I found an underground base, Soviet food and a Russian market in Ho Chi Minh

I call Ho Chi Minh my second hometown, because I've lived and worked here after graduating from university in Russia. Here I started my KZbin channel and this city gave me an opportunity to start traveling the world. I can't wait to share my love for Ho Chi Minh with this video.
Ho Chi Minh is the largest city in Vietnam, and it’s a business and financial hub of the country. You might have heard different names of this city: Ho Chi Minh and Saigon. Saigon was the capital of French Indochina and then of South Vietnam until the fall of Saigon in 1975. Then the communist government renamed Saigon in honour of the president and the leader of the Vietnamese revolution Hồ Chí Minh.
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Time codes:
00:00 Welcome to my second home - Ho Chi Minh City
00:48 Some history of the city
02:16 My Vietnamese friend who speaks Russian
03:56 Cu Chi tunnels (undeground city)
05:19 History of the American/Vietnamese war
10:30 What it's like to grow up in a communist country
11:55 The Russian market in HCMC
14:46 Let's eat! in a Soviet retsaurant
20:17 Vietnams broke my stereotypes about Asia
21:00 My story in Vietnam
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[@ElifromRussia]

📍 My videos from Vietnam: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4eYdKN4ia-gjNU - How to find a job abroad | Teaching English abroad without degree kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmGqk56GoNeYjdU - I found Soviet heritage... in Hanoi, Vietnam kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ-4ZaKBobmlqs0 - My life in Vietnam (visa run, rice field works) | Is it safe to travel solo as a female?

[@JP-gi7dw]

Ho chi Minh was not a commie and there has never been a communist country in the world so please stop saying things that aren't true..

[@kevinken2576]

vietnamese english is good

[@johntranq.n-truong1208]

I love you Eli.. you're a critical thinker

[@JP-gi7dw]

@@johntranq.n-truong1208 a critical thinker would not repeat lies and falsehoods..💯💯 Let's see what happens when she talks dirty about the political system of Viet Nam.. 😂😂

[@Naturelover-zj5xf]

Suggestion || At top of your home page, display link to your brother, Mansur, KZbin account. || This will bring lots of fun to all your KZbin fans. And will accelerate your KZbin views. Greetings from Oregon, USA

[@quangduong535]

Cô bạn đồng hành người Việt Nam rất am hiểu về lịch sử Đất nước... Tình anh em giữa 2 Đất nước Nga - Việt Nam mãi trường tồn, khi các bạn Nga đến thì hãy xem như Đất nước của các bạn. Chúc bạn có những trải nghiệm vui vẻ trên Đất nước tươi đẹp Việt Nam chúng tôi

[@fatalmokrane]

This series about vietnam is really good.

[@ElifromRussia]

Thank you , I’m very glad 😊🙏🏻

[@userverseven3516]

@@ElifromRussia Will you be able to travel to China (in Manzhouli)? China is also a country that adopted Marxism-Leninism from Russia.

[@zhaoyun3153]

@@ElifromRussia Thank you, Eli.

[@joserizal6773]

I visited Ho Chi Minh City last May 2023 for 5 days i tour the beautiful City and the Cu Chi tunnel and then went to Manila. I am planning to go Vietnam in November 2023 to visit Hanoi the old city and the French Quarter and Halong Bay...Watching from California, USA 😊

[@trungduong4040]

Welcome to Vietnam. Hope you will have plenty of great experience.

[@tuananhtranhuu]

Before 1990 Russian was the top foreign language that was taught in Vietnam especially in the northern, so many upper 50 y.o Vietnamese can speak Russian

[@josephgee2515]

Is that why that generation spoke French???

[@hailiemai7213]

@@josephgee2515 : The educated elders only. Those who went to school before 1954.

[@josephgee2515]

@@hailiemai7213 Ahhh, thanks for explaining. And that historical number and year of 1954, got it. Thanks again.

