Geography Now! VIETNAM

[@GeographyNow]

When I think of #Vietnam, I think of "Water" everything from the rains, to the floods, the water puppets, to flexible "watery" nature of the people. Also, the Water you need to make the best coffee I've ever had in my life. Can't give enough thanks to all the Vietnamese geograpeeps that helped with this one especially those I met and are featured in the video! ALSO! Want to possibly come to Zimbabwe for the last episode? We are thinking of doing a group trip! If you think you might be willing to join, take the survey here and we will try to make it happen! www.surveymonkey.com/r/YLLZTZ5

[@allpremier]

W VIETNAM!!

[@isthisathing2656]

Scorpion toilet

[@chislox]

Hello can I just thank you for everything you’ve down to make me enjoy these episodes so much thank you

[@rakiahbaker5589]

Good morning Vietnam!

[@theexplorerJP]

Nice

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

I have been waiting for this since I was in primary school, I am an adult now

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

well it’s here enjoy bro

[@GeoBlits]

Most W man on earth

[@brodown64]

I was waiting for the Somalia episode since I was in elementary school and when it dropped I nearly screamed

[@bababababababa6124]

Hanoi and Saigon > Bangkok

[@andreaslefteri3661]

i get you all honestly, when afghanistan came out i was 11, now i'm 20 and there's only 3 countries left. it's crazy to think that by the end of the year the series will be over after a decade of running

[@LeonSKennedy7777]

I had a random thought: make a mini-series called “Geography Then!” where you do these overviews of countries or regions that don’t exist today. Could be a fun way to dip toes into historical content and expand the audience… and see how the past melds into the present.

[@SuperGibaLogan]

he could do that after he finishes geography now

[@michaelkobylko2969]

That's not a bad idea. I had the thought of Geography Wow! where he focuses on a strange, hard-to-believe or just massive event or feature of country's past, present or even future, or a unique geographical feature to a country or region.

[@stupidgarbage4888]

Such a cool Idea

[@DiamondKingStudios]

“Geography Then! SIKKIM” would be an interesting video

[@moon993]

Speaking of Vietnam, South Vietnam would make a good episode of “Geography Then!”

[@TheStarSerpent]

Fun fact: Related to the "watery" feel of Vietnam, the Vietnamese word for country is "nước", which literally means water

[@Sonnen_Licht]

For anyone who's wondering how "water" could be related to "country", "nước" is a clipping of "đất nước" meaning "country", but literally means "land & water".

[@thevannmann]

The colloquial word is nước which is a shortening of đất nước (land + water) but a more formal way to say country is Sino-Vietnamese quốc gia (國家).

[@DrFerno727]

that explains Nuoc Mam

[@GeographyNow]

SEE?!?!?

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

@@DrFerno727 Country of fermentation

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

No big mistakes now other than: 1. Vietnam isn’t the only Southeast Asian country that didn’t have it’s own script. Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and East Timor didn’t have an own writing system as well. In fact their are a couple minorities in Vietnam that have their own script, most notably the Cham with their Cham script 2 Vietnamese is an Austroasiatic language and not Austronesian 3 Football is the most popular sport in Vietnam and not badminton

[@kaizen2820]

To be honest with that logic, most countries have never had an indigenous script. The scripts of Thai, Khmer, etc. were derived from ancient Indic languages. Japan uses Chinese characters and its other two scripts were derived from Chinese characters

[@DVfromtheeast]

Any statistics for the 3rd bullet? I d like to add that football is team sport, badminton is individual sport that doesn't require much space, so it's more convenient to do regular badminton matches, and both female and male can play together, in football not so much

[@Heylanda-fb9xb]

​@@DVfromtheeastYou don't need any statistic to find out that football is Vietnam most beloved sport and not Badminton, that's more of an Indonesian/Singapore sports. As a proof, when Vietnam U-23 made it through the semi-final in World Cup Qualification in 2018. The people of Hanoi CLOSE THE ENTIRE CITY just to celebrate the achievement. Kilometers of motorcycle parade of people wearing shirt bearing their national flags just driving around the city center can be seen during those period.

[@DVfromtheeast]

@@Heylanda-fb9xb I was there in hanoi that time, I didn't even watch the match but still go out, you should know the difference between playing a sport and watching a sport

[@DVfromtheeast]

@@Heylanda-fb9xb are you even vietnamese, do you play football?

[@JackyVSO]

The war museum in Saigon is the only museum that has ever made me cry. Good thing the amazing coffee immediately brought back my good spirits!

