Everytime i go back to vietnam for holiday, the ppls at the airport always ask for money. Freaken why is there is much corruption. One time i refuse to pay and they make up some bull$hit about i don't look like the picture on my pastport and i got keep back for 3hrs. All i need to do is give then a few dollar and they would let me go, but to hell with those d!ck and pussy, i rather throw it in the drain than give it to them.
Anyway in the same shoe as me?

I wasn't but my friend's uncle was. Her uncle(wealthy businessman) went back to Vietnam from Canada and he was a friend of some politician the current VN gov't didn't like so they put him in prison for 8 weeks and tortured him. Only until she got hundreds of people to sign a petition to ask the Canadian embassy in Vietnam to question about this incident was her uncle released.

I'll tell you once I go back after finishing college.

Patience is virtue.

I didn't give them jack $hit when I arrived in Vietnam. Waited for so many years, wouldn't hurt to wait another hour.

But on my way back to Australia I had to bribe the guy coz I bought so many copy DVDs, CDs and games... about 100 or so.

The only regret was I gave him USD20 instead of USD5. Stupid me

lolz yeah once! like the first time my family go back to vietnam. What my dad did was having a 5dollar america notes outside while having another 5 one dollar american note inside. It makes it look thick and the guys was like :shocked:

Are Vietnamese tourists the sole target of such acts, or is everyone fair game to them? Vietnam should really crack down on such dealings if it wishes to expand its tourist industry.

Just to let you know they only ask money from viet ppls! Mainly becasue of the lack of english those airport ppls have.
And also, they would not dare to try it on any other ppls!

I remember reading this book about SEAsian corruption, and some guy was held at gunpoint and they demanded $20.00 from him. I forget whether it was Cambodia, Thailand, Laos or Vietnam.. lol.. but it was pretty funny. Well they made it seem funny.

Hey all!!! Since when hadn't you been in Vietnam?

You shouldn't blame corruption anywhere - and please, not in Vietnam - when IT'S YOU who initiate the bribery.

To those who don't recourse naturally to bribery:

THE LAW SAYS YOU MUST NOT BRIBE, AND NOW THERE IS VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN VIETNAM AIRPORTS. SO YOU WILL BE PERSUED IN JUSTICE FOR BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION OF VIETNAMESE CUSTOMS OFFICERS...

SO JUST THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU "PAY" AT THE GATES.

Yeah those bastards at the airports only targets Vietnamese people.

100 dvds, games, etc........................

i have trouble to make a wish list of these stuff.......wtf were you buying porn?

LOL I was thinking about that too but then I thought what happen if I get caught? Hell it'll be very embarrassing.

Ahahaha it's not hard to decide when there are so many to choose from and they're like less than AUD0.80 cents (USD0.50 cents). They're sooooo cheap.

Huh . What are you talking about? I think they target all SE Asian people. Last time when my Dad went to VN with his friend he was also targeted b/c they saw that his place of birth is Combodia on his passport. BTW, same in Cambodia...those bastards only target Asians. They don't dare to touch Westerners.

Well maybe your dad brough something in he was not suppose to. Eg too much money. Thats why they have a reason to target him. Unlike viet even if we have nothing to be azame about they still try and milk us! Like when i refuse to pay they make up bull$hit and keep me back for a while!

Nope. My dad didn't bring that much money. He has no relative or friend there, except for his friend's family. So, no reason to bring that much money for gift, etc. He's was there purely as a tourist.

BTW, good for you for giving them $hit.

i know but that is still alot..... a hundred

everytime i get back to shenzhen, i get like 15-20 max.................

I use to be a really tie @$$ and only dl song from the net.

During my Trip to vietnam, while at Hai Phong i bought over 200 CDs of song. Most of then was popular english album and about 50 was vietnamese.
For me its not that hard to decide since i just grab any familiar face i see, where i like the Album or not. It not that hard if they are that cheap!

I will be heading over there for the first time next year with my wife. Do you think I will have any problems since I don’t speak the language or that I’m a Caucasian from the US?

Any advise?

Well if u decided to bring stuff that are not suppose to be brough into vietnam. EG too much money, overload of alcohol. Then you better grab ya self about 20 US dollar or else they can cause alot of touble.

That sucks why don't you tell the local law enforcement about that. The last time I visited the Philippines I never had that kind of trouble. Maybe because they don't allow people besides passengers inside the airport.

