I just want to know how the capitle of vietnam looks like.

Some pictures i found at google:








^ French influence

Hanoi is not that developed..

What is the most developed city in Vietnam then?

Ho Chi Minh City

or usually known as Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City





Saigon





Vietnam is pretty nice, but still a lot of catching up to do.

Saigon certainly looks like a nice city.

I think Hue the Forbiddan city looks the best out of all the cities in Vietnam.

i think Saigon looks real nice when ur actually there inside saigon city !! thats my opinions

Saigon sure is the most developed city in Vietnam ... though Saigon has only buildings. Hanoi was bombed too much by Americans, so even it is the capital, it still look poor but anyway Hanoi is cool. Central Vietnam is so poor because of flood Haiphong is currently famous in Vietnam for its porn video from highschool students.

With GDP growth 7.5% per year, in 10 years, Vietnam economy will be 2 times it is today. In 20 years, it is 4 times today's. In 30 years, it is hard to predict but I guess Vietnam's GDP will be at least 8 times its current GDP.

If Vietnam didn't have the silly war from 1954-->1975, we would be richer than S. Korea now. 30 years in war from 1945-->1975 make our cities all crap ...

Execute those highschool students from Haiphong and let that be a lesson for all students in Vietnam. These acts will not be tolerated according to the tradition and customs of our ancestors!


P.S. Da Nang is the best city in Vietnam.

<sigh> such extremist. LOL

But I agree. Execution by firing squad.

Here are a few pictures of Hanoi. It is not as developed as Saigon but nonetheless more charming.


Turtle Pagoda on an island in the middle of Hoan Kiem lake. Note the dense vegetation in the background.


Chua Mot Cot aka One Pillar Pagoda


Another pagoda.


Hoan Kiem lake from the sidewalk


Exercising by the lake


Hanoi Hotel


Sofitel Plaza


Hanoi by night


Sighting of the legendary "Than Kim Quy"

Firing squad? Nah, that's too easy for them. Decapitate them!

I hate it when it comes to polluting Vietnam by these uneducated Vietnamese, especially the young ones in high school. They did not learn the goods and benefits from foreigners, but they take in all the pollution from outsiders and distribute them in Vietnam. They used to be innocent and sweet, but high school students in Vietnam have changed my view about them. Damn them! (well... some of them).

Great Hanoi pictures NQSH, I'd post some, too. But my internet connection is just so slow right now.

Most high schoolers everywhere in the world are curious and horny bastards...


It's natural

Anyone know where I can get those videos???

Just kidding, but there should be a law against pornography in Vietnam.

There are laws against pornography in vietnam..

But who really can control it even in a communist country?

You can find a lot of people selling pirated porn CDs in Saigon publicly.

In theory it's illegal but no one could enforce it. There are even people displaying them in the middle of the street and no one gives a damn. When I was in Vietnam, I asked my cousin about pornography in Vietnam and how there are laws against it, he told me that they don't really works and even offered to take me to a shop that sells them. LOL

here's an article about the pornography industry in Vietnam (not making, just selling)



Bùng nổ các dịch vụ cung cấp phim sex Việt Nam


Phim sex được bày bán công khai trên đường Đinh Tiên Hoàng (Bình Thạnh)
Người dân ở TP HCM hiện nay có thể mua phim sex dễ dàng như mua tờ báo, bao thuốc lá hay viên thuốc tây. Thậm chí, họ không cần ra khỏi nhà cũng có người sẵn sàng mang đến nếu có nhu cầu.

Thị trường băng đĩa “đen” nóng lên sau vụ “hai sinh viên Hải Phòng” và hàng loạt phim sex "made in Vietnam'' được tung ra. Kéo theo đó xuất hiện nhan nhản những đội quân bán hàng di động trên các cây cầu trong thành phố.

Tại cầu Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh (phường 22, quận Bình Thạnh) từ 11h đến 14h, một thanh niên, trên tay cầm những chiếc đĩa với hình bìa là các cô gái "nuy" 100%, đưa qua đưa lại chào mời khách đi đường. Tuy trên tay chỉ cầm vài chiếc để tiếp thị, nhưng nếu khách yêu cầu lựa chọn, anh ta liền đảo mắt quan sát rồi đi đến phía dưới gầm cầu cách đó khoảng vài bước chân, lôi lên một bọc nylon đựng vài chục bộ đĩa sex đưa cho khách.

