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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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 .

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@goldmaple5290]

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

[@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!

[@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!!!👆🌏🎥🎞

[@BigBear59]

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

[@hugomitre9096]

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

[@nicholathomas4168]

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

[@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.

[@Shining237]

Absolutely amazing video!! Thank-you Eli ❤️

[@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! 💫 💪

[@cmsevilla56]

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

[@Jules-bf2wu]

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

[@connieclark6914]

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

[@hannaalexander2046]

Inspiring and informative video. Thank you Eli ❤

[@Addihawas]

Great video,, thank you!!! ❤

[@kenshep1075]

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

[@heinzgassner1057]

Another GREAT video. Congratulations ! ❤

[@vaughansamuelson6552]

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

[@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_moved_to_Vojvodina]

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

[@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!

[@jafarshaikh5354]

Great video. Thank you so much. ❤ Eli ❤

[@chevychase]

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

[@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

[@rodwilkinson5682]

A beautiful educational video as usual,thank you Eli,

[@rodmackinnon8497]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@Alan-pv2bi]

Excellent showcase and first hand knowledge of the city.

[@pj61114]

This is a Fantastic presentation!

[@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.

[@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.

[@ericleen7941]

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

[@trekpac2]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@Nicky.Slunsky]

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

[@markruitenbeek]

This is just what I needed 🙏🏽

[@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.

[@thelovertunisia]

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

[@sydhardie9339]

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

[@nminh_th]

thanks eli, i love your videos about my country ❤

[@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 🙏🏻✨

[@daydreamCH76]

Thank you for this very interesting video.

[@scottsuttan2123]

Yay another cool video of people n places 😊

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 !

[@carlosgigant.1972]

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

[@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?

[@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

[@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👋👋

[@firewasfaw6688]

Interesting, educational. Admired your work.

[@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

[@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.

[@skmplanet9591]

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

[@dickburns9200]

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

[@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.

[@petercarlsson6606]

Great video. Thank you!

[@alone-tt8dg6ic6f]

Excellent and you are always great.

[@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….

[@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.

[@haydenblack5648]

OH YEAH!! this is the type of video I love seeing

[@benjohn2145]

Very informative

[@JeffreyStockwell]

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

[@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

[@mudassarnaveed6147]

Beautiful Eli🎉🎉🎉

[@evinylfreak6054]

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

[@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🙏🏻

[@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!!

[@pearls1626]

I love it, Eli thanks ❤

[@hetty43]

Super video. Very interesting. Fascinating to see the Russian restaurant and Russians speakers. Great video. Thanks.

[@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!

[@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.

[@ibrahimdihum9127]

Amazing video thank you Eil

[@mikenas8271]

another great video

[@NhungNguyen-yn8sg]

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

[@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.❤

[@thewalrus2787]

Spacebo. Ur presentation brings back memories. More GI vodka of course. I was there. thanks 4 posting, Eli.

[@futureethiopia7807]

wow amazing video with detail story

[@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.

[@Wildrover82]

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

[@ElifromRussia]

Hey, thanks! ✨🙏🏻

[@verygoodvibes]

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

[@gspot2112]

I absolutley love how much the food was part of your video. 😂🤠👍🏻

[@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.

[@yas2733]

Such comrades...warms the heart.

[@jamestnov41945]

Hi Eli love and good travel from Canada❤

[@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.

[@westernwanderer8397]

You popping up out of that spider hole was the last thing I expected! The amount of underground tunneling the Viet Kong did during the Vietnam was very impressive. On one hand I would love to see those tunnels and bunkers, but on the other hand, I have a touch of claustrophobia!