Don’t underestimate the extent and power of popular beliefs in Vietnam. The ‘respect’ mentioned a few paragraphs above will be more difficult to bestow when it will’ adversely affect your plans…
Don’t underestimate the extent and power of popular beliefs in Vietnam. The ‘respect’ mentioned a few paragraphs above will be more difficult to bestow when it will’ adversely affect your plans, but that’s when it will be most needed. Your Vietnamese friends might not want to start a journey on a particular date and may be too shy to tell you the real reason why…it’s simply not a ‘good day’ to travel. They might be ‘very busy’ the night you decided you wanted to go and try dog meat…It s not the proper time of the month to eat dogs. They might delay the purchase of your motorcycle or the signing of a contract because it’s a ‘bad day’ to do business…
