How I See Vietnam After 7 Years of Living in America [REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK] | Sốc Văn Hoá Ngược

[@RevStickleback]

One thing that amazes me about Vietnam, and SE Asia as a whole, is how people remember faces so well. I have been into bars I visited a year or two earlier, or even a hotel I'd been in three years earlier, and the staff remember me. The hotel receptionist could even remember the short trip she'd arranged for me. It's also nice, and kind of funny, that I find if I stray more than half a mile from tourist areas, I get loads of people shouting "Hello" from the other side of the street and waving.

[@waywardsoul4918]

If you have a nice face they will always remember

[@odcodigital]

Love your videos. I lived in Southern Vietnam for 2 years and love the Vietnamese people so much. All of your points are 100% true.

[@time2livelife]

When you mentioned Vietnam greetings being invasive personal questions, it made me understand my Vietnamese family a lot more. I just thought they had no filter.

[@alishanguyen8097]

"Nice to meet you. Now tell me about how much your yearly salary is!" 😄

[@batmanreturn6631]

You are so kind and friendly. You look great. Bạn có lòng yêu nước nồng nàn và tự tôn dân tộc rất cao độ. For you one more like.

[@alishanguyen8097]

Well when you've stayed up all night singing karaoke, naps are non-negotiable! I admire Vietnamese ability to nap anywhere, anytime

[@thaodoan9713]

So impressive for English fluency when you have lived in America for 7 years All the things you shared that really help a lot for those who want to move to live in Việt nam Thanks for contribution back to your hometown an wishes you with all success

[@KT-up9yg]

Nice topic, I guess it's a common feeling as I see myself and many others say the same. Have been living in Canada for almost 4 years, I sometimes feel terrified when watching the traffic scenes of my city (Hanoi), but then remember that it's a beautiful organized chaos, if you dont participate in it, you wouldnt understand and thought it's something dangerous, right. The personal space I think it depends though. As I see here in Canada, sometimes they stand too close to me so I have to lean back while talking to them, but sometimes they don't, same with when I was in VietNam. Good to see your channel is growing, keeping up the good work and upholding the beautiful culture of the land and the people. When I'm away from that land, I truly miss and treasure the culture I was born into, even the smallest daily things. I hope many would feel the same, especially the ones who are already abroad and about to. :)

[@nambuigiang1698]

Van Vu khen người Việt Nam mình quá, ha ha. Những mà không thế thì lại bị gạch đá đủ xây nhà. 1000 likes cho video của em.

[@khoivo5368]

Very good English for 7 yrs living in the us. Giỏi quá em gái Hà Lội ơi

[@TanNguyen-zs4es]

Rất hay và thú vị mong cháu xinh gái giới thiệu việt nam ra thế giới nhiều nhiều .

[@nganmaikim9728]

Even I'm Vietnamese, I learned a lot from your video, Van Vu. There're a variety of things that seem normal and I don't care much about, but after watching your videos I felt like I need to be more curious about my own culture. One more thing, your explanation about these 'seem-to-be-bad things' in Vietnam is so true and I can't stop myself from nodding my head for approval. Anw, thanks a lot, What the pho!

[@WhatThePho]

Happy to hear that! Thank you :))

[@gdcongty6701]

Your voice so nice, i hope you will make video more in the future.

[@joegarcia2969]

We are lucky to have you around...to explain both cultures...well done

[@ThatRascalMerlin]

WOW! THAT opening was FUUUN-NY! Well done! When I lived in Guangzhou, China ... I had to learn the squat and ... the bum gun. Yikes!

[@shaungordon9737]

Reverse culture shock allows you to have a perspective of how foreigners may see your country/culture. It's interesting. Also, your English sounds like you're native. Great video, and funny too.

[@nicktran4012]

Yeah that’s what I thought. She is about 25yrs old. She Lived in the U.S. for 7 years, so she came when she was 18. Her accent so good I would say she was here when she was 12 or younger.

