included this sobering detail: About 14,000 people lose their lives every year in Vietnam due to traffic accidents. I have a hunch it will get worse before it gets better.
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