Trên cầu Điện Biên Phủ (quận Bình Thạnh), từ khoảng 12h đến tận đêm luôn túc trực một đội quân bán phim sex trên dưới 10 người. Thấy người đi đường nào tấp vào, chạy xe chậm chậm họ lập tức xúm lại tiếp thị. Mỗi người giấu một lượng lớn đĩa sex quanh người và nhanh nhẹn móc ra khi khách có yêu cầu. Đa số những người bán ở đây nghiện thuốc phiện. Có người tay chân lở loét, bước đi nặng nề.


Hương (người ngồi bên trái) và "đồng nghiệp" tại khu Lăng Ông Bà Chiểu, chuyên cung cấp sỉ và lẻ các loại phim sex.
Chợ phim sex “nóng” nhất thành phố hiện nay là khu vực Lăng Ông Bà Chiểu. Theo những người chuyên sưu tầm băng đĩa "đen", sau khi khu Huỳnh Thúc Kháng bị cơ quan chức năng truy quét, những tay bán lẻ di tản về đây. Xung quanh Lăng (đường Đinh Tiên Hoàng và đường Bạch Đằng - Bình Thạnh), hằng ngày có khá nhiều phụ nữ bán băng đĩa "đen" công khai. Trong số khách đến mua, có thể thấy những cô cậu học sinh mặc đồng phục ghi bản hiệu trường lớp rõ ràng.

Chợ phim sex này cung cấp cho khách hàng tất cả các loại đĩa được in sang dưới dạng băng video, VCD, DVD, từ sex “nhẹ” đến “nặng”, với các loại “diễn viên” từ tây đến ta. Một cô gái trẻ tên Hương bán tại đây cho biết: “Thời gian gần đây thì phim nước ngoài hầu như không chạy. Hút hàng nhất là những bộ Việt Nam. Một ngày tiêu thụ vài chục bộ là chuyện thường. Cứ 10 người tấp vào thì hết 10 người hỏi mua sex VN, còn phim nước ngoài chỉ là mua thêm thôi”.

Tại những điểm bán phim sex trên, giá một chiếc VCD là 15.000-25.000 đồng; DVD giá 100.000-170.000 đồng. Người bán cũng đưa ra một hình thức kinh doanh rất “thoáng” là nếu khách mua về có vấn đề kỹ thuật như đĩa mở không được, mở được hình nhưng không có tiếng, hoặc ngược lại thì có thể đổi lại. Hơn nữa, “chiêu độc” ở những nơi đây là khách mua xong, về xem chán thì ra đổi lại cái khác mà chỉ phải bù thêm 5.000 đồng. Chính vì thế mà một nhóm nam sinh viên Đại học Tôn Đức Thắng khoe là họ có một ổ đĩa cứng chứa hơn 20 phim sex các loại, toàn phim “nóng”. Nguồn của họ chính là từ những khu vực này.

Trong những ngày gần đây những người thích “rửa mắt” bằng… “nước bẩn” này còn rỉ tai nhau cùng đến một số điểm bán cố định mà bên ngoài trông rất “trong sáng” để mua bán, trao đổi phim sex. Tiệm hớt tóc T trên đường Nguyễn Phi Khanh, quận 1, là một ví dụ. Ở đây, dù chỉ có 3 chiếc ghế và dụng cụ hớt tóc sơ sài nhưng khách (có nhiều người ăn mặc rất lịch sự) vẫn ra vào nườm nượp. Họ chạy xe đến, mở cốp lấy ra những chiếc đĩa trao cho người thanh niên, lập tức được nhận lại những chiếc đĩa khác và bỏ vào cốp xe, đóng lại rồi chạy đi. Nhiều lúc những cuộc mua bán, trao đổi như vậy diễn ra ngay trước cửa tiệm. Theo lời người thợ hớt tóc kiêm luôn bán phim sex thì anh ta chuyển qua kinh doanh "hàng đen" được một tháng nay, do kiếm được nhiều tiền hơn việc phải đứng hớt tóc suốt ngày mà chỉ được có vài chục nghìn. Anh cho biết, một đĩa phim lấy “gốc” giá 10.000 đồng, bán ra 20.000 đồng. Một ngày cả bán và trao đổi không dưới 20 bộ. Đĩa được lấy tại khu vực Lăng Ông Bà Chiểu về bán". Phim bán chạy nhất là “Sinh viên Hải Phòng”, “Cà phê Thanh Đa”, “Cave Việt Nam”…

Điểm đặc biệt của loại hình kinh doanh phim sex hiện nay tại TP HCM là phục vụ tận nhà. Một số đối tượng chuyên đi bỏ mối, bán phim sex tận cửa cho những ai có nhu cầu mà lại không dám đến các khu vực chợ trời nêu trên để mua, vì sợ người quen bắt gặp. Tại khu Huỳnh Thúc Kháng có một người phụ nữ tên Tâm thường tiếp thị với khách là sẽ giao tận nhà khi khách có nhu cầu. "Chỉ cần điện thoại cho em là được anh ạ", Tâm nói. Hay tại những quán cà phê nằm trong khu Thị Nghè (phường 19, quận Bình Thạnh) thường có một thanh niên nói giọng miền Bắc, trong cốp chiếc Spacy Trung Quốc của anh ta luôn có vài chục đĩa sex để đi bỏ mối cho những nơi có nhu cầu.

why don't they just put a high penalty? Like 20 years in prison, that would make lots of people think twice before selling it.

you're talking about sexuality here..

