Hi Alex and Sebastian,
It's nice to heard that you guys think our vietnamese girls are quite beautiful. How long have you been traveled in Vietnam?

I'll second this tactic. I've bought suits from my uncles tailor in New Delhi, (former justice on their high court), for what I'd pay for a cheap off the rack department store suit in the states. Of course, suits from his tailor are completely custom, and look fantastic...! :)

Funny though – today I was flipping through one of the local newspapers, and all the articles were overwhelmingly pro-government.

Vietnamese press is pure Communist propaganda, its sole role is to praise the government and reassure the reader all is in order. Just like press in the Eastern Bloc was. It's actually—as you noticed—quite funny to read, but it isn't a "real newspaper".

Don't pay too much attention to the press, they are probably all tactic strategy that the government throw to blind publicity. If they like to stick up their ass with that retarded political structure, who are poor still poor no matter what.

And yeah very nice my ex girlfriend- she got some french blood too, but she is already quite american, born in State and so on, it wouldn't be good example then. If you want to know what is going on over there, you really got to talk to local people, but not too obvious that you can get in to trouble with police. You know where you are, don't you?

They probably hate American and France back then but not at this generation. The political issue between VN and China is more current at the moment I think. I bet it all got to do with land and few islands they are fighting over each other. But yeah for sure, Viet Nam was part of China before, even if they want it or not so there is definitely influence but also there is added mixture of all sort of things like France, American, Mongolia, Japan, English, Portugal...I assume. I have american vietnamese girlfriend once- the most beautiful women I know. It was surprise for me too, they seems very moderate political wise, not so extreme like I thought.

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So you are in Viet Nam, I was there 5 years ago . Man, women there is so beautiful! The food is really good too, never really big fan of asian food but it was delicious. We also take a couch to Ha Noi from Sai Gon and stopping at Hoi An for a day. I recommend it! Very unique town! But if you want to do crazy thing with your clothes, please stay in Sai Gon. Hoi An is more well known for traditional clothes if you fancy Ao Dai (long dress) knowing as the traditional costume, I saw a lot of western girl had it made in Hoi An.

Check it out!
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Enjoy the good deal!

Alex

yey it is so good . Prada also has the out let in Viet Nam, what do you think ? Cheap labour and these people has the best crafted skilled. A lot more Italian designer start to think about putting their outlet there. But it is not always convenient to fly 17 hours to get the suits done. Traveler often plan to get their clothes made as part of the itinerary rather than the other way.

The best and cheapest electronic stuff you can get in the world is in Singapore and Japan, there is many major open door market is selling them, but you should ask carefully about the transferable voltage, sometimes it is different to us, especially in Japan. You can get good stuff and super cheap ' Made in China' but be extra cautious, there is a lot of fake too.