[@ntshx24]

I have been waiting for this episode since 2017. Vietnam is like my second home - I have visited it 4 times so far. I am really obsessed with Vietnam's food, coffee and culture. I want to spend more time in the north during my next visit. Can't wait to go back!

[@Anton_Pham]

I’m in Vietnam right now for a one-month long vacation. Your timing of uploading this video is perfect for me! Now I get to know Vietnam more while I’m in it! Even though I’m Vietnamese, I was born and still reside in the US.

[@fs5775]

Viet Kieu

[@Toohottoohendle]

Good for u. Life in here is miserable. I wish I was born in western country like u

[@DiemChauTranthi-sw4oi]

​@@Toohottoohendle actually, you're just being miserable 😏

[@DIOPSIDE7995]

I know I was in Vietnam when this was uploaded and I think KZbin went through a Vietnam phase while I was there

[@kxmqi]

i took a one-month trip to Vietnam a year ago after 8 years! I’m also a Vietnamese-American!

[@ChrisFan890]

3 more countries! 🇾🇪 Yemen 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

[@Mr.WestcottX]

For real. Almost done.

[@Terrinist]

now we need "Geography now! EARTH"

[@Ariespradana13]

Maybe remastered old countries next??

[@SirVaros]

When Vatican city?

[@7Dusty4Rusty1]

@@Ariespradana13Yeah I think I remembered he would do that

[@klarissadu9902]

I've been waiting 5 years for this!! I've been living in Vietnam for the past 5 months, but my husband and I were here 5 years ago too and discovered your channel. Keep up the amazing work, Barbs! I'm so glad you enjoyed one of my favorite countries (and had amazing coffee)! :)

[@kienducpham1136]

Great video! Some things that are technically correct but are rather from a Westerner/tourist viewpoint: - The overemphasis on Champa kingdom - The overemphasis on “Vietnam trilogy” - Mentioning badminton but not football - The “no restrction” on building’s height - Water puppetry (traditional yess, but VERY touristy)

[@jerryboyd7086]

I felt that the love-of-coffee thing was more from a westerner's/Việt kiều's POV. I'm an American who loves coffee, especially 100% robusta bean coffee from Vietnam dripped in a cà phê phin, but every Vietnamese person I know drinks tea, not coffee.

[@aamo3960]

Had the amazing chance to visit Vietnam in January 2023. Having been to 28 countries so far, Vietnam probably takes the cake for me. The people are so genuine and the culture is so fascinating. As a Finn it’s really easy to relate to the hardships experienced by the brave people of Vietnam over the course of their history, but it only makes it so much sweeter to see them thriving today. Definetly have to return someday! Thank you for the episode Barbs!

[@duongvi4350]

❤❤❤Thank you very much.❤❤❤

[@huyquang6308]

❤❤

[@coolbrotherf127]

There's is a pretty large Vietnamese community where I live in North Alabama. There's a lot of Vietnamese restaurants and I had multiple roommates in college from Southern Vietnam who lived with their extended families nearby the college when the dorms were closed. I hadn't tried Vietnamese food before college, but now it's definitely one of my favorites. I would eat Pho every meal if I could.

[@shanicestella2226]

And also Louisiana ??? Thats why there is a unique genre of cuisine called Viet-Louisiana formed by Vietnamese community in Louisiana

[@WolfearOfficial]

I'm obsessed with pho too lol

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

So you went to college and still don´t understand the food you need to eat? American education stereotype reinforced.

[@karitete52]

Wow, I dont hate them, but they dont give you “real” Pho 😂 coz they came from South Vietnam, but Pho is Northern traditional food.

[@Howesrhylan]

Ahh man. I'm so proud of how much effort and time you've come. You only has yemen, Zambia and zimbabwe. You truely a geography legand. You have done over 200 episodes and the fact it's been 10 years since you've done the Afghanistan episode. Your amazing.

[@Ganmaswsa]

I’m from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰. I disagree with the point that Thailand 🇹🇭 people are friendlier than Vietnamese 🇻🇳 People . In my opinion, in general (not all,) Thai people are friendlier towards Caucasian people of darker complexions like me. When I first traveled to VN 🇻🇳 I found that people were genuinely nice and friendly. A few sellers I spoke to were happy to know that I am from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, apparently, people from India have a bad reputation for bargaining down to the last cent (Doesn’t help me when I look like I am from India) I found that it was much easier making Vietnamese 🇻🇳 friends Than Thai friends. I never got some warm feeling in Thailand 🇹🇭. So that is one of the reasons I became a fan of Vietnam 🇻🇳 and I keep returning. This is just my personal view.

