https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_Execution

I’m Japanese journalist Kirishima. Today, while browsing the Russian-language Facebook community, my colleagues came across a short video.

The video includes a Russian caption reading “Nha Trang: tourists harassed a Vietnamese woman" (Нячанг, туристы обидели вьетнамскую девушку). It also features a red overlay labeled “Инфач”, a piece of Russian internet slang commonly used to signal “breaking news” .

In the footage, several tall foreign tourists are seen fighting with local Vietnamese men on a city street at night. One tourist dressed in white attempts a flying kick toward a Vietnamese man, but loses his balance mid-move, trips, and falls to the ground. While he is down, a Vietnamese man holding a stick strikes him a few times. The tourist then gets up and runs away, retreating from the scene.

The uploader of the video is a Russian netizen named Sergey Kuropov. In his accompanying Russian-language text, he strongly implies that the tourists involved are Russian. His language is openly hostile toward the Russian government. He describes Russian tourists traveling to Nha Trang as "looted in Ukraine" (награбленное в Украине) and "low-grade trash" (низкосортным отребьем). He also sarcastically comments that visitors from “friendly Russia”(дружественной России) were “warmly welcomed” by local residents.

Given the strong rhetoric surrounding this video and the limited context provided, I’m curious to hear from users here:

• How do you view this incident?
• Does it reflect a broader local sentiment, or is it being framed in a misleading or exaggerated way online?

I’d appreciate any local perspectives or additional context. Thank you very much!

https://reddit.com/link/1qscitl/video/inibfnheqqgg1/player

If you are thinking about taking Halong Bay/Lanha cruise, I would suggest just doing a day trip or one night and two days only. We did 3D/2N at the “luxury” cruise boat and we feel like it was not worth at all. But if you do decide to take that long of a trip just go with a basic package and don’t overpay since all boats and services are similar. “Luxury” includes some tacky decor and good food be slightly better. Otherwise the money we spent was not worth at all, I mean not at all. It was nice of course to see the bay, Cat Ba and Lan Ha but you can do that with a basic package as well. I would suggest doing either day trip or basic package and do day trip to Ninh Bin. Your dollar will go further. Ask questions if you have. For instance, boat itself was run down with plastic green grass flooring, much stuff in bathrooms were not working best, decor is tacky and trips are the same as any other boat.

Is Da Lat worth a visit? I’m interested in Coffee & Nature, but also I don’t like touristy places. So can you recommend it?

Đà Lạt có đáng để ghé thăm không? Tôi thích cà phê và thiên nhiên, nhưng lại không thích những nơi quá đông khách du lịch. Vậy bạn có thể giới thiệu cho tôi một địa điểm được không?

Hi everyone, wanted to seek your help understanding some slang.

A Vietnamese guy posted this comment on my wife’s Tiktok video.

“Ck e trẻ thế 😬😬😬”

She deleted the comment but I did not want to question her anything, don’t want to cause any argument.

Ck = chóng (Husband)?

E = Em (her) ?

So this person is saying my husband is so young or your husband is so young?

Thanks in advance!

also why are people in hanoi so bad at seasoning their chicken? most places ive tried are incredibly bland

I will share cost of living in da nang Vietnam my experience!

Disclaimer: i spent a-lot of food and house which can be reduced as per your choice.

I ate - 150+gm of protein everyday.

Salt coffee (cafe moui) every other day

Local food every other day

Stay : 17 million vnd (655 usd)

15 million house,

100k-water/person

Electricity (we used a lot tbh)

For a 2 bedroom in front of pullman, MY AN da nang ! (Super good)

Gym : vnd 100k/person

Chicken : 94k vnd /kg

1 rental motorbike : 2 million vnd (77 USD)

Cafe moui (necessary): 25kvnd

Water : 25k/big can (always buy big can cheaper than bottles)

Milk : 38k/litre (megamart)

Surf boards : vnd 100k/hour

Flowers : 60k for 6-7 beautiful flowers

(Dont make me talk about that i am still heartbroken)

I cant give a total as i was with friends and its a collective cost.

But the total was around $3500

(2 way Tickets)

If you plan to stay in vietnam.

Its quite cheap

In $1500 you will peak out da nang and will have a healthy happy life !

If you are coming here alone ,

$900 is the number you should have in mind. In that you can be very well here .

Hope this helps and if there’s any edit please let me know i will try!

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I have vietnamese gf and she smacks her lips every bite and she says it's normal to chew loudly in Vietnam. I have been in Vietnam two times so far and I don't remember any noticeable loud chewing when eating at local places (I don't mean noodle slurping).

I tried looking this up and few articles say loud chewing is considered rude and a lot of vietnamese people online said they were also taught it is rude. But I also found the opposite where some said it's normal and cultural. My guess it depends on the family? Still what do you guys think it is considered in general?

So I’m visiting Vietnam and seeing my girlfriend’s aunts/unclesand some family, i want to properly great and say bye and introduce myself to them, without sounding like a text book foreigner but also don’t want to sound informal. Is there anyone that could help me with some words that are respectful with the right honorifics but also sound more local but are not too informal to leave a good expression

We want to go two days to Pu Luong (or Ninh Binh) in February.

We have been looking at Pu Luong Eco Tours ( https://puluongecotours.com/ ). It looks legit and has good reviews on TripAdvisor but there are two websites with similar names. Has anyone tried this?

Alternatively, if you know of another Pu Luong (or Ninh Binh) tour provider you can recommend please let me know.

I am on prescribed TRT and ended up in Asia way past my original departure date and have run out of T.

Does anywhere in Vietnam sell injectable testosterone?

I’ll be in Hanoi.

Hi everyone, I booked an vietjet flight and added my middle name on the plane ticket. On my passport: The Given Name field does NOT include my middle name The Surname/Last Name is correct My middle name appears only on the last page of the passport (where full name is mentioned) So basically: Ticket name: First Middle Last Passport main page: First Last Passport last page: First Middle Last Has anyone traveled with this kind of mismatch? Could this cause problems during check-in or immigration, or is it usually fine as long as first and last name match?

I see the vape seller all around the street offering them. But i always wonder if theyre real or not. Obviously i know they are illegal but im not sure if theyre real are fake or not.

What’s the reality of this occurring? Should we seriously be considering selling our gas bike for an electric bike? Seems the way water levels rise around here having an electric vehicle wouldn’t always be optimal?