Regions of Vietnam EXPLAINED

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[@GeographyNow]

HUGE THANKS to my Vietnamese geograpeeps for helping me with this Video! Thanks for your support by watching this video guys! And THANKS CoPilot for sponsoring! Click my CoPilot Fitness link go.mycopilot.com/geographynow to get 14 days FREE with your own personal trainer

[@pedjacvoro4854]

Thanks

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

Do Philippine regions next

[@qu.andoiz]

VIDEO HAS A LOT OF FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT VIETNAM - Warning from a Vietnamese person. I am truly grateful for the love and concern of international friends for Vietnam. But I advise you to only watch for entertainment and not consider this as accurate information about my country.

[@koharaisevo3666]

@@qu.andoiz There is a comment under the old video that have a lot of correction but now the old old video is gone along with its comment.

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

It was my comment and I also put it in this video

[@redtigergaming1467]

Like if you saw the original video and was confused from the notification

[@frank3p088]

Same! I'm glad I'm not the only one lol

[@_mortiam]

What happened? I'm still confused 😅

[@MagnusSecuris]

I saw the post uploaded on fb. Some issue with the last version being demonetised so he had to edit and rerelease

[@SiPakRubah]

Seems like he got someone "takedown" his video for no reason Edit; some say it's had to do with Highland situations

[@GeographyNow]

Lol yeah I mentioned what happened in the KZbin community tab. Thanks for your support and re-watching this video

[@RyebertandWhiskey0726]

Sucks the original got taken down, really doesn't make sense why it would be removed

[@GeographyNow]

This isn't the first time something like this has happened but fortunately I'm not gonna let them win! RE-UPLOAD!

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

Yeah, in this case it really seems random to me. There are certain triggers that are known to be likely to cause problems for a KZbin video, but I don't think this had any of them in it.

[@jerryle379]

The origin have lot of wrong info , wonder if this reupload will fix those mistake ? Like quy nhon isn't the largest city in central Coastal Vietnam ( da nang actually are ) and few other mistake he made In the origin video

[@DanielKarbozov-cv2yc]

Glad You are back Paul Barby

[@unleaded7951]

I’m going to Vietnam in a month from the UK. Perfect timing!

[@Mr.WestcottX]

Cool. 🇻🇳

[@qu.andoiz]

VIDEO HAS A LOT OF FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT VIETNAM - Warning from a Vietnamese person. I am truly grateful for the love and concern of international friends for Vietnam. But I advise you to only watch for entertainment and not consider this as accurate information about my country.

[@datthaigia413]

Welcome to VietNam

[@definitelynotqxz]

@@qu.andoizwhat false information does this video have

[@HelloOnepiece]

@@definitelynotqxz one I found right away, is that Hoi An, while was the site of an Champa port city, it retained no champa features, it has more japanese architecture than champa

[@katelynne7211]

Hội An is not considered a Champa site, it was built by the Vietnamese kings and the architecture was influenced by China and Japan, probably with some other foreign elements cause it has always been a busy trading port (nevertheless it remains an iconic Vietnamese heritage site). Cham architecture is very distinct and more similar to other Southeast Asian cultures, anyone can tell the difference immediately.

[@migspedition]

Hoi An developed out of an earlier Cham trading port.

[@Fgh56-eq9pp]

​@@migspedition😂😂😂

[@quendi9381]

Feudal times in Vietnam had Confucian culture. In Dang Trong there is Hoi An trading port, in Dang Ngoai there is Pho Hien trading port, a place to trade with merchant ships from other countries. These two trading ports are more famous than other trading ports.

[@MishaGianni]

I'm so happy to finally see a video about Vietnamese geography on your channel, you tried to pronounce Vietnamese place names well, good job

[@hymaswaroop9985]

We Love you Barbs. I watched lots of your videos and even reached the national geographic competition. Thanks!!!

[@kamrenwalker]

i can’t WAIT till the vietnam 🇻🇳 video, i been obsessed since the 7th grade. they were doing a travel abroad trip (couldn’t go ☹️) but they did a presentation on all the crazy pringles they had 🤣 and now that’s all i think of when i think of vietnam 🇻🇳

[@qu.andoiz]

VIDEO HAS A LOT OF FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT VIETNAM - Warning from a Vietnamese person. I am truly grateful for the love and concern of international friends for Vietnam. But I advise you to only watch for entertainment and not consider this as accurate information about my country.

[@andypham1636]

How is it false @@qu.andoiz

[@anaidprz]

​@@qu.andoiz can you correct some of the information? After all this is an educational channel and everyone is here to learn

[@qu.andoiz]

@@anaidprz I am not good at English, sorry. I used Google translate to write these comments but google don’t do well also.