[@teresarr07]

There is english school in vietnam so I have met a girl who has only lived in Vietnam and would take english classes since she was little and she had no accent!

[@markkraft6719]

you know they stare at you because you are gorgeous!

[@WillBrown3]

That traffic situation is nuts!!!🙄😳

[@jerryboyd7086]

Your best video so far, cô Vân! The opening part was hilarious, partly because it was so unexpected. It's wonderful to see you becoming more and more comfortable in front of the camera. And I never thought about it, but it makes sense that you have acquired an English accent from your years in the States. I'm looking forward to seeing what your culture shocks were for American life. Le Ly Hayslip talked about this quite a lot in her book When Heaven And Earth Changed Places. She spent 16 years in the States before she returned to Vietnam, and she experienced many reverse culture shocks coming home, as well. And I didn't realize that skin-lighening products were popular in Vietnam, like they are in India, too, for the same reasons.

[@WhatThePho]

Oh thank you for your recommendation! I'm gonna buy her book

[@jerryboyd7086]

@@WhatThePho Actually, I believe it's her follow-up book, Child Of War, Woman Of Peace where she talks about her culture shock experiences. The first book is mostly about her life during the war.

[@MohyeinVietnam]

Me also! When I come to Vietnam, I was really curious about that!! But now I even use that for cleaning the bathroom🤫

[@luong-kumquats3137]

Vân ơi, your video is amazing! I love it!! I watch and learn a lot from you, girl. I don't think that is about right or wrong because it is culture. The way you see our culture is positive and beautiful, I choose your way. Oh, you inspire me to travel and speak English more, thanks! You're doing well, keep going, young lady ;)

[@WhatThePho]

Thank you! 😃

[@scottcummings9911]

I was in Phu Bai and Hue form1968-70. I saw a lot of the places you show. It's nice to see everything is going well there. The Citadel was one of my favorite places to visit.

[@letrungtuan4023]

you live in Phu Bai and Hue within 2 years. I was wondering you are a american army?

[@scottcummings9911]

@@letrungtuan4023 Yes, the unit was on the South side of the runway, east of the old terminal about 100 yards. 220th RAC Catkillers. I was a Sgt. E-5. I drove Hiway 1 for 14 months, mostly to Da Nang. Thank you for all the information you have put out for all to see. It's unbelievable how much things have changed.

[@ostevoostevo1592]

When I visited Vietnam I quickly realized the traffic flows like a river. Walk slowly , steadily , look at the oncoming traffic and it will flow around and past you. I live in Taiwan and personal space is similar to Vietnam. We have 23 million people on a small island and 66% of the island is taken up by tall mountains where very few people live. So we live close together , like in Vietnam. Actually I think Taiwanese and Vietnamese cultures share many similarities. When people meet you in Taiwan they ask the same questions as they do in Vietnam. When people know you , they don't greet you by saying "How are you?". They ask ,"Have you eaten ?" I really like your channel . I discovered it today and am watching and enjoying lots of your videos. And of course I've subscribed. I think besides being entertaining, your videos are super helpful to people who are thinking of visiting Vietnam. Great stuff !

[@tinpham2959]

Em đến với kênh của chị ngoài việc giải trí ra em còn học được tiếng anh nữa. Thank you so muchhh

[@blue-oceandreamer2756]

You are truly the Miss Vietnam. Love your videos!

[@timeb1001]

I traveled to HCMC for work from time to time. I can relate to crossing the roads….love the craziness!

[@loi3218]

Nice to see you again, Van. I just miss those cultural shocks when I travel to Vietnam. Hope I can travel soon. Have a good day, Van.

[@darksidepower]

Fun and entertaining video, it is nice to see few points on what to expect when traveling to Vietnam and how you can react to them. Will come in handy when will travel to Vietnam.

