In this video we're going to talk about 9 things you should never do in
Vietnam. What is going on YouTube! Greetings from my apartment here in
Cape Town South Africa. I just got here & going be here for five weeks.
I've never been to Cape Town so I'm really excited about exploring the place
but that's not what this video is about. So let's jump into that. I've really
enjoyed doing my videos entitled never do this in a certain country and I've
gotten great feedback so I figured I'd retrace my steps and go back to the
countries that I lived in for 30 days and do a never do this for that country.
In today's video we'll be talking about Vietnam I reached back to my good friend
Trang in Vietnam to help me come up with this list. So make sure you comment below
thanks Trang for helping Kevin come up with this list. We were only able to come
up with nine things you should never do in Vietnam usually my videos are 10
things so if you can think of a 10 thing that you should never do in Vietnam make
sure you comment below with that item okay without further ado let's jump into
this list rule number one never forget to apply for a visa
unlike many countries in Southeast Asia you can't just show up to Vietnam and
expect a visa on arrival Vietnam has some pretty strict visa requirements
especially for us coming from the US so make sure you check out what the current
requirements are and get a visa in advance number two never buy bottled
water without checking the seal in advance they're scammers all over the
world and Vietnam is no exception one of the scams that the scammers in Vietnam
have come up with is to take use water bottles and refill them with tap water
and then sell them to unsuspecting tourists the tap water in Vietnam is not
safe to drink so you can get all kinds of waterborne illnesses that way so make
sure you check that there's a seal on your bottled water the third thing you
should never do in Viet is never forget to haggle when you're at
Vietnamese markets haggling is just part of the Vietnam culture it's expected if
you don't haggle you're going to pay the pre haggle markup price so make sure you
do a little haggling and negotiating when you go to a Vietnamese market rule
number four and this one's common in a lot of my never do this videos
especially in Asia never forget to take your shoes off when you're entering a
Vietnamese household shoes are considered dirty and they should never
be worn indoors it's a sign of disrespect if you wear your shoes inside
someone's house in Vietnam the fifth thing to never do in Vietnam is never do
an excessive amount of PDA PDA is public displays of affection and it's something
us Westerners like to do we like to hug and kiss on each other in public Vietnam
is a pretty conservative country so you might just want to tone it down a little
bit give me a peck on the cheek is okay but just be sure not to overdo it
the sixth thing you should never do in Vietnam is probably the most important
never stop once you start crossing a street in Vietnam the traffic is insane
in Vietnamese cities it will seem impossible to cross the street but you
can do it you just have to take a step out into the chaos and keep walking
do not stop walking the traffic will magically go around you I know it sounds
crazy but the organized chaos actually works the seventh thing you should never
do in Vietnam is never get into a cab usually when I do a list like this I say
never get into it unmetered cab but in Vietnam even
metered cabs have a scam I told you Vietnam is chaotic the roads are just
nuts what a Vietnamese cab will do is drive around in circles to run up the
meter and you won't even realize it so it's best to use the app grab which is
kind of like uber in Southeast Asia and it's super super affordable so make sure
you download grab before you go to Southeast Asia number eight kind of goes
along with the last one never be weary of jumping on the
back of a grab bike I just talked about the grab app and one of the coolest
things about that app is you can request a ride on a moped your rider will show
up with a helmet and you just throw the helmet on and jump on the back of the
bike the great thing about these grab bikes is that they're super super cheap
you can go almost anywhere in a Vietnamese city for under a dollar it's
actually pretty amazing it's gonna seem pretty crazy at first but this is how
people get around in Vietnam it's just as safe as jumping in a car and it's
about a tenth of the price okay last but not least the ninth thing you should
never do in Vietnam is never expect to sleep late people in Vietnam get up
early and start moving around and even in the cities they have roosters you'll
hear all kinds of things happening around 5:00 6:00 a.m. and the noise is
not gonna stop it so around 10:00 so don't try to fight it just embrace it
get up early go do some yoga have a Vietnamese coffee and just enjoy Vietnam
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