Vietnam. Interesting Facts About Vietnam

[Music] hello there in this video we're gonna talk about Vietnam Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country on the South China Sea known for its beaches rivers Buddhist pagodas and bustling cities first of all a little bit about history [Music] the northern part of Vietnam words for centuries occupied by Imperial China then the country was colonized by the French in the middle of 19th century following the Japanese occupation in 1940's the Vietnamese fought French rule in the first Indochina war eventually expelling the French in 1954 then came the Vietnam War between the two politically divided North Vietnam and South Vietnam conflict was intensified by heavy intervention by the United States on the side of South Vietnam and USSR on the side of North Vietnam from 1965 to 1973 the war ended with the North Vietnamese victory in 1975 and the country was then unified I'm very a communist government but remained impoverished and politically isolated in 1986 the government initiated a series of economic and political reforms which began Viet Nam's path towards integration into the world economy with an estimated ninety four point six million people as of 2016 it is the world's 14th most populous country the capital city of Vietnam is Hanoi the country's second-largest city by population 7.7 million people Hanoi enjoys a rapidly developing real-estate market the economic structure underwent important shifts with tours in finance and banking now playing an increasingly important role Paul Chi Minh City formerly Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam with a population of 8.4 million people the city's population is expected to grow to thirteen point nine million by 2025 the city has a hot tropical climate all year round it has a lot of French colonial end marks and get nummies war history museums lots of international corporations like Intel Toshiba Panasonic and Fujifilm have all opened up their production facilities here some say the city be the next Singapore daaang daaang is a coastal city in central Vietnam known for its sandy beaches and history as a French colonial port population is 1.3 million na Chiang na Chiang is a coastal resort city known for its beaches diving sites and offshore islands its main beach is a long curving stretch along trough Lu Street backed by promenade hotels and seafood restaurants plenty of places to eat drink and have a Vietnamese massage but contrary to Thailand there's no sex industry in Vietnam na Chang has developed into a popular destination for international tourists dalat is a city in southern Vietnam Central Highlands it's centered around a lake and golf courses and surrounded by hills pine forests lakes and waterfalls the city was developed as a resort by the French at the beginning of the 20th century and many reminders of its colonial heritage still remain it even has its own Eiffel Tower how cool is that known as the city of internal spring for its distinctive temperate climate the communist system led the country into a deep crisis in the middle of 1980s and from the 1990s the country began to liberalize the economy which allowed to achieve significant economic growth and raced the standards of living for the population in 2016 Vietnam was the second largest producer and exporter of coffee second only to Brazil and that despite the fact of the total area of Vietnam is almost 30 times smaller with 1.3 million tons exported in 2012 a value of one point four billion dollars by the way copy trees are not the indigenous culture of this area and were brought here by the French in 1855 Vietnam is the largest exporter of dragon fruit never heard of this one another name is PETA hiya you can see endless cactus plantations with red fruits in many places around Vietnam Vietnam is the leading exporter of cashew nuts and black pepper agriculture still plays an important role and accounts for 21% of the GDP and employs 52% of the population however manufacturing has already overtaken agriculture and accounts for 40% of GDP and this includes production of electric cables cellphones and computer parts as well as clothing and footwear although Vietnam is a relative newcomer to the oil industry it is currently the third largest oil producer in Southeast Asia like its northern neighbor China Vietnam continues to use five-year economic plans that God started back in the USSR according to a 2005 forecast by Goldman Sachs the Vietnamese economy will become the world's 21st largest by 2025 average salary today is just 150 dollars but hey back into the year 2000 it was $300 Pierre the crime level is extremely low at a rate of France and Finland in large cities you can see some petty crime as pickpocket in nations handbags and motorcycles therefore you just gotta watch the stuff like anywhere else in the world tourism is developing at a staggering pace and the year 2000 the country was visited by 4.7 million foreign tourists and in 2017 almost 13 million most tourists come from China South Korea Japan Taiwan the United States and Russia MUA by the way might be the best place for kite surfing in Asia Kukoc is gaining popularity as a secluded tropical island with pristine beaches in the north of Vietnam you got a visit halong bay a unesco world heritage site a popular tourist destination in southern Vietnam a cup of coffee is often accompanied by a cup of cold tea typically the coffee is prepared in single servings in stainless steel coffee