[@iamalexpayne]

I enjoy the content and the real life I see in your vlog you’re very special

[@hiennguyen4462]

I really like your channel. I learn so many things that I haven't known before despite being a Vietnamese. Plus, your English is much fluent and sounds like native, which is very clear for me to listen and absorb all the useful information. Thank You for your distinctive patriostism and dedication!❤

[@CapriceV6]

#01 #02 #06 Are my personal favorite's! The traffic is insane and I absolutely loved it, I would ride around Saigon for hours on my BK. The Honk is just saying 'hello I am here please be careful' makes me smile just thinking people really do care about each other. The STARE - oh this one is just what makes Vietnam the best place on earth! Yes they are curious so make an effort to go talk to them... next thing you know your on a journey of your life!!! I would love to share my European experiences to each of your 10 things discussed here.

[@WhatThePho]

Yes please share, I'd love to hear

[@CapriceV6]

@@WhatThePho I was walking down a street in the middle of Hue, when this guy on the otherside of the street was staring at me. I said hello as I do with a friendly smile. He asked me what I was doing here as no foreigner every comes to this area. Next thing I know I am out for the night on a boat for "Giving of life" ceremony with local Monks. Amazing experience.

[@WhatThePho]

@@CapriceV6 Haha that's awesome!!

[@donmapa]

I enjoy this video very much. It is so funny and informative. Also, being Vietnamese, I think your explanations make a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing Vân.

[@danadrahos2338]

I’m the opposite, I was living in Vietnam for 3.5 years and just got back to America..all the things you’re mentioning in this video feel like home to me and I feel so out of place in America😢

[@WhatThePho]

I’m so glad my video makes you feel like home 🤗🤗

[@lostedges9876]

Really nice video. I have to put Vietnam on my bucket list. While I have visited elsewhere in Asia, I can relate to the "Noise" chapter of your video. I like quiet, but strangely, the flood of new noises overwhelmed my senses. I would never thought that just sitting in a café and hearing the swarm of foreign sounds could be so eventful. Couple this with all the visually rich textures that decorate the streets, it's kinetic and visceral. Much different than where I live in the states, where life plays like a silent film.

[@haitonthat9592]

Amazing! appreciate your language after only 7 years in the US!

[@স্বচ্ছদেশেরস্বপ্ন]

Dear Van, This is very helpful for foreign tourists. Thanks.

[@fanstream]

Very creative, with super graphics and visuals. I see why you're soon on the way to 100 K subscribers. Informative, entertaining and fun. More proof that KZbin is the best site/platform on the web. And I'm getting pho this evening :)

[@linhnguyen-fo8wy]

from VN with love

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

Awesome video. I am looking forward to moving to Vietnam in 2024.

[@SHUNchanjp]

nice content👍 surprisingly I can relate so much lol looking forward to the next video about your experience in the states too!

[@WhatThePho]

Haha thank you Shunchan! I need to make more US-related videos before the memories are faded.

[@MekongMitch]

Great job, as always. Can't wait to get back to Viet Nam. I'm aiming for the second week of November...👍

[@henryhe83]

Its good back to your mother country. Me in Australia for 14 years but now back to Shanghai ,CHINA

[@tuanhaonguyen580]

Video của Vân hay quá! Chúc bạn càng ngày có nhiều video hay hơn nữa nhé!

[@RadhikaBalaChannel]

I love Vietnamese for their culture which reminds me my home country India. Loved your presentation 💕

[@ricknoelle4507]

Another great video. I learned a lot! Also, that intro was hilarious. Nice video editing.

[@fs5775]

I loved the example of the honk and the yell in Vietnamese. Perfect! 🤣👍

[@sachtv4032]

I have followed your clips, and I have impressed with all of them. I appreciate your effort and talents

[@WhatThePho]

Thank you very much!

[@janchxxheonczsekk6412]

Good video. She's correct with every single point.

[@Simshady888]

I totally agree with you! You presented the video perfectly! I learned so much from watching your video! Good job Van! ❤

[@drewcorry5056]

Absolutely Outstanding From Start To Finish. Funny Too

[@AnhVan-yc6kr]

Looking forward to your next vid, I’m so excited

[@Quaderllion]

Hi ..Thank you very much. I suggest to you to use Vietnamese subtitle to attract more of your country citizens to enjoy your vlogs, Good luck.

