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Funeral Tents, Altars and Ghost Money: What You Are Seeing on a Vietnamese Street
A tent across the lane, music at four in the morning, paper money burning in a bin on the pavement. These are the most visible pieces of Vietnamese religious life, and here is what each one means and how to behave around it.
5 min
Vietnamese Language: Useful Phrases for Travelers
Vietnamese is tonal and hard to pronounce from spelling. Six phrases will carry you a long way — here they are, plus how to say them.
4 min
Vietnam Etiquette for Americans
Shoes off, both hands, and keep your voice down. The short list of things that are genuinely noticed.
5 min