[@anaidprz]

@@qu.andoiz don't worry, I saw geography now highlighted the comment where you explain. It is very interesting what you said, let's hope they give a correction when the main country video comes out

[@boklavbinsk]

Haven't seen your vids in so long. Cant wait for the vietnam episode!

[@generalt1778]

Hey Barbs. I just wanna say I appreciate the work you put into your videos! I always get excited to watch a new GN video, and I have learned a ton of stuff since I first watched the Kiribati video back in 2017! I wish you the best in producing these last three country videos, and in your future endeavors whatever they maybe. Best wishes from Mississippi!

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks so much! Yeah, I had a lot of fun making that episode because they have such a weird domain that spreads so much distance in the Pacific. I love places like that. Really appreciate you sticking around all these years!

[@DannyNguyen-zu4zb]

Finally, Vietnam episode is here. I am been waiting for so long for this video to come out. You make really good videos so I am excited for another video about Vietnam

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

I’m also a Danny Nguyen lol

[@qu.andoiz]

VIDEO HAS A LOT OF FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT VIETNAM - Warning from a Vietnamese person. I am truly grateful for the love and concern of international friends for Vietnam. But I advise you to only watch for entertainment and not consider this as accurate information about my country.

[@pepeduk678]

@@qu.andoizye i saw a comment that put all the misinformation

[@DannyNguyen-zu4zb]

@@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057This is my nick name but we’re twins

[@DannyNguyen-zu4zb]

@@qu.andoizthis is from his perspective about Vietnam so there are of course flaws about Vietnam in general but I am happy that he was able to come Vietnam and visit our culture and learning the language and customs

[@huu1674]

i've been waiting so long for the vietnam episode cant wait!!

[@TheLorezno]

Hey barbs, I just wanted to thank you for this amazing series. I have been watching you since 2020 and every time a new country episode is coming out I get really hyped, as if it were a blockbuster movie or something. I appreciate you teaching all of us about countries all over the world, well known and obscure. Even though the country series is coming to a close, I am excited to watch your future travel experiences. Stay cool😎from Minnesota.

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you so much man, I’m really glad you stuck around with the channel since then! And thank you for your patience as I know the country episodes take a little longer to produce. Also hey! I was born in Minnesota! Glad to see another one of my fellow “10,000 Lake-landers” here

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Great video as always.

[@willw1719]

This is such an amazing video. I love how interesting you are able to make it. Thank you for all of your amazing videos.

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you, and thank you for enjoying the video!

[@sukers1000]

Thanks for this video Barby, cant wait for the Main Veitnam video.

[@FranciscoVietnam]

13:40 It’s the city I’ve been leaving in since 2008. 🤗♥️🇻🇳 Already 15 years. 🥰

[@SolamenteTavo]

extra bonus facts baby, gotta watch again

[@vietviet1310]

thanks alot for visiting, researching and sharing our countries and cultures with foreigners! hope you had a good time in HCM city!

[@GeographyNow]

I tried my best, thanks!

[@dipsol1349]

I discovered your channel when I looked up Mauritania in KZbin and I've been regularly watching since Mozambique. Keep up the good work!

[@GeographyNow]

You came at a good time! Thanks for all the years that you’ve stuck with the channel, really appreciate it! Hope to see you there at Zimbabwe!

[@trungduong4040]

Ok, I will rewatch it for you. Support from Vietnam!

[@adrianadrian3510]

Greeting from Indonesia for Vietnam

[@quynhdn]

Thank you for introducing Vietnam in such detail 💕

[@GeographyNow]

I tried my best! And I got a lot of the information from Vietnamese people, however I’m pretty sure there is a lot of information I missed out on, feel free to teach us if you know something!

[@huytruong2542]

I have been watching you from the first episode. Your channel is probably the best geography channel in KZbin. Even better than international geography channels. Very unbiased and super informative. I'm so happy you got a chance to visit my country Vietnam. Hope u had a great time. I actually come from Buon Ma Thuot - Daklak, the coffee capital where produces the wessel coffee that you love. I hope you have a chance to visit Vietnam again. There is so much more there and I'm sure you will find more interesting things. Love

[@GeographyNow]

Oh my goodness, you come from like the best place on earth. That coffee changed my life, before I left I bought like four bags of that stuff plus the little strainer cup thing that goes with it. Not even joking Vietnamese coffee is the best in the world 👏👏👏

[@huytruong2542]

@@GeographyNow please visit Buon ma thuot Daklak someday. We make coffee stronger than any other cities in Vietnam. If yiu think the coffee is Saigon is strong, the coffee in Buon Ma Thuot is 5 times stronger. Even some Saigon peeps can't handle it. Lol. But its super flavorful. I'll send you some coffee to try. Love

