The Vietnamese language is a very difficult one to learn. Being a tonal language, with regional variations, it is nigh on impossible for a short-term traveller to get their mouth and tongue around some of the pronunciations (so it is very easy to say something impolite or inappropriate... or very funny!).

Many Vietnamese still call “Ho Chi Minh City” its previous name of “Saigon”.

Education in Vietnam is not free as many people think.

Did you know that the majority of people from various regions of Vietnam bury people twice?

Military duty is compulsory in Vietnam but not every one has to join the army!