[@kellyduong8541]

I LOVE YOUR ENGLISH

[@jerryboyd7086]

I'm amazed at how well cô Vân speaks English and even more impressed that she taught herself. I'm an American English major, so that's saying a lot!

[@kellyduong8541]

May you give me your handphone no ?

[@Yenvivu]

Haha so funny intro. It's very informative video about Vietnamese culture 👍👍👍

[@HugoTheContrarian]

"Reverse Culture Shock"..yes I had it too after I came back to Seoul, from London where I had lived 12 years.. lol I totally understand you, oh dear!

[@charlesle693]

Your voice is beautiful!

[@TXH1138]

Do some cost comparisons. Great video. I love how you throw in fact with funny. You were looking especially cute today.

[@WhatThePho]

Thank you! Will do!

[@frankb1]

I'm laughing out loud at the special effects!

[@frankb1]

Another great video!!

[@jerrynam]

A friend of mine went back to Vietnam after 3 years of living in the US. She felt the reverse culture shock as well.

[@victoriabui7400]

After 7 years, definitely you'd have reverse culture shock. I stayed abroad only 3 years and also experienced an unexpected reverse culture shock when coming back. And I literally had no ideas of such a thing before =)). Agreed with you about most of things you listed. The most annoying thing for me was also the traffic and noise :|, then personal space ;))

[@binhduchoang6026]

Hi Beautiful thanks to share the awesome the video.

[@thuhanguyen4664]

Your video is very interesting and useful, I hope you come back soon

[@OudomOfficial]

Nice video 👍 good sharing

[@tranvienphuc475]

Làm tốt lắm em, cố gắng lên nhe, kênh phát triển rồi!

[@NgoiNhaViet]

What the Pho, Great

[@HaiTrinh1968]

I really enjoy watching your videos. I do miss Viet Nam. I was born in VN and have been living in the US for a while now. Watching your videos help me to re connect w my culture. I hope you can convert some of your videos into Pod Casts, I would really like to listen in the car, in the US sitting in traffic is part of the job :)

[@WhatThePho]

That's awesome to hear! Thank you so much!

[@yolakin8210]

Very informative, thank you.

[@Selenatalk]

So wonderful advertisement. Good work.

[@luckyluke1114]

Nice video. Thanks Van. 9:10 About no. 8 Squatting- These are 3 benefits from squatting toilet: 1/My martial art master makes us do hundred of squatting before our training so we can have stronger legs just in case we get knock down in a fight we can get up quickly. 2/ Because squatting gives you a stronger legs, older people can survive at least 10 years longer because when they accidentally fall, they can get up to get help, or they can go to the toilet by themselves. 3/ Toilet Squatting position is the natural way for the poop to go straight down, instead of the toilet sitting position because the bending of the intestine. Even Amazon is selling squatting stool now. I can't wait for your sleeping video because people can burn fat while they are sleeping if they don’t consume too much carbs. Have a great day and stay safe.

[@normtran7501]

Well said from your observations👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼Nice to know.

[@marvlessmarvin]

When you look down at your phone then back up and see us leaving the earth's atmosphere. I thought I clicked the wrong video lol

[@Huyang-ch3ps]

We love you, người đẹp ❤️

[@haitonthat9592]

I enjoy very much your video Van!

[@simmosa832]

great video and great tips.

[@jaydendean6939]

I am Asian Canadian, living in Canada for over 25 years. I often few that this is not my country, I frequently keep thinking about going back to my motherland. 😪

[@MrLew662]

Wath And We Know on Rumble really good info. God Bless you.

[@letsdoit5times]

My first time back in vn after coming to Canada since 3 or 4. I actually find the honking and traffic not as bad as people made it out to be. I cross the road even more smoothly than the locals there.