[@trungkn]

In Vietnam there is no racial or gender discrimination. Whether you are male, female or LGBT, it's all the same. The government neither recognizes nor opposes it. They want people to be free and happy ❤

[@migspedition]

maybe socialism somehow changed vietnamese perception on race and gender. thailand on the other hand is very hyper capitalist and has a royalty which breeds more elitism.

[@nguyenhuanld]

Thankyou. VN always welcomes you back.

[@JesusCompletesYouu]

Caucasians are white, white is not caucasian

[@mylinhtran-qe2lx]

bạn rất hiểu VN..người VN thân thiện nhất thế giới..không bao giờ phân biệt chủng tộc..bạn là người da đen hay da trắng điều được tôn vinh ở VN.người dân nơi đây yêu hòa bình thân thiện..Thái Lan cũng thân thiện nhưng VN thân thiện hơn

[@vietuncle]

I was waiting for this episode since 2018. It finally came out !

[@mrmakovec6198]

Ahoy Vietnam! Love from Czechia! 🇨🇿❤️🇻🇳

[@trungduong4040]

Xin chao Czechia! From Vietnam. :D

[@trungkn]

My brother-in-law is from the Czech Republic, he is very cute and handsome 😂

[@andypham1636]

There’s a significant việt community in Czech Republic

[@sonthuglife6370]

ahoj😅

[@huyquang6308]

❤❤

[@spookyengie735]

As a Vietnamese , i have waited since the Cambodia episode, i love Geography now and i am so happy the Vietnam episode is finally here. The wait is well worth it Side note: not mentioning football in the sport section of vietnam is very bruh Side note 2: If i have to say what country would be vietnam "bestfriend" politically, Laos and Cuba are up there. Laos is seen kinda like the little brother of Vietnam, alot of Laotian go to Vietnam for study and many integrated themselves into Vietnamese society. Cuba have been Vietnam closest allies since the cold war, both are communist, both share suffering from foreign attempt military intervention (US) and trade embargo (US). Vietnam is slowly getting better of than Cuba due to opening up trade, Vietnam now send aids to Cuba and many Vietnamese study medicine in Cuba due to Cuba having a advance medical industry (relatively to us). Cuba was probably one the biggest supporter and aid Vietnam alot during all 3 Indochina (against the french, the american and the chinese), now that they need our help, we willing to lend a hand to pay back the decades of support they gave to us.

[@ChrisRD526]

I’ve been subscribed since August 2016 and the one country episode I was waiting for the most is the Vietnam episode and it’s finally here!!!!🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@Mr.WestcottX]

For real. For years. 🇻🇳

[@nofood1]

same

[@rinotilde2699]

Love from the Philippines, your neighbour from across the sea!

[@melopsicodelia]

Love the Costa Rican hat, pura vida. 🇨🇷💕 Amazing episode as always, cannot believe I can finally watch it, waited for so long, sad we are almost over tho.

[@datthaigia413]

It's 21h45 in VN, I just back from work and now enjoy your video. Thank you for advertise my country to the world.

[@Draftable_]

Thank you for making the image of my country become better in friend's view, love the efforts keep it!

[@jasyillnel4402]

Yay finally viet nam. I love viet nam and i am so excited. My south east asian country collection is finally completed. The wait is over. Funally. Thank you!! This vhannel came so far.💕💖😭

[@tenneseeangel1293]

Yay! I was waiting for the Vietnam episode. 🇻🇳

[@Philly62_fan]

I started watching Geography Now since the St KITTS AND NEVIS episode in 2019 because my dad showed it to me. That was 5 years ago. Now there’s only 3 episodes left. Great job ❤

[@columba1234]

Yesssss finally my country!!!!! Love this video from Vietnam!🇻🇳💖

[@GhGh-sj4wb]

Love Vietnam 🇻🇳from Saudi Arabia🇸🇦❤

[@Mr.WestcottX]

Likewise by In America. 🇺🇲

[@thanhthuyang9697]

❤❤❤❤❤ fr VN To Bro!!!!!

[@MrRikikudo]

Love you habibi ❤❤

[@sugarpil7586]

YOUR BIGGEST VIETNAMESE🇻🇳 FAN RIGHT HERE!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS EPISODE FOR YEARS!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Sir_Squirrel_TheIV]

NO IM THE BIGGEST VIETNAMESE FAN🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@noamjacob1216]

although i’m a foreigner, i’ve lived in Vietnam practically my entire life and it’s such a beautiful place. although sad you didn’t mention Nha Trang, Mui ne, etc.