filters known as fin the Vietnamese coffee is rich flavorful sweet and perfect on a cool day the coffee slowly dripping into the glass and mixing with the condensed milk making it almost immediate Asian practice Vietnam is also famous for Kopi Luwak or civet coffee it's the kind of coffee that includes par digested copy cherries eaten and defecated by Asian Palm Civet at the same time per capita consumption of coffee in Vietnam is really low about 95 percent of coffee is export Vietnam holds the second place in terms of rice conceptions per capita a typical Vietnamese eats 169 kilograms of rice per year no wonder they have so many rice varieties su fall is one of the most popular Vietnamese dishes this is a soup with rice noodles most often with beef although sometimes it's served with chicken and seafood soup fall is served in almost every cafe and restaurant the vietnamese aided with chopsticks mainly for breakfast vietnamese start cooking soup before dawn so that by 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning they will feed the people hurry into work a large choice of seafood coffee shops in general here you can try some exotic food like turtle meat scorpion ostrich eat the heart of a snake and drink the blood of a cobra although many of you dummies have already learned to treat dogs as pets and not as food some Vietnamese still eat dogs and cats get the meze are quite friendly people they sometimes look more gloomy than Thai people but when you communicate with them they start smiling in Vietnam there are many buddhist temples and there is a misconception that most of the vietnamese are buddhists but in reality 80% of the country's population are atheists and followers of local and domestic cults animism is the belief in the reincarnation of all nature and the existence of souls and spirits so buddhists make up only 9% of the population and Catholics about 7% Vietnamese seem like a very athletic nation in parks you can often see them working out doing gymnastics on the street it's a typical picture in Vietnam it's difficult to buy clothes of a large size if you get the means are very tiny people the guy who's one meter seventy five centimeters is considered very tall and girls of such size practically do not exist the sizes of medium and large and stores are extremely rare many Vietnamese walk around the city wearing masks on their faces you might think that this is protection against dust though the Vietnamese themselves say that this way they protect the face from the sun's rays white skin is considered the standard of beauty in Vietnam dark skin is associated with heavy we'll work in the fields and low social status the most common name in Vietnam is in who in this name is now held by about 40% of the population in Vietnam all school kids wear a uniform and the junior classes it's a mandatory element of clothing they wear a white and blue uniform in high school in many schools children start studying at around 7:00 in the morning young people are eager to study English some are given the task is cool to interview foreigners walking around the city in Vietnam motorbikes extremely popular they're way more popular than cars traffic might seem absolutely meaningless and ruthless and chaotic and and systematic to you at first but when you join in as a driver some rules start to make sense the traffic system has been organized in such a way that that street lights are not so numerous and somehow all this chaos is working don't think that pedestrian crossings in Vietnam are for pedestrians they just like anything else in Vietnam is from motorbikes at first the tourists it seems impossible to cross a multi-lane Road a pedestrian crossing for bikes is just a picture on asphalt the thing is you have to go confidently as slowly motorcyclists are very maneuverable and they will find a way to go around you the main thing is to be predictable so every time crossing the road you feel like you've achieved something the motorbike became an important part of the culture the Vietnamese managed to transport large loads of goods on them take their children to kindergarten I've seen four or five people traveling on a single motorbike in Vietnam only the domestic driving license are valid international ones are not accepted so in some cases you'll have to give bribes to the traffic police domestic flights are quite affordable for example a one-way ticket from Nach hang the house you mean for two people can be around $40 one of the most memorable symbols of Vietnam is the merchants in the streets and markets and cone-shaped straw hats historically such has protected people from the Sun coconuts fallen from the trees and snakes driving in Vietnam is slow and monotonous is going to take you three and a half hours to drive just 200 kilometers take the plane instead if possible Vietnam is developing at a flabbergasting pace in all major cities there's a construction boom investments are coming from all over the world Vietnam now has to balance between communism capitalism and Eastern values what an interesting mix and what do you think of yet Nam [Music]

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Keywords: vietnam, hanoi, ha noi, Southeast Asia, Vietnamese dong, Vietmanese, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Saigon, Da nang, Nha trang, Da lat, dragonfruit, Soup Pho

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Length: 12min 15sec (735 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 21 2018