[@jerryle379]

​@@josephgee2515french and Russian was main foreign language teach up to 1980s , later replace by English

[@phanle2870]

​@@josephgee2515​​My grandfather was taugh by French in highschool, but then he learned Chinese to work in a Chinese restaurant in a boat. My father learned Chinese when he went study oversea in Beijing then comeback Vietnam and jointed to Radar & Missle force to protect Hanoi from America's B52 bombing strategy in 1972. I was born in 1976 after the war and studied Russia untill high school, but then studied English when I go to University then worked for a Japanese company!

[@skog44]

Thanks again Eli. You are a breath of fresh air that we all need so badly these days!

[@Earthman99999]

It's been ten years since I last visited Ho Chi Minh City and I see more modern looking big buildings in this video. The city looks great. Out of all of the other places I've traveled to... IMO the Vietnamese are over all the nicest People and usually always smile. Love their bakeries and coffee in Vietnam. Hope to one day return to visit the country.

[@JP-gi7dw]

You better hurry.. Viet Nam is being pressured by AMERICA to become another pawn in the game of power and wealth against China and Russia.. 💵💵💯💯

[@noelh2918]

This opened my eyes about Vietnam. I had no idea what it is like today. Great video Eli.

[@goldmaple5290]

Vietnamese are very gentle and nice people. I'm glad you had a chance to experience Vietnam, Eli

[@Gilvids]

Good for vietnam for fighting back. I did not realize they went through so much during that war. Theyre very resilient people. RESPECT!

[@phillip6078]

Who are you preferring to? I was borned in the South after the war. The one event I can remember as a kid was my older brother drew a flag of one country in which he got in trouble for. My family left Vietnam to America to escape Communism.

[@fatalmokrane]

@@phillip6078 you're just a traitor that support the country that burned and destroyed vietnamese people.

[@Ktaurus26]

@@phillip6078south Vietnam was literally a puppet state and a joke. Even if you hate communism that still doesn’t change the fact that regime took orders from the USA

[@lexuanson1616]

@@phillip6078 No Vietnamese wanted war. No one wants their country to be a colony. No one wants their country to be invaded and divided. When World War II period (1941-1945) in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh cooperated with the US to expel the Japanese army from Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh admired the American idea of freedom and democracy very much. Vietnam is the only country in the world that has cited part of the US declaration of independence in its own declaration of independence in 1945. America's action to liberate all US colonial territories including the Philippines has made Ho Chi Minh further more believes in the values of freedom and equality of the United States. Ho Chi Minh wrote 11 handwritten letters (still preserved until now in museums in the US and Vietnam) sent to the US president at that time to ask for the help from the US to persuade France (which was liberated by the US army from Nazi Germany in WW2) to free the Vietnamese from the French colonial regime. But the Americans betrayed the values of freedom and equality and supported French to continue to colonize and occupy Vietnam. The Vietnamese have no choice but to stand up for themselves and seeking the helps from Soviet Russia and communist China. While the entire Vietnamese nation took up arms to defend the country, your parents chose to run away and now blame the communists of Vietnam.

[@fdisciple7634]

@@phillip6078 That's what they tell you but in reality it was the sanctions that made the conditions so bad that people had to leave to try to make a living.

[@richardkerner5817]

Молодец Элина, прекрасный репортаж, интересно и непредвзято. С тех пор как я открыл для себя Твои репортажи на ЮТюбе, стараюсь смотреть каждый день. И каждый день Ты открываешь много нового и неожиданного! Спасибо, детка!

[@CasiyKNguien]

I love russian language, it sounds like music to my ears. It so so cool to see a VIetnamese speaks Russian. I wish one day I could speak so fluently like that .

[@fred993a]

Thank you Eli for another excellent travel video. You are the best!

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Great video Eli. I think that your videos are so well done and this one is just awesone. Vietnam is a nice country and Vietnamese people is so kind and I can understand your love for this country besides the fact that you spent some time working in Ho Chi Minh. That underground base is reminiscent of terrible past times and you have been so brave to go there.Thank you very much.