[@charlieduke6393]

I’ve been waiting for this episode for years. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the beautiful country of Vietnam. Excellent episode Barbs and Co. you all did a wonderful job.

[@Sonnen_Licht]

Small correction: The Vietnamese language belongs in the Austroasiatic language family, not Austronesian.

[@ayooolearnit6153]

I wish they mentioned about the Khmer krom minority in southern Vietnam (indigenous Khmer folk) who also have the largest Buddha statue in all all of Vietnam!! ❤in Soc Trang province

[@duonghdduong5899]

​@@ayooolearnit6153người khmer là 1 trong 54 dân tộc được công nhận ở đất nước Việt nam, khmer krom bản địa sống ở cambodia và bạn nên qua cambodia để đề nghị họ được công nhận là dân khmer bản địa

[@preston74]

​@@duonghdduong5899aside from the accents, how did it come to that different regions have different dialects? My parents from the north, I was born in the south so I was familiar with both dialects. Then there's the central region, forget about it!

[@kawings]

Most of Vietnamese phases which the Barbs mentioning are direct taken from Cantonese words if you had realized or not.

[@ashijntran3172]

​@@kawings No, Vietnamese is from France,

[@mozax8118]

I can't believe that it's been almost 10 years since this channel was running. Now it's all coming to an end. Thanks Barby for the journey 🙏

[@natdaproalt]

As we get closer and closer to the end of this series, the episodes get more interesting. Love this episode Been Watching since the Albanian episode when I was a pre teen

[@GeoBlits]

Sad it’s ending :(

[@natdaproalt]

Yep :(

[@АлександрФедоренко-б7ч]

Ukraine interestingly has a somehow stable relationship with Vietnam. One Vietnamese businessman became literally the richest man in the entire Vietnam when he brought to Ukraine quick noodles packets (highly popular in Asia, but at that time it was a "mind-blowing" technology" in eastern Europe) and named it "Mivina" (translated from Vietnamese as "Vietnamese noodles"). for this day few generations grew up in Ukraine calling every single type of quick noodles package as "mivina". also a lot of Vietnamese clothes factories sell their products here. and it is considered as some good quality products. hell, we even have an entire type of slippers called "vietnamki" because Vietnamese "shuttle traders" brought them here.

[@alexyuu952]

agree, not only we in Ukraine call any brand of quick noodles "mivina", it became like a modern cultural pillar, theres not a single ukrainian that doesnt know about mivina. Vietnamese food is also delicious albeit not as popular here sadly

[@Nntanh257]

Wow very interesting to know.

[@phamthieutuoc8111]

I've been waiting for so long for this episode since I was in middle school, high school and now I'm a freshman at an US college. I'm really surprised and proud that you mentioned Cái Bè floating market, where I came from, as most tourists go to Cái Răng market in Cần Thơ. I appreciate that you did an intensive research of Vietnam. Go to Vietnam guys, especially the Mekong Delta.

[@eddiestilll]

My parents are from Vietnam and I always wanted to learn more about the country that they're from. Been waiting for this episode for so long. Thank you Barbs!!

[@alkayamassaly4185]

For the "Best Friends" section, Laos is definitely considered to be Vietnam's best friend. Many Laotians move to Vietnam to study in various fields such as healthcare, and many Laotians can speak Vietnamese after just a year or two of living there. Laos was also subject to heavy bombing campaigns by the Americans because of their role in helping the North Vietnamese army in securing logistical support. I can't think of a country that Vietnam is closer to than Laos.

[@nhuanhucnguyen266]

Strongly agree. In fact, I am a little surprise when Laos is not there in the friendzone, the two countries have been together for so long.

[@datvu6256]

Because Paul came to HCMC. If he come to Hanoi, the answer will be different.

[@hoangminhle2296]

Vienam loves Laos so much that Vietnam gave Laos a water port at Ha Tinh province for free

[@trungduong4040]

I also think Laos should be included. In comparison with Cambodia, the relationship between Vietnam and Laos is far closer. The political system in Laos resembles Vietnam, and in Laos there is not a strong anti-Vietnamese sentiment in certain sections of Cambodian society (based on what I have read).

[@deeemtee7040]

The Pathet Lao helped North Vietnam, the Kingdom of Laos was more or less allied to the US.