It will survive in any shapes or forms, like sex stories that passing around in middle and high school in Vietnam for decades.

Also, Ho Xuan huong, queen of nom poems, wrote a lot of sexual poems even about sexual intercourse.

Human will be human.

Ah damn it! I never hoped this would happen in Vietnam, but I guess as society evolves, more sins and crimes will be committed. Oh well... let's join them!

I don't get why you guys think sex and pornography is bad..
Maybe over influenced by confucian?

I don't want Vietnam to be the next Thailand, which is prostitute and sex capital of asia. That would be disgusting. Soon fat white guys will come like they do in Cambodia just to do it with Vietnamese kids. We have to put severe laws to prevent his crap from happening. I would say 20 years in prison would be enough to scare them away, if not then raise the punishment higher.

Newspapers just make it look more serious.
Porn is not that popular in Vietnam.


However, hookers stand on many streets in Saigon like it usually is, start early at 8-9 p.m, u see them on many streets. There are in Hanoi, but it is not that obvious, and usually only start at 12 midnight and in fewer places for a few players in the city.

There are hookers everywhere in the world.

To Byron: because they love it I agree with u Byron that 20 years in prison Disgusting. We are Vietnamese so we need to limit those.

To Dai Viet : The Hai Phong case is very rare.

Let's have an open society. And lets admit that everyone of us loves porn

Ok lets all be open.

That's more like job opportunities.. If the goverment created a significant amount of jobs, not a lot of the girls will turn to prostitution.

What's wrong with gay people?

As you know some of vietnamese popular male singers are gay (publicly) like Quang Linh

What's wrong with gay marriages. The two types of people whom I hates most are xenophobes and homophobes.

You do know Vietnam tradition is very harsh against gays you know. And that's something I agree with. I think most Vietnamese parents would kick their kids out of the house if they found out they were gay. Personally I find nothing wrong with gays.

I still don't think there are anything wrong about gay people.

Ok with the new scientific evidence I'm retracting my previous statement. Peace everyone.

What are you talking about? Gays only constitute a small minority within the whole population, something like 7% or slightly less/more. We don't want a gay society, we want a society that gives equal right to homosexual people.

There are many famous gay people in Vietnam, including Quang Linh, Hoai Linh, Dan Truong, Quang Dung (?) etc.

I agree that there is nothing wrong with gay people. But, any dirty stuff like porn Vietnam need to ban and anything against our identity and tradition need to be prohibitted.

Pheeww! Thank God. I thought those bastards would spring up like locusts.

No, not 20 years. How about death?

Ahmmm... may be.

About gay people. There's no such thing as gay people, just mental problems.

LOL. Are you making this stuff up? Not Dan Truong! I like the dude! He's my only favorite male singer. LOL.

Recent researches has found that there is such thing as a "gay" gene. It is absurd to think that it is a mental problem when roughly 7% of the people in each country in the world are homosexual.

Sorry but have you heard of any psychologists that actually claim to change gay people into straight people?

I don't think Quang Dung is gay though

Well you better believe it. My cousin knows him.

He is the bf of his producer, Le Hoang Tuan.

Ok with new scientific evidence that being gay may be a genetic factor I retract my previous statements of it being an environmental factor and promote acceptances of gays. Peace everyone.

Human are naturally horny or else we won't reproduce

Yah, I've heard of it, but it's just a rumor.

Peace

Do you have any proof to back up that claim?

Prisoners resort to sodomy because there are women for them to have sex with, thus the anus is a substitute.

LOL being gay is caused by environment? What kind of environment?

That is such typical Catholic anti-gay rhetoric without any foundation.

Oh come on, those dudes have mental problems.

Peace

I don't understand how gay people think. Why would you like a penis when you already have one? And what's wrong with two breasts and a vagina?

It just isn't natural. The purpose of sex is to reproduce, you can't reproduce without a member of the opposite sex. So why would a gene produce a gay gene when it goes against reproducing? So there is a good chance it is psychological.

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