[@hugomitre9096]

Hello Eli! Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. Much respect and admiration from California!

[@rupertbhenry3659]

Excellent and a very marvelous and amazing adventurous Video Vlog! And the young lady that company you to the Tunells are very knowledgeable of the area and the past War! Ho Chi Minh City is a beautiful City! Eli, you did a great and good job on this documentary Video Vlog that you have created! Keep up the good work!!!👆🌏🎥🎞

[@nicholathomas4168]

Great video Eli. I absolutely love your real life videos.

[@Syammauryaz]

Respect to Uncle Ho and the Vietnamese people from India. Still amazed at how they were able to defeat U.S and its many allies.

[@goatfokerkadyrov7528]

They didn’t defeat us , our own people said no to war -that is a function of democracy

[@cmsevilla56]

Great video Eli! Your insights about Vietnam are a breath of fresh air. Thanks

[@chrisfloyd919]

I got a surprise introduction into the modernisation of Vietnam when I saw a program about Vinfast electric vehicles & examples of the parent company's other developments.

[@jerseycitysteve]

Ironically, the modernization of Vietnam is exceeding Russia.

[@chevychase]

Great video! I am glad you are enjoying life in Ho Chih Minh City! Best wishes from Kentucky US

[@shachora5900]

i love vietnam too and have been to many of the places you showed on this video. i feel the same way you do. thanks eli

[@BigBear59]

A super awesome video Eli…always love your work …and Vietnam is certainly a very interesting country…Thanks for sharing…until soon …Alex🇬🇷

[@harrydecker8731]

That was another entertaining and eductional video. I loved the surprise opening! I so enjoy your videos, Eli, because you keep taking us to different parts of the world to see different cultures and meet different people. Your videos continue to show us how kind and gracrious people are all over the world. One has to ask why there has to be war. Most people really want peace. We're happy that you chose to make videos as your career, Eli, and that you have a KZbin channel, Eli. You are truly a beacon of light.

[@bertanelson8062]

Yes!

[@bibekjung7404]

KABEEEER ALMIGHTY GOD 🙏🙏🙏

[@Jesina_stepsis_of_Cicciolina]

Yes, and I'm too honest for exaggerated comments like above..But I like the tendency of the comment above!

[@trungduong4040]

I''m about to visit HCM city soon. I'm from Ha Noi in the north and the last time I visited HCM city, I loved this place so much, just walking along different streets to experience the daily life there.

[@user-kt8rj7kh2s]

Cảm ơn bạn vì bạn yêu đất nước chúng tôi và dành sự trân trọng đến vị lãnh tụ hồ chí minh thank you

[@jrnjacobsen8331]

Eli, it was very interesting to learn about this proud people which is not informed in the mainstream media and base for your start of business.

[@ustit-vuohta6695]

I must say I am impressed by you Eli. You were in a CCCP restaurant eating a lot of food, and then you said you were going on a walk to burn those calories. And then you showed up eating a big baguette on that walk. That's really impressing! 💫 💪

[@kenshep1075]

Your hard work and this video really deserved to be liked Eli, keep it up!

[@aintnomeaning]

You are really great at finding and explaining all these elements to use who haven't been to Russia or the East and only Western Europe/America. I really enjoy your videos, especially these covering outside of Russia!

[@Shining237]

Absolutely amazing video!! Thank-you Eli ❤️

[@hannaalexander2046]

Inspiring and informative video. Thank you Eli ❤

[@Jules-bf2wu]

Loved the video!❤ Got a little claustrophobic during the tunnel scenes. Thanks for sharing!

[@natashacollier5248]

Your friend is so interesting. She speaks Russian impeccably without an accent, no nasal stops between syllables. But her English is spoken with a Vietnamese accent with those stops and ending a word on a vowel rather than a consonant. I wonder if it’s because she was taught English by a native Vietnamese speaker?