[@Marlin123]

In the "Celebrity" part you forgot include Diane Nugyen who wrote famous actor bojack horseman's memoir

[@PrincessLockette]

Haha very funny 😅

[@tuananhtranhuu]

Nguyen is the most popular family name in Vietnam

[@Toohottoohendle]

She was born in America and lived there since she was a kid. Why include her xd?

[@Marlin123]

@@Toohottoohendle yeah but she is of Vietnamese decsent

[@Toohottoohendle]

@@Marlin123 so? Why u proud of a Vietnamese born in other country lol? If she was born in Vietnam, she will probably working in some office with 300 dollae / month salary🤣

[@IMA321]

13:19 the Son Doong cave is on my bucket list. I watched some KZbinrs go there it takes three days to do the trip and it's amazing.

[@mylinhtran-qe2lx]

đây là hang động lớn nhất thế giới..kỳ vĩ..hoang sơ..một địa điểm mà bao người mơ ước được khám phá..

[@marquesgorham4226]

this was a great episode really paid full respect to Veitnam here good job barbs. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@anhaadevoursyou]

Hey Barb, I'm not sure if you know this, but I love traveling, and I've visited 34 countries (not a lot, I know). Before going to any country, I watch your videos about that country to understand the culture more. And you won't believe this, for the last 5 countries I've traveled to in the last 6 months, every single time I stumbled upon my hostel roommates watching your videos. It has become my own way to start conversations now

[@Joserider123]

Hate being that guy that just knows Vietnam from TV, but when Top Gear went here for there special, was one of their best places they've went and made me love Vietnam even more than i do now.

[@Steve1161V]

I have been waiting for this since I first found your channel. This is so cool!

[@tranlien6275]

Thank you for your video that details Vietnamese history, we have always had wars for thousands of years but we still survived. And now in peace, our country is increasingly developing, we try to change our lifes for the better than in the past. Nowadays, Vietnam is changing more and more beautifully, the people are always smiling, considerate, and willing to welcome you Please come visit Vietnam. You will have many unforgettable memories when traveling here ❤.

[@JoloNavarro]

This episode is released at a perfect time for me, will go to Vietnam for vacation! 💖

[@thanhatbuio6860]

I have been waiting for this episode for many many years!

[@duongngyn]

I have been waiting for this for so long!!!! Thank you! Excellent Content

[@Windows11Official]

Thanks for making this video, I have been waiting this episode for many years now :)

[@quynhanhbui4197]

Thanks for making this super informative - and lengthy comparing to your other videos yet short, sweet, on the point comparing to our full history haha 😂 This proves deeply that you guys love Việt Nam and are super passionate in our country, yet delicate to educate more people about our culture ❤

[@Kuna9613]

Very good video, here’s a few little historical corrections: 1) Lê Duẩn, despite being a hardliner, gave the go ahead for the đôi mỗi reforms shortly before his death, so like in China where Mao repaired relations with the US, both dictators paved the way for reforms before their successors. 2) Ho Chi Minh died during the war in 1969, so he had no say in how a reunified Vietnam came about. He was, of course, all about unity, and serves as unifying figure for the country, but he was most definitely a communist as well, not only a nationalist. 3) The friend zone part was done well, but Cambodia is probably the wrong choice - there is a lot of bad blood due to ethnic massacres of Vietnamese and Vietnam’s occupation. Probably the ‘correct’ answer is actually Laos.

[@victoriawhite9441]

Hannah is glowing!!! She looks so great! Awesome video! I cant believe the series is ending soon

[@andyjay729]

12:30 Liechtenstein is sorta shaped like Vietnam after a few too many bowls of pho.

[@GeographyNow]

Love this comment 😂

[@GreatLakesSongs]

@@GeographyNow bro loved it so much he forgot to heart it

[@tallflguy]

Fun fact, my dad was drafted in the US Army to fight in Vietnam. He hurt his back during basic training and was medically discharged. He met my mom a month later during rehab. If he never hurt himself, he would never of met my mom and I wouldn’t be here. 😊

[@Dinmc123]

Your dad is the chosen one

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Are you a millionaire? Not being here in the first place is the better option if you are not.

[@haochenvlogs]

@@PROVOCATEURSKahan😊😅👏🏾

[@Mittensvr702]

Jit trippin

[@kostashliopoulos9293]

I was a subscriber since the Armenian episode, i can't believe how much i been watching Barbs and geography now. I freaking love this channel 🎉.