Lolz law enforcement yeah right! i was driving without a licence in vietnam and nothing ever happen to me.

Plus i was in a gang fight while on holiday in vietnam! One of my friend break a bottle on a guys head and the guy was hurt badly. And then we got sue, we manage to get off by paying 1million dong. How pathetic is that? there wasn't even a criminal case held only a civil case where poor @$$ c_nt wants some money for being hurt.

Also NQSH need this corrupted System to sneek 100porn DVDs out of the country. (j/k)

Hey NQSH isn't porn illegal for you since your muslm. (j/k)

Colonel Angus? I'm afraid this is not the place for serious enquiries!!!

The ordinary sensible thing to do is contact either

The US Embassy in Hanoi
Add: 7 Lang Ha Str.
Tel: 772 1500 ; Fax: 772 1510
Office hours: Mon - Fri
08.00 hrs - 12.00 hrs & 13.00 - 17.00 hrs
http://hanoi.usembassy.gov/

or

The US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City
Add: 4 Le Duan Str., Dist. 1
Tel: 822 9433 ; Fax: 822 9434
Office hours: Mon - Fri
08.00 hrs - 12.00 hrs & 13.00 - 17.00 hrs
http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/

and if you're not a US citizen, you will find all other addresses here
http://www.vietnamtourism.com/update_info/.../frmembassy.htm

The time in Vietnam is GMT +7h00

As for declaration of belongings, the principles of the law are rather simple. All valuables must be declared at the airport Customs desk as transit objects, meaning you will have the same objects on the day you quit Vietnam.

In case you lose anything during your stay, you must declare the loss at local authorities, in order to be able to produce a receipt in lieu of the lost objects (or else, you will have to pay taxes on missing valuable objects which they will consider have been sold on Vietnam soil).

You must not export more money that what you had brought with you on day of arrival in Vietnam.

Well, that's all.

^^ we suppose to teach him how to get stuff in and out of vietnam, while using corruption to his advance advantage!!

well maybe its just me, i think too much when buying things, is something that my mum gave it to me............

When someone gives you something to send back to Vietnam, make sure you open it and check it's contents. There could be drugs inside. There was this woman on the news who was caught with drugs in Vietnam, who was given to her by her friend to deliver art but inside the art was drugs, but she didn't know there was. She was then executed.

If you are caught with drugs in Vietnam, they will probably bring you to the firing squad.

Last year i went to visit my neigbors at Tay Ninh South VN. I still remembered the VC guy named Minh...He came over to me and said. "You didnt have the parents living in here. How come you came here for what??"...I felt just a lil panic...But then i just gave to him couple $ dollars was find...Then Minh shaked and shaked my hands and a lil saying to me as "I just made a funny to you my friend" ...Then i answered to him "Thats find"...After that...I said a lil voice to him "Do you want to resettle in USA??" he just laughted at me...So??? my suggestion is if we want to visit in South VN, we have to have some lonies incase when the guarder VC making hard time to us...Because they dont have enough salary...Its too bad for them... :genius:

What if the local law enforcement officers are in cohoots with the custom people. Communist bastards usually protect their own.

Hey herosword where are you from.

Born in Vietnam. Citizen of the USA.

Lolz u crack me up man!
Yeah in vietnam u can buy anything with money. And its pretty cheap as well! espcially buying out respect!
Yeah thats whay i like about vietnam, its a nation that is in favour of the rich! If i get caught on my motor bike with out a licence, then i can simply bride the c_nt.

I am telling you my friend!! If the South VN doesnt have a Communist regime. I didnt want to resettle in the western for nothing!!! The human been lives are more confident and stable...we all can do whatever we want to do!! We dont even pay taxation and license for some properties...we also comfortable communication to each other by using our language. Its nothing like here!!! We have to speak clear and good pronounciation of English Language...Otherwise, they contempt on us...They calling us "You are the Chinese"....

But hey!! Cuong... Are a VN Sai Gon or VC Ho Chi Minh???

Thanks for the info!

Any idea how long it takes to get a Visa?

LOL I'm a very bad Muslim.

I'm rather a secular Muslim with a mix of Asian and Western values.

lolz i am not VC

But you se my Full name is Vu Bien Cuong

Thats why i call my self VC. As its my initial.

I am north! But hey i am not a VC Ho Chi Minh. I am an Australian Viet!!

Don't know 'bout u guys, I had no problems w/ customs whatsoever last month. The same goes for the last 2 times ('01 & '03).


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