[@sonofsollen2193]

Age of learning makes a big difference. If she learned as a child, and I think she said she made school friends, that could be why. A childs mind is very very capable of learning a new language, and infact can develop some abilities that an adult simply cant, at least not without a ridiculous degree of training. Perfect pitch is a good example of this.

[@heinzgassner1057]

Another GREAT video. Congratulations ! ❤

[@rodwilkinson5682]

A beautiful educational video as usual,thank you Eli,

[@Addihawas]

Great video,, thank you!!! ❤

[@kathleengriffin3616]

This was very interesting Eli - I knew three young men who fought in the US war - two died there. They were drafted - no choice. One was in Chu chi so this was a revelation about the tunnels. Terrible war we were lied into that took too long to stop. 23:02

[@connieclark6914]

Thankyou for sharing with us! Loved the city !!❤

[@vaughansamuelson6552]

Your videos are so informative. Thank you, and keep it up.

[@tonylong525]

You do the best travel videos I've seen. I suspect it has something to do with your open mind and open heart.

[@marmar7255]

Eli is very intelligent and smart girl.

[@bobgoodall1603]

Great video its really changed since I was there 15 years ago cars were just becoming popular, it was mostly bike motorbike and pedestrians. I did go to the tunnels and ate the rations but didn't shoot the rifles they had. I know for a fact that there was no way to fit into the first space you did....but I did go on my hands and knees down the unlit tunnels. I was surprised no one else from the group would do it. There were other things like silk tapestries of Ho Chi Minh made on jacquard looms, which were stunningly beautiful and almost impossible to believe they were not paintings but tapestry. Loved it.

[@rodmackinnon8497]

Very interesting video, so visual . . . thanks for such great videos. Cheers.

[@thelovertunisia]

Vietnam is like the phoenix, it rose out if its ashes.

[@NhungNguyen-yn8sg]

Tôi yêu Việt Nam tôi yêu mến con người Việt Nam 🇻🇳

[@sydhardie9339]

You have ALL the fun Eli. And we have fun watching you ! thanks !🇦🇺🌹

[@trekpac2]

I love your program, Eli, learning about Russia and also about your other travels.

[@Sr.ChilePepper]

The exchange at 16:07 reminds of a similar anecdote I had with a Russian engineer at work back in the 90s. I knew full well what USSR meant Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but when I would watch international hockey I would see the Soviet sweaters have CCCP emblazoned on them. One day I asked him, "What does CCCP mean?" He replied; "It means USSR." to which I replied "I know it _stands_ for USSR, but _what does it mean_ ?" For some strange reason thinking it actually stood for something more. He replied once again "It means USSR!" and looked at me wondering if I was as stupid as I sounded. I was starting to ask for a third time when I realized that it was in fact the Russian abbreviation for USSR.

[@sammayet9002]

Interesting, informative and epic ❤❤❤

[@ElifromRussia]

Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻✨

[@nminh_th]

thanks eli, i love your videos about my country ❤

[@pj61114]

This is a Fantastic presentation!

[@iliebarbulescu4095]

Good job Elly !!! …. Working for Chrysler , here in Michigan, i met a vietnamese men, kidnaped from his village and sent in america .He was a little kid when americans killed the whole vilage, and spreded chimicals over the forests. Not even now , 2023, there is no worms or bugs in the soil of his vilage ! …. Just think about….

[@harrisonchevy4452]

Hi Eli and good day to you and your beautiful Vietnamese girlfriend. I must tell you that I am old fan and long time subscriber of yours. I lived through the Vietnam war years and was not happy about this conflict and my country’s participation in this war. I was caught in the middle of this. U.S. had the draft, I just finished college, and had to do something. So I joined the Army Reserve, weekend warriors as we were never called. I served 7 years, never had to go to Vietnam to fight this unjust war, so lucky. Fact, Ho Chi Minh really admired the Democratic form of Government. He once approached the American President and told him so but was ignored. So that is why the north Vietnam 🇻🇳 government turned to China to get rid of the French. If you are interested I can provide you with the facts that support my findings. Take care and let me know. Now Vietnam 🇻🇳 is an ally and trading partner with USA.