[@manhlexuan1271]

In the sports segment, you forgot 'football', or 'soccer', it is a big deal in Vietnam too :v like we can suffer traffic jams because people go out with thousands of thousands of motorbikes to celebrate a Vietnamese football national team's big win

[@zuni46]

Sadly, they lost against my country indonesia 😂

[@agent45625]

There's also a KZbin video discussing about the Vietnamese football team's history. The guy who made it also made the video about the issues facing the US football team and it's coach Greg Berhalter.

[@ayubk2638]

Shout out to Maqwell

[@manhlexuan1271]

@@zuni46 Indonesian national football team now is better than any squad in their history 😅 outstanding players from Europe's top tiers and good tactic from coach Shin 👍 it's good that your country's national football team became much better so far, and I can't wait to see how they can be better, especially with Southeast Asia standard 👏

[@hai965]

@@Toohottoohendle let people have fun

[@KarpfenKrauler]

been waiting for this all week long❤

[@dabooyse]

Hey, Barbs! Zimbabwean here living in South Africa. Give a shout when you want some info, will be glad to help.

[@DiHiongTan]

14:52 actually, hủ tiếu nam vang, despite its Vietnamese-sounding name, isn’t technically Vietnamese originally. In fact, it is even in the name. Nam Vang is actually the Vietnamese name for Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The dish, therefore, translates to “Phnom Penh rice noodle soup”. This is because the noodle soup dish created by the Teochew Chinese who migrated to Cambodia. With that being said, by the time the Vietnamese got a taste, it was so good that it became widely popular in Vietnam.

[@ghosthost100]

Awesome, great job on Vietnam. Surprised you didn't mention Vietnam's relationship to other SE countries like Laos, Thailand and The Philippines. I hope to visit Vietnam someday. Good job Barbs!

[@julianna8790]

Grew up right near little saigon, so vietnam has a very special place in my heart 🇺🇲❤🇻🇳

[@Nntanh257]

Unfortunately little saigon in the state doesn’t represent Vietnam and its culture, at all :)

[@StephenLuke]

Love from the United States of America to Vietnam! 🇺🇸❤️🇻🇳

[@Mr.WestcottX]

🇺🇲❤️🇻🇳.

[@zekdopa591]

🇻🇳❤️🇺🇸

[@scoutdude4455]

Blood is thicker than water! 🇺🇲♥️🇻🇳

[@French_Commune]

Some Folk are Born made to wave the flag

[@bradley8575]

I read that Vietnam is the most pro American country🇻🇳 ❤️🇺🇸.

[@petechen1025]

Suprise Laos is not mentioned in friendzone. Two country is quite close in relation

[@SimonMoreal]

Laos is more friendly toward China these days.

[@AlvisNguyen]

@@SimonMoreal sadly yes. But that's because Laos fall for China's debt trap. We Vietnamese still see Laos as a brother

[@Strix2031]

​@@SimonMoreal laos is friends with both

[@viktordubrovnik595]

In Moscow there is a shopping mall and hotel called Hanoi-Moscow that i used to go often for Vietnamese food and froots. Vietnamese food is very popular in Russia. And one of my core memories is Vietnamese balm called Golden star, it was very popular then.

[@vladarskopin3314]

Totally agree with you. My grandma who lives in St.Petersburg, Russia, still has "Golden star" medicine from Vietnam. We also have many Vietnamese restaurants with tasty pho bo and pho go and spring rolls in St.Petersburg.

[@ymamahp5562]

Loved this video! I’ve learned more about my motherland country from you guys than any other channel!

[@bigredcube91]

My friend and I went to Vietnam last year and did the Hang Son Doong expedition! Absolutely incredible!

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

I have been waiting for this

[@nexthepenguin5300]

I'm both super hyped and absolutely dreading the Zimbabwe episode

[@binh5209]

I love how you highlight Vietnam's Hoang Sa and Truong Sa islands. Respect ❤

[@Khoalinski69]

Man I have been waiting for this episode since secondary school, glad that it’s worth the wait🔥🔥🔥

[@Charles_The_Texan_youtuber382]

As a Vietnamese American I am happy you made this video and you did a good job Mashallah. Shukran for educating the people.

[@Sir_Squirrel_TheIV]

Fellow Vietnamese American, we should kiss

[@streetviewvagabond]

Another great video. Definitely having some Pho tonight!

[@trungduong4040]

Enjoy! :D

[@SUNNYSTARSCOUT365]

Thank you for doing video about my country! 🎉🎉🎉

[@evamamani9026]

I LOVE VIENTNAM🇻🇳❤ GREETINGS FROM ARGENTINA, SOUTH AMERICA🇦🇷⚽️🌎🥰

[@MultiSciGeek]

I can't believe it's been like 6 or 8 years of making video, yet the quality of the videos still feels like you have 1000 subscribers.