[@Dragonite_Tom]

Can't help to think how we got this far into the whole series for years now. I wish I could help with the episode if needed Barby

[@giddeee]

Hey Barbs! I just wanted to tell you that I love your channel! First video I saw was the Limberwisk video, and while I'm ashamed to admit it, you actually fooled me with that one. (Granted, I was only 12 at the time) But I guess that was a good thing since it got me thinking "Man, I really need to learn geography" and your channel was the first place I started and to this day it's by far my favourite educational channel on KZbin. Thank you for all the great videos over the years and I'm excited to see your travels in the future! Much love from Sweden🇸🇪

[@GeographyNow]

HA GOTCHA!!! 😂- but seriously, I really appreciate it, thank you for sticking around all these years! Hope you’re doing well in Sweden!

[@giddeee]

@@GeographyNow No Barbs, thank YOU and the whole Geography Now team for doing what you guys do! By the way, what are some fun places you're planning to visit when you're done with the country episodes?

[@dylanteren]

I can't wait for the vietnam episode

[@GeographyNow]

Coming soon!

[@trungduong4040]

me toooo!

[@wheeliebeast7679]

​@@GeographyNow I hear it's a Nguyener

[@pancakeandwaffle4849]

@@wheeliebeast7679 not how you pronounce that so o

[@nguyenleminhhieu2006]

@@wheeliebeast7679 as a Nguyen myself, I'm very excited.

[@correalenicholas2496]

Great video! You should do a similar video like this one for all the regions of Italy!🇮🇹 Each region is unique and vastly different from north to south. It would be super interesting! Thanks!

[@GeographyNow]

Haha Trust me, Italy is definitely a highly requested administrative division video, however our next continent will be Africa, I have to switch up the continents every time I do a new one. I’m going to do a poll for some of the top requested countries, do you have a suggestion?

[@jermaineevans6910]

My fiancee's family came from Rạch Giá, which is in the Mekong River Delta area. Her family settled in Pensacola. Her mom makes amazing steamed fish, banh xeo, and bun bo hue (as well as some great gumbo lol), and her grandparent owned a fish cake company. They introduced me to some amazing fruit, including soursop and the breast milk fruit... and durian. 😅

[@shanicestella2226]

The Breast milk fruit is also known as Star Apple , and it is said that flavour somewhat close to longan

[@_ThatRandomPerson]

Hey barbs!! I just wanna say i find you're content so interesting, I've been watching since the denmark episode but stopped watching but later came back in 2020 I've learned so much new stuff from you're videos, i wish you and you're team the best Greetings from kuwait 🇰🇼 :) Also if the series finishes i have an idea, maybe try talking about the 50 states of the usa? I'm interested to learn more about them

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks for enjoying the show, even though you had a little “viewership hiatus“ lol. I understand, everybody does that. And Kuwait! That is one of the two golf countries I still haven’t been to yet, the other being Yemen. I remember One of my subscribers from Kuwait sent me a bisht made of camel fur and I still wear it to this day on chilly days. Definitely wanna swing by and visit that country sometime

[@_ThatRandomPerson]

​​@@GeographyNowlol sorry for disappearing anyway I totally recommend you to swing by to kuwait it's a fasnating place! If you ever go there make you check out the kuwaiti towers! My brother also has a bisht he wears it aswell in the winter but since the temperatures are rising here (up to 34 currently, it's gonna go higher in May..) he stopped wearing it, but if u ever visit kuwait just don't go in the summer you'll melt :,) us kuwaitis will be "ku-waiting" for you're visit

[@GojiMet86]

Now you gotta do all the neighborhoods!

[@gustavocarvalholoboleite3526]

Hey Barby in the next administrative divisions video you could make about Malaysia or Phillipines please.

[@GeographyNow]

Not a bad suggestion! However we will have to switch up the Continents I've already done 2 Asia countries in a row. Any suggestions?

[@wannacashmeoutside]

@@GeographyNowEgypt! Or Panama

[@gustavocarvalholoboleite3526]

@@GeographyNow Nigeria or Madagascar.

[@trungduong4040]

@@GeographyNow Africa: Nigeria Americas: Mexico, Colombia Europe: Italy

[@vanilla_milkshake]

@@GeographyNow Mexico!

[@MainIsMain]

Great video!

[@Jaichbinhier]

Thanks for all you do with Geography Now! 🌎

[@GeographyNow]

I appreciate it! Thanks!