[@danielhartwig6333]

U.S.A the international TERRIOST of planet earth 🌍 there should be a warrant of arrest by international community of all Presidents for crimes except TRUMP! Debt settlement must take care of Vietnamese people 1 for 1..... GOD bless B.R.I.C.S.

[@lolcajdjfls]

Ho Chi Minh never turned to China to get rid of the French... The Vietnamese really don't like China at all

[@carlosgigant.1972]

Good places,stories, lots of things to do,it's amazing!

[@PhuocTr]

That sweet potato is actually Yuca a.k.a Cassava, very popular in South America countries

[@jackieow]

Raw cassava leaves and roots contain chemicals that turn into cyanide. It has to be eaten cooked, and it has to be cooked by somebody who knows how to take care of the cyanide problem.

[@user-gd9bi2hg5m]

забавное совпадение - рядом с моим домом в Санкт-Петербурге несколько дней назад открыли памятник Хо Ши Мину

[@jonguyen4411]

Hi Eli, there is another less famous tunnel system than Cu Chi. You might be interested in Phu Tho Hoa Tunnel in Tan Phu District of Ho Chi Minh City. Not so many people know about it.

[@firewasfaw6688]

Interesting, educational. Admired your work.

[@johnburke5384]

A lovely video Eli and another lovely place I would love to visit. I am once again, a wiser person after watching an Eli video !

[@asierlanchodiego7203]

Wow, that was such a cool installment of your travels through Vietnam! I find it super interesting that three different cultures have left distinct traces in the country: Russians through trade, the French through colonisation and USians through sponsored war efforts. :)

[@chanalex8358]

China of course.

[@JeffreyStockwell]

How did you go into that tunnel! Scary. Super reporting from two professional journalists!

[@petercarlsson6606]

Great video. Thank you!

[@jafarshaikh5354]

Great video. Thank you so much. ❤ Eli ❤

[@jashanmalsj]

Super coverage of HCMC. Loved the Soviet influences and thanks for sharing the Russian cuisine with us. I know a couple of dishes but looking to try many more.

[@stanislawkowal4657]

Hi Eli, all countries have there bad and good points. I'm totally amazed how the Vietnamese have changed there country to one that is looking with a positive attitude and looking into the future. 👒👒👒

[@opiumtrail7032]

their*

[@stanislawkowal4657]

@@opiumtrail7032 Sorry, my brain is all over the place with Covid

[@ericleen7941]

Really liked your video again, interesting topic and quite informative as always! ))

[@Alan-pv2bi]

Excellent showcase and first hand knowledge of the city.

[@tanwei1931]

Wow Eli you are such a hardworking and busy traveling girl making new video one right after the other. I envy you when many people (in the west) are struggling with paying their mortgages and groceries due to crazy high interest rate you are able to travel and making all these great documentaries. I heard a lot of good things about Vietnam but it's too far (I mean expensive plane tickets) for me to travel there so I'm very happy you are making these videos about Vietnam great job! 👍

[@user-ui2jd9wf9o]

Where are your from?

[@Wildrover82]

Hello Eli. Love your content. Hello and best wishes from Ireland. 🇮🇪👋

[@ElifromRussia]

Hey, thanks! ✨🙏🏻

[@pearls1626]

I love it, Eli thanks ❤

[@daydreamCH76]

Thank you for this very interesting video.

[@seashelle73]

Eli I appreciate your love of people and you navigated a sensitive topic well. My Father-in-law was an American helicopter pilot in the war and he finally, 40 years later, traveled back to Vietnam to heal. I think videos like this can help others with that process too.❤

[@Omar-kw5ui]

What absolute heroes the people of Vietnam are. They fought against American imperialism for their freedom. Living in absolute abhorrent conditions, living in tunnels, and never giving up. Huge respect!