[@huni1939]

I've been waiting for this for so long!

[@iamzachary9987]

Love Vietnam from Philippines 🇻🇳 ❤ 🇵🇭

[@trungduong4040]

Love Philippines, from Vietnam. I would love to visit your country.

[@trungkn]

Love Pinoy, fan boy dota2 comment 😂

[@markdangga2371]

​@@trungknPlease STOP

[@francesdiego8138]

​@@trungknwhat

[@DTVDragonsTelevisionRevised]

​@@trungkndota 2 still rampant here lmao (but not that popular anymore)

[@runbulletproof5920]

Tôi yêu các bạn Việt Nam -A fellow ASEAN member 🇮🇩❤️🇻🇳

[@michaelduong5267]

"anh" uses for older male; "em" for younger person (genderless) and your wife (no matter her age, culturally, you can call her "em"). So, it's kinda rude when you refer to urself "anh" and the other "em" while you don't know whether he/she is younger or older than you. To be more polite, you should use "tôi" for urself and "bạn" for the other, "các bạn" if there are more than one person. "Tôi yêu các bạn Việt Nam" would go better 👍

[@runbulletproof5920]

@@michaelduong5267 I edited my comment. Thanks for the correction

[@BDAILY365]

This Video was done really well, and I've seen most of the Vietnamese related videos on KZbin. The different speakers really gave credibility to the video, and made it easy to follow with all the complicated history details.

[@TomtheWonderDog]

In college I lived on garbage food and pre-packaged crap I bought from the gas station, but there was a nearby Vietnamese restaurant that I'm pretty sure kept me alive nutritionally and repaired my damaged tastebuds. Pho and Banh mi are life.

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Great content as always.

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks!

[@TheRareVideosXL]

@@GeographyNow Welcome.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh,

[@DiemChauTranthi-sw4oi]

OMG, MY MOM LOVES TO LISTEN TO HIS PHILOSOPHIES😍😍😍😍, NOW HE'S DEADDDD😭😭😭

[@Gianni2020]

It has finally appeared, go VIETNAM

[@Mr.WestcottX]

Now, next is Yemen 🇾🇪💜

[@mai_flowers]

i started watching you eight years ago, when you were still doing the b's and c's. i was in like grade two i think. i'm in grade ten now and i've been waiting for this episode since i was young, and i check on you every once in a while to see how you're doing. it's so amazing to see you've finally covered my motherland. thank you mr. now

[@marsv9]

wow! started watching your videos in 3rd/4th grade and got really into geography. i still have my “flags of the world” poster on my wall haha. now i’m about to go into high school and i think your dedication to your goal is very cool 😊

[@KonradAdenauerJr]

A historical note about post-1975 Vietnamese refugees: the country which welcomed the largest proportion of refugees (as percentage of its own population) was Australia.

[@deanzaZZR]

That's nice. Of course Australian soldiers were fighting alongside the US soldiers.

[@KonradAdenauerJr]

@@deanzaZZR The Aussies were very good soldiers, too.

[@LongJosh-lq4qi]

​@@KonradAdenauerJr true they suffered the least casualties compared to any other participants but have something to cry about every year. Great trade.

[@glennswenson6936]

You are entertaining AND informative, keep it up

[@OrionStudiosOfficial]

Reminder, when you make the Flag dissection, PLEASE include the “BLOOD OF THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM” animation, we need it back!

[@deeemtee7040]

Need it back?

[@Toohottoohendle]

Cry more😂

[@floridaandpuertoricomappin9893]

HEY Orion

[@motiask]

Well done on the phonetic and accent explanations . “Quê’ sound up.” So good and great job. Live your channel. 👊👍🤗

[@MadLadOfCulture]

The wait is definitely worth it ❤

[@qhairunhaziq6402]

Love Vietnam from Malaysia 🇻🇳❤️🇲🇾

[@Mr.WestcottX]

Cool 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@quangminh9873]

thanks. love Malaysia from Vietnam

[@Sir_Squirrel_TheIV]

I’m a Vietnamese dating a Malaysian, so I guess I love you too😂

[@evamamani9026]

​@@quangminh9873I love vietnam 🇻🇳💕 of America continent 🌎😊

[@JackLuong]

33:02 as a Vietnamese, I would say Vietnam's best friend is Lao, not Cambodia, Vietnam-Cambodia relationship is like that of Vietnam-China but reverse, but Cambodia is the one hating Vietnam for various reasons, but Vietnam doesn't really care much about Cambodia. In general, the two kinda hate each other, but it's not a love-hate relationship. Vietnam certainly has extended influence on cambodian government though, so it might be where the misunderstanding came from. Lao on the other hand, helped Vietnam a lot during the Vietnam war, evidenced with the Ho Chi Minh trail and they even got bombed heavily on behalf of us, and the people of both countries got on well with each other, with none of the conflicts that Cambodia might have with Vietnam.