[@leviathan0556]

Glad you talked about the Bahnar not alot of credit comes with us, We also known as Montagnards and we’ve made of different “Tribes” like Rhade and jarai(I heard more exist but don’t know the names). I dont know much of my people as much was lost in the war but notably we have strong ties with americans and we even have a sizable community in the east coast of america.

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

In the video Jarai and Rhade haven't been credited unfortunately and are mistaken as Cham since they are Austronesian like Cham. Though being Austronesian their culture is more similar to Montagnards than to Cham. Video says most Cham live Central Highlands but there are only 2000 Cham in Central Highlands. The town names are also not in Cham language. Jarai and Rhade are the two biggest Montagnard groups and speak an Austronesian language unlike the other Montagnard groups who speak Austroasiatic languages (Vietnamese is also an Austroasiatic language). The biggest group after Jarai (514,000) and Rhade (398,671) are Bahnar (286,910). Other big groups are Xơ Đang, Koho, M'Nông and H'rê. Some of them have less than 1000 like Brau and Rơ Măm. Gia Lai is the province home to and mainly Jarai, Đắk Lắk is home to mainly Rhade, Đắk Nông is home to mainly M'Nông, Kon Tum is home to mainly Bahnar and Lâm Đồng is mainly home to Cơ Ho. There are also Montagnard groups that live outside the Central Highlands like Bru Van Kieu and Katu. I'm Vietnamese born in Netherlands but I find the Montagnard groups interesting.

[@qu.andoiz]

3:57 As a Vietnamese 🇻🇳 living in the Northeastern mountainous region (yes, its full name is "Northeastern mountainous region", if only called "Northeastern region" it would also include the Red River Delta region), I was really angry when I heard information about "they are of Chinese origin and can understand Chinese". I have never seen anyone can speak Chinese in my homeland. First of all, you must understand that the concept of “China” is very complicated. The ancestors of ethnic groups such as the Hmong and Yao living in Vietnam came from lands that are now China but were not in the past. Therefore, they do not know Chinese but have their own ethnic language. As for the Tay-Nung people - an ethnic group that accounts for more than half of the population in this area, their origin is here. More specifically, the living territory of their ancestors - speakers of the ancient Tai language family - is the Guangxi region (China) and northern Vietnam. Later, when the feudal states of Vietnam and China divided their territories, they cut the traditional residence of the ancient Tai people in half by the border between the two countries. Therefore, the Tay - Nung people can communicate with the Zhuang people in Guangxi (China) but cannot talk with other ethnic groups of China. As for the concept of "Bach Viet", it happened more than 2,000 years ago, while the appearance of different ethnic groups in the Northeast mountains has only happened about 1,000 to 300 years ago. They are not related to each other. It is an insult when you misrepresent the origin of a community.

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

And Northwest and Northeast only have 40.000 Hoà (Chinese) combined while Southeast regio has over 600.000

[@karaqakkzl]

Weird Baiyue nationalist would irredentist toward Liangguang region (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hongkong) ridiculous, right? Even i'm not like them. If Bach Viet still exist, Le Duan wouldn't expelled Hoa people because most of Hoa people are from Southern China sailed to Southeast Asian coasts, and maybe Tom Cotton wouldn't confused Singaporean with Chinese

[@christianmasseus1108]