[@josephgee2515]

New World Order War Mongers are Not All "American". They also control both parties Omar. I wish you would educate yourself more.

[@advanleeuwen672]

Yes, they fought for their country. Like Ukraïnians do every day.

[@jameskirk9996]

Omar, i am a 69 year old man in the USA. I remember the Vietnam conflict, and just missed the draft. We never wanted war and most Ameticans are involved with ridding our country of the glibalist deep state war machine. We are unapologetic about

[@jameskirk9996]

...electing Donald Trump and healing our country.

[@advanleeuwen672]

@@jameskirk9996 please not🙏🏻

[@markruitenbeek]

This is just what I needed 🙏🏽

[@dickburns9200]

Love it! That was a great video. I haven't been to Vietnam yet.

[@franklinmiller3402]

Thank you Eli. I loved this video about Vietnamese people. I was in the last of the draft (USA) when my number did not come up. I went to college instead. It remained a mystery to me why we were there. Having said that I'm glad that those days are over.... very sad. Lost too many friends for a war we had no business being involved in. Anyway the Vietnamese people are hard working and I would love to visit there someday and just enjoy the culture..... PS. Would also love to visit Russia....have only high regard for Russian people....😊

[@peggenlejoncar9529]

Usa allways have a profit with all war they shape over the world, "they" find out the reason to the citizens of usa to go and have war.

[@stevenjohnston3496]

Frank, I too barely missed the war, but have never questioned why the U.S. was there. We were there to stop the expansion of communism , an evil system that took the lives of millions of people around the globe. Our purpose was pure, the execution poor. I too love the Russian people(my wife is all Slavic) they sacrificed millions of their people to the communist monster. I suspect that Eli is nostalgic for Russia, but not really for the U.S.S.R. It is rather amusing to hear the talk about the market economy. Looks like we won after all!!!

[@lexuanson1616]

@@stevenjohnston3496 No Vietnamese wanted war. No one wants their country to be a colony. No one wants their country to be invaded and divided. When World War II period (1941-1945) in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh cooperated with the US to expel the Japanese army from Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh admired the American idea of freedom and democracy very much. Vietnam is the only country in the world that has cited part of the US declaration of independence in its own declaration of independence in 1945. America's action to liberate all US colonial territories including the Philippines has made Ho Chi Minh further more believes in the values of freedom and equality of the United States. Ho Chi Minh wrote 11 handwritten letters (still preserved until now in museums in the US and Vietnam) sent to the US president at that time to ask for the help from the US to persuade France (which was liberated by the US army from Nazi Germany in WW2) to free the Vietnamese from the French colonial regime. But the Americans betrayed the values of freedom and equality and supported French to continue to colonize and occupy Vietnam. The Vietnamese have no choice but to stand up for themselves and seeking the helps from Soviet Russia and communist China.

[@zenden6564]

When you are there, the best thing is the 'no hard feeling's.... (Given the atrocious war carnage on the ordinary people) The next is their natural free market spirit is very strong, arguably stronger than in our late stage Western countries, & the third is no Feminism but the women just very strong and cheerful without it, thank-you. P.S. from PBS web: "Ho first led an insurrection against Japanese occupiers. In 1945, Ho's commandos took Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital. In one of the ironies of history, Ho Chi Minh paraphrased a future enemy's benchmark of freedom - the U.S. Declaration of Independence -- while addressing an enormous crowd after the success against the Japanese. Ho proclaimed: "All men are born equal. The Creator has given us inviolable rights: life, liberty, and happiness!"

[@lily_san457]

​​@@stevenjohnston3496gười cộng sản chưa giết ai,chưa xâm lược nước nào,nhưng người mỹ mang bom đạn khắp nơi trên thế giới không nước nào là không tham dự,đừng có đổ lỗi cho cộng sản,hãy hỏi bố mỹ mày đã làm gì trên toàn thế giới,không cứ cộng sản,hãy xem Iraq là một ví dụ điển hình.