[@SirNova2o9]

How Vietnamese view China is the same way Cambodian view Vietnam. No hate here tho. But is more about hating the government than the people. I hate the Cambodian government. Im Cambodian from the state.

[@danielalejandroarizarodrig1540]

I was very surprised not to see Laos there honestly. Question tho: what about Russia? I have been living in Moscow for years and many Vietnamese work and study there.

[@SangPham-of4bd]

@@danielalejandroarizarodrig1540 I'd say before the current war, Russia was universally loved. But now the population is more split, some support Ukraine some support Russia.

[@mvii69420]

@@danielalejandroarizarodrig1540 about russia, not much going on in vietnamese's minds except the fact that they helped us during vietnam war (though it was actualy the soviet). Political wise, we have some trades here and there but we try to not involve much and keep our view neutral.

[@taichiwinchester1102]

I would say the culture difference between Vietnam and China is much smaller. There aren't a lot of culture similarities between Cambodia and Vietnam TBH. Meanwhile the Vietnamese and the Chinese, especially the southern Chinese, they are probably 95% the same minus the language and political differences.

[@getthecharlies]

Hey, Interesting video. Keep it up!

[@mnymxs]

you did not watch the entire video bro💀

[@Heyitsann]

I’ve been waiting for this for so longgg! Thank you for using my Google Doc to research! I hope it helped!!

[@ncubesays]

I'm here in Zimbabwe and super excited that you are coming to visit. Over and above the typical tourist and World Heritage sites (Vic Falls, Great Zimbabwe, Matobo Hills, Khami, Mana pools), here's a list of suggested places/experiences to check out: - browsing the markets in Makokoba in Bulawayo - exploring the Chinhoyi caves - camping in Chiranda forest with its millennia old trees - going up the kopje in Harare - chasing waterfalls in the Eastern Highlands - road trip through Honde Valley - hanging out at a pan or waterhole in Hwange watching endless processions of hundreds of elephants - tracking rhinos on foot and cave hopping in the Matobo Hills - houseboating on Lake Kariba like the locals do So much to see and so much to do. Have a wonderful time 👍

[@andythestrongestavenger7688]

I find one crucial thing the video forgot to mention about religion is the "Ancestor worshipping faith" of Vietnameses, which I have never seen any family here that doesn't practice. Like its name, each Vietnamese family or the family of the elder son of the lineage has pictures of deceased grand parents or great grandparents on altar in their house to worship. Nonetheless this is an amazing video that covered many charms of Vietnam, I really can feel the effort and sincerity in it.

[@Danuvi-ib2pu]

You are right. It is our religion. But we have even raised it to worshiping Humanity, placing it in the center, surrounding by our ancestors. It is called Lễ Gia Tiên (But regrettably, almost forgotten today. Also, we worship any great person, Vietnamese or foreigner. And finally, we worship mother goddess.

[@robinhoffman1804]

As a Vietnamese i say: damn! His decipering is mindblowed accurate. :))))

[@Mr.WestcottX]

Cool. 🇻🇳 Vietnamese person commenting.

[@Theycallmeali3.12]

It always fascinated me how similar the Flags of Vietnam 🇻🇳 and Somalia 🇸🇴 look. Much love from Somalia ❤

[@LowkeyNeo]

As a Somali-American, much love to Vietnam as well! 🇺🇸🇸🇴❤️🇻🇳

[@ngk.v1510]

Much love fro vietnam 🇻🇳 to somalia 🇸🇴 as well ❤

[@janebutz5375]

What an incredible country! Nicest people who are so welcoming, especially considering how they have been treated. Amazing food and coffee, yes, but you didn’t mention the beer! They learned to brew from the Czechs and it is delicious and cheeeeep! So glad to have had a chance to go and form my own opinion. Oh, and the Aussies love it, too.

[@dannie1216]

DUDE FINALLY MY COUNTRY THANK YOU! I’ve subscribed since my freshman days and 8 long years later 😂😭 legit crying a bit