[@nguyenthichi7879]

lol so surprising. eventhought i'm a vietnamese person but i still stuck in the traffic in big cities. A big fear

[@ocmanga5685]

Level Master. (:

[@jc_production]

Chào em! Your video intro is so funny. 😆 🤣. When I 1st visited VN 10 yrs ago, I also had cultural shock, esp on the food and traffic. Today, I'm dying to visit again after covid. I love pho bo, banh xeo

[@SnehaCynthia]

I'm moving from Bangalore (India) to Hanoi. Everything you've explained in this video is exactly how it is here 😂 I'm not expecting much of a culture shock, maybe except for the food that'll take some time for me to get familiar with 😄

[@TrinhMaiGiaHanA]

Coi video chị thấy vui quá, mà còn luyện tiếng anh nữa á chớ. 😂

[@ungravity9344]

Hehe thấy kênh của chị qua 1 video được feature. Chúc chị sớm được nút bạc nha kênh chất lượng lắm ạ 🥰🥰

[@lyvanessa9323]

Có ai từng bảo chị có nét tương đồng với mỹ nhân Thái Lan Baifern Pimchanok chưa ạ? Thật sự xem vid cứ ngắm chị mãi ý 🥺🥺🥺 Anw, em cũng đi Mỹ được hơn 5 năm và vừa về Việt Nam hồi 2018, chuyến đi ngắn không cảm nhận đủ nên chỉ có hai thứ em shock nhất là giao thông với high tech thôi

[@MoviePokemonXYZOne]

Baif thái lai hoa nên nét sắc sảo lắm...Thái gốc là như Lisa

[@tranthitungoc9899]

Nói mới để ý, có nét giống giống

[@landinpetz]

How are the lock down restrictions there? I want to see Vietnam dearly, but can only afford a 2 week vacation.

[@haicles5124]

Có nét giống thật

[@lyvanessa9323]

@@MoviePokemonXYZOne liên quan gì tới Lisa với nét thuần hay không thuần Thái :) tôi đang nói Baifern cơ mà :))

[@BANH_MI_NEW-YORK_TORONTO]

I LOVE VAN .... YOU ARE SUCH PERFECT ...

[@2tickets1world]

Yes the road is one thing that I was like what in the world! But then I saw some videos similar to yours saying to just keep going. And not to stop, that they won't hit you haha.

[@nguyenvantri404]

Việt Nam tuy vẫn còn nhiều điểm yếu nhưng đang thay đổi chóng mặt từng ngày.

[@theasiasourcesea]

Cute video. Bravo

[@dominichill1492]

I love you're videos, and you do such a great job on them. How is you're week going in Vietnam?

[@mlee1308]

Your the best. Learned a lot.

[@W.i.l.l._Nguyen]

First time seeing the bum gun was in Thailand (I'm from Canada). But now living in Japan with the automatic washlet (robot bum gun essentially), I don't know how I can ever go back to Canada and not have that.

[@Vietnam_Chr0nicles]

I am an American living in Vietnam for 3 years now in Lao Cai. My KZbin is all about North Vietnam. The culture shock was an experience for me lol

[@roberth1889]

that's all true ... now I know how to cross the street & i heard if you do a bad thing then the whole town will know shortly ... thanks Van

[@WhatThePho]

Exactly lol

[@erikgeorge3770]

🤗❤🤗🥰 such a cute intro ...

[@vytran3443]

I specially like your video, it's helpful

[@NHATMINHHD]

Đã beautiful lại còn funny 🤣🤣🤣

[@wytchend]

Can’t wait to get to Da Nang in the New Year :)

[@charleslima4078]

Great Video ! ! !

[@hotvanman]

That bum gun scene in the beginning is hilarious. LMAO! 🤣

[@thuong_nguyen_o]

Video hay quá Vân ơi 💕💕😍😍👋

[@eio1971]

This good to know thanks

[@buellrichardson5222]

I have seen a lot of what you mention when I have visited Cambodia. I learned to use the bum gun quickly.