[@BreakawayBites]

The Russian Cafe... Really dig it.... Never been to HCH before, and i was thinking heading to Hanoi soon... Hmm... So it's going to be toss up then.... Anyway, love your work ... Take care , stay true.. and keep it up, Cheers!!

[@truckeronprivatetour4730]

Gooood Moooooorning Eli 😁 This was again a good, infomational and very interesting video.👏👏👏 You are my most favourite russian! Please, stay as you are, and who knows, mayby we will see us once in real life.😉 With friendly greetings from the Ruhrgebiet in Deutschland👋👋

[@scottsuttan2123]

Yay another cool video of people n places 😊

[@bryanemmel6516]

Eli, thank you so much for the interesting, informative and very precious look at Vietnam today and a glimpse of what they went through during the awful war years. I was in the U.S. military working in communications intelligence during rhe early years of that disgusting war and I get tears in my eyes thinking about the terrible things we did there and why there was absolutely no reason for doing it. Ho Chi Minh was a great leader who perseverred through WWII, then fought the French until Dien Bien Phu and was betrayed by the Americans who reneged on the plan to hold elections in 1956 because they knew that Ho would have won in a landslide. I'm heartened to see the country doing so well after losing 3.5 million people to this act of terrorism. I'm also grateful to the support that the Soviet Union gave to the Vietnamese cause.

[@goatfokerkadyrov7528]

Jane Fonda is that you?

[@bryanemmel6516]

@@goatfokerkadyrov7528 Says thepussy boy who never spent a day in the military.

[@smilinder01]

@@goatfokerkadyrov7528once a colonizer, always a colonizer.

[@Frankd22003]

The tunnel was enlarged and cemented for tourists easy to access. The tunnel in its true form was much smaller and ground soil on all around. Once you get down and under venomous snakes, centerpiece (huge), and all kind of small creatures are your companions, one bite, sting and you're done.

[@futureethiopia7807]

wow amazing video with detail story

[@ibrahimdihum9127]

Amazing video thank you Eil

[@LouisWaweru]

Thank you, Eli. This opened my eyes a bit more. I’ve always considered myself open-minded, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve noticed my preconceptions having a bigger influence on my thinking than they should. Watching these videos forces me to become more aware of that. Keep keeping us in check.

[@herbertcourtesie2459]

This episode Is one of the most interesting due to the honest approach with which you engaged the free and friendly people. Honest answers and opinions about how they see themselves as a nation. Love to all these honest and freedom loving people. To you,Eli, for this video 10/10. Cheers!

[@alone-tt8dg6ic6f]

Excellent and you are always great.

[@skmplanet9591]

Thanks ! lots of information, that I never heard about Vietnam.

[@vumanhtoan4681]

Tôi rất thích những KZbin nào làm video ở VN khi gọi TP Hồ Chí Minh và chứ không phải TP SG cũ . Bạn đã tôn trọng lịch sử VN thì người VN sẽ luôn rất tôn trọng điều đó và luôn nở nụ cười như những người Bạn tuyệt vời !!!

[@reecedobson4740]

Your friends reaction to Russian food was pretty funny lol 😂

[@trungduong4040]

Quite funny for me, too. I guess a lot of Vietnamese people prefer food with strong flavors, lots of spices. I ate at the same restaurant in the video, and I really like the food. I think the Russian dishes in the video have the right taste for me.

[@zonacrocone4804]

I would never have imagined HCMC to look so "Westernized." Thanks to the most gorgeous youtuber in the world, Eli. for this insight.

[@zetusaquarittarius]

Wow you are such a hater, no it is not…

[@evinylfreak6054]

I enjoy your vids very much. God Luck for your further work.

[@verygoodvibes]

banmi...oh that looked so good! i love you eli.

