Stuff Vietnamese people like

Vietnamese people like white people, apparently because they always wanna have fairer skin. If you happen to speak English, they will like you more, even if you’re from Africa. Vietnamese people like white people speaking Vietnamese even more. So, speaking a little Vietnamese or proving that you wanna learn Vietnamese is a plus. Joe Ruelle became famous overnight, and you could be, too.

Most Vietnamese people like being seen with a white person, though there will be some rumors later (just in case it’s a white guy with a Vietnamese girl). If you’re white, you’ll surely be introduced to their friends and invited to parties.

If you’re a white guy and wanna seduce a girl, walk into a room and crook a finger. Actually, you have to do nothing at all but be there, and girls will be drawn to you. Unfortunately, Vietnamese guys are very different from girls in this regard. But don’t think that marrying a Vietnamese girl is easy, because not many of those who run after you stand a chance of winning over prejudice.

Make friend with a Vietnamese person and you’ll suddenly have a group of Vietnamese people surrounding you. Be prepared to attend lots of parties, events, “interviews” of all sorts, because here you’ll be treated like a Hollywood celebrity. However, Vietnamese people won’t like much your rejections to accompany them, because they’ll lose an opportunity to show themselves off and lose face with their friends.

Vietnamese people are just too curious to stay out of rumors. In Vietnam, people stop their bikes on the street just to see an accident, especially when there’s a quarrel involved. They see a group of people gathering and ask the one who stand in front of them what has happened. They will get the story (either right or wrong) and tell the one who will later ask them with some adaptations. Even slightest accidents cause traffic jams.

Moreover, Vietnamese people love to tell stories their own ways to impress others that they’re good readers. Usually, they get the stories online from some tabloid newspapers like VnExpress, Ngoisao.net, etc., where little control can be exercised over the information. Most are poorly adapted from other news channels in English.

Again, Yahoo Messenger is widely used to transfer rumors, fast and effectively. That’s why bad people take the opportunity to deliver viruses through fake “hot news.” Anyway, those kinds of rumors seem harmless to any person, unless one clicks on a link that contains a virus. You should be careful to confirm with the one who has sent a link before you click on it.

Verbal rumors mostly come from Vietnamese prejudicial nature. These rumors badly affect their target’s face to some extent. Beware of these kinds of rumors, don’t pass them around because you’ll unknowingly hurt the someone and she/he’ll lose respect for you. In case you’re the target of a rumor, learn to laugh it out and let it go.

In any circumstances, when you’re told a rumor, you should only laugh with them, not at them. Just observe to see if they’re laughing at all.