10 years experience about Vietnam. I'm Korean.
I'm Korean.
I'm working at Middle part of Vietnam about 10years.
I think that the country called Vietnam that you simply look around for a few days and see with your thoughts fixed is different from the country that you experience while living in Vietnam.
This is personal experience, so each person may differ.
- Korean culture, no, it is similar to East Asian culture - Although it is located in Southeast Asia, it is easy to understand if it is emotionally called the East Asian cultural area.
The need to be polite to adults and respectful to children.
Among Korea, China, Japan, and Vietnam, Vietnam is the strongest.
Vietnamese people often ask your age. It seems like you clearly distinguish between yourself and the other person’s hierarchy.
When I see an adult, I bow my head.
When drinking with an adult, use both hands instead of pouring with one hand.
Do not lift the chopsticks before an adult does so.
If the other person is older, speak in a lower voice.
We perform ancestral rites.
Among East Asian cultures, Korean and Vietnamese cultures are completely consistent.
- Vietnamese like Party
Marriage takes place twice: on the man's side and on the woman's side. Korea is a one-time experience.
Vietnam have a party for the baby's first birthday. It's the same in Korea.
When a ancestral rite is held, relatives and people not related to the ancestral rite also go and enjoy the party and sing karaoke.
It is easy to see scenes of parties taking place in the yard of a house.
Every house has a karaoke system so you can enjoy singing.
Bring husband, wife, and children to company dinners. So all the employees and their families become close friends.
Even strangers sometimes sit next to me and listen carefully and then drink together. It's delightful.
There are a lot of party clothes.
- Vietnamese drink a lot of alcohol.
Koreans also drink a lot, but it’s different. Vietnamese drinking much more.
Vietnamese make strong wine at home and usually bring a box of beer and drink a lot at restaurant
In Korea, people mainly drink strong alcohol and beer as dessert. This is because Koreans hate being full.
These people don't think it's a joke when they ask you to drink all night long. I think I'll really drink it all night long.
- Average height is increasing.
My staff is not taller than me, but his son was cute 10 years ago when he was little, so I gave him pocket money, but now he has grown up and when I meet him, he is much taller than me. It feels like there is a height revolution among teenagers, and the average height has increased significantly.
There are so many stories, but that's all I can think of today.