[@vladimirspiridonovich222]

Thank you for sharing, the Vietnam War was the first war that I learned about as a kid. I was born two years after the war ended but I remember it was all they ever talked about here in America until the Gulf War and then later when my country invaded Iraq. They taught us that the North Vietnamese were bad because they were communists but I came to respect these people because they were only reacting to foreigners who were trying to subjugate them. Growing up I came to accept not just the good and bad but also the ugliness of my country. 🇺🇸

[@chowwh308]

Good to see a sensible american here. Yes..the ugly side of US is getting more pronounced in recent time. The empire mentality has been carried too far by inept leadership in WH and its neo con oligarchy handlers behind them.

[@Trip_Fontaine]

It upsets me so much thinking what my country of America did to both the Vietnamese people and to our own soldiers that we sent there for no good reason. There was zero accountability too when it was over. Generals like Westmoreland should've gone to prison for the rest of their lives because of Vietnam. Some politicians too.

[@CuongPham-wk8mi]

The Vietnamese people have always loved the American people, but we don't like your government. They brought democracy everywhere. At the end of the war with you we went through 3 more wars all at the hands of the US governments. 1 fought the Khmer Rouge with the support of America, China and ASEAN countries as we drove out the Khmer genocides. 2 fought with China in cooperation with the US because Vietnam beat the Khmer Rouge to China's juniors. The last 3 was besieged by your government and the embargo was not removed until 1995. so today we have no allies to stand on our own two feet. except Cuba and Laos. The past is over. We always welcome you to Vietnam.

[@quangduong535]

Westmoreland is not guilty, the greatest crime stems from the American arms financiers and their presidents... Starting from the old fool Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon Gerand Ford, of which the most prominent. As the genocidal monster Nixson, I don't understand why your free America at that time had such a cruel president. In the modern war, the Bush father and son went to give democracy to a free and beautiful Iraq

[@colinalexander1507]

It’s always the governments.

[@hieunguyenminh5913]

Nỗi đau mà người Việt nam phải chịu là không thể bù đắp được

[@antonina-fk7lq]

Great job, Eli.

[@BETOETE]

Gorgeous Ho Chi Min, nice city.

[@xuanphongtran3702]

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City. I love Russia, love Putin and love Eli. 😍

[@francescocursio4523]

Hi Eli! You made a little impression on me when you came out of that hole. 😨🤣 I am happy that Vietnam today is a united country and I hope that they have not brought with them the remnants of political ideals that now belong to those times. The Vietnam War lasted 20 years and was one of the most horrific ones mankind has ever seen. We must never forget what atrocities the Vietnamese people have suffered whether they were from the north or from the south, however, today Vietnam is united and in 50 years it has shown that it wants to get up again and from the experience of war caused by political ideals, it has matured the common idea of ​​adopting an administrative socio-economic and political system that suited the whole country. In practice there has been a real evolution. Seeing those tunnels dug underground and walking through those battlefields makes a certain impression and I imagine how those soldiers lived in that state. All in all, Vietnam is a country that is increasingly improving its economic and social conditions that, as the girl said, many foreign entrepreneurs invest in Vietnam so much that today this country has become quite competitive. As I have noticed, the Vietnamese, or a part of them, owe a lot to Russia from a political, administrative, economic, social and culinary point of view and, for all these reasons, one can find one more reason to study the Russian language so that even in Vietnam you can speak Russian with someone. 😁 Speaking of Pelmeni, you Russians have made me obsessed with eating Pelmeni that where I am I can't find them in supermarkets and now that I've seen this video, my obsession has returned. 🤤😭😭😭😭 To get this obsession out of my head again, I don't know how many times I have to bang my head against the wall. 😡🤣🤣

[@nocancelcultureaccepted9316]

Vietnam could be a better country for tourism if the people stopped throwing garbage everywhere and stopped scamming and stealing the tourists.

[@Nicky.Slunsky]

Great video, Eli! I'm going to HCMC next month for a few days and this has made me even more excited.

[@yas2733]

Such comrades...warms the heart.