Awesome vid

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

Here are the corrections for the misinformative facts that have remained in this second version of this video 0:49 Vietnamese provinces are like that because well, Vietnam isn’t that big compared to giants like China, Russia and USA and provinces of this size are normal for countries of this size. Provinces in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Turkey are of similar size as well and they also have a lot of provinces. The main reason for these provinces isn’t statistical data. The division of Vietnam into provinces has existed since 1832, not very recent and way before anything was done with statistical data. The most recent change was a minor change in 2008 where Hà Tây merged with Hà Nội. Shortly after reunification of Vietnam, a couple of provinces have been joined together, but later in the 90’s had been separated again from eachother, 3:19 Bắc Giang is the largest province by population, but the capital Bắc Giang is not the largest city in that regio. The city Thái Nguyên is the largest city by population with 420.000 people, while Bắc Giang has 174.000 people. 3:35 The Northeast region isn’t home to Cát Bà island. Cát Bà is in the Red River Delta region. 3:56 Almost all areas of Vietnam above Huế have been under Chinese rule and since the Vietnamese were already heavily sinicized at the time they marched to the south and conquered it, they also brought the sinicized culture to the south, so nearly the whole culture of Vietnam is heavily Sinocized, not only the Northeast region in particular. I would even say this region is one of the regions in Vietnam with less Chinese influence in culture, since a large part of the people in this region belong to non-sinicized ethnic minorities. Only some cities bordering or very close to China have notably more Chinese influence. 3:59 Đông Bắc Bộ is actually the regio with the provinces with the least ethnic Vietnamese, thus also less Chinese ancestry in general. Vietnamese are a minority group in 4 of the provinces in this regio and 6 provinces in this region have less than 50% Vietnamese. Vietnamese only make up 5% of the Cao Bằng province, and around 10% in Bắc Kạn and Hà Giang. Most people here are from ethnic groups who speak Tai-Kadai languages and to smaller extent Hmong-Mien or Sino-Tibetan languages. Though having lower Chinese ancestry in general, this region still ranks 3rd after Southeast region and Mekong region by Hoà population (people who not only have Chinese ancestry but also identify as Chinese). Chinese ancestry is most common in Ho Chi Minh City which also has a large Chinese quarter (Chợ Lớn) and in the province of Bạc Liêu. As of 2019 there are 507.000 Hoà in the Southeast region, 149.000 Hoà in the Mekong Delta region and only 44.000 Hoà in Northwest and Northeast regio combined. 4:32 Same mistake as in the previous regio. Sơn La province has the largest population of the region but Sơn La city isn’t the most populous. The most populous city, Yên Bái has a population of 169.000 while Sơn La city has a population of 106.000. 6:45 Thanh Hoá isn’t the largest city of this region but Huế. Huế has a population of 653.000 while Thanh Hoá city has a population of 614.500. Like the previous regio, the population of the province has been taken instead of the city (who have the same name as their respective province) population. 8:23 Kandarapura is written wrongly as Kandapurpura. 8:30 Đà Nẵng is listed as the most notable city of the South Central Coast region but also is the largest city of this region. Đà Nẵng has a population of 1.135.000 while Quy Nhơn has a population of only 427.400. 9:10 They aren’t Indic (in the sense that they aren’t from India/South Asia). 9:12 Hội An was a Champa port city in the past but can’t be called a Cham heritage site since no buildings of it are left and all historical buildings in Hội An are Vietnamese architecture and not Cham architecture, so none of it counts as Cham heritage. The bridge in the photo is actually build by/for the Japanese! 9:30 The majority of Cham in Vietnam are muslim and it isn’t some Cham that are Hindu. It is nearly half of the Cham in Vietnam! (80k muslims and 70k Hindus). Hindu Cham mainly live in the South Central coast regio, while Muslim Cham also live in the South Central coast or are scattered around Mekong Delta regio with Châu Đốc city having most Chams of the Mekong delta region and even has a couple of mosques. The muslim Cham in the South Central Coast (Bani Cham) have still have pre-Islamic and Hindu influences/belief in their religion although they are Muslim. Because of this,their form of Islam is seen as unusual. The muslim Cham in the Mekong Delta are Sunni muslims. 9:32 In the video they are first referred as Hindu Indic people but later it is said they are the only non-Indic Hindu people in SEA along with Balinese people. They are indeed not Indic. Also, there are more non-Indic Hindu ethnic groups like the Baduy and Osing people (both on Java island, Indonesia). 10:11 Đà Lạt has its own climate due to being at higher altitude. The area where Đà Lạt is settled has the highest altitude of Vietnam excluding the Northern region. 10:15 Actually there are many areas in the Northwestern region of Vietnam which can be colder than Đà Lạt. There is even snowfall in this region sometimes, while snowfall is not possible in Đà Lạt (as shown in this video this time). 10:23 The Austronesian people who live in this regio aren’t Cham or are descendants of Cham. They share a common ancestor with the Cham people. 10:33 Though the Champa kingdom covered the Central Highlands in the past, Cham people don't live in Central Highlands at all. Out of the 179.000 Cham in Vietnam, only around 2000 live in the Central Highlands. Most Cham reside in the South Central Coast region and scattered around the Mekong Delta region, mainly near the Cambodian border. There are certain Austronesian ethnic groups in this regio (Jarai, Rhade/Ede and Chru) who also speak Chamic languages and descended from the same people like the Cham (descended from people of the Sa Huỳnh culture (1000BC-200AD)) but aren't Cham. The Jarai and Rhade both outnumber the Cham in population by 3-4 times. The Jarai and Rhade have in the Central Highlands a total population of 506.000 and 359.000. Though Jarai and Ede are Austronesian like the Cham, they are part of the Montagnard (mountain people also known for their gongs, as shown in this video this time) groups while the Cham aren’t part of these people. Their culture is more similar to other Montagnard ethnic groups who besides them, all speak Austroasiatic languages (Bahnar, Sedang etc.) than to Cham culture and they aren’t Hindu or had any Indic influences, except for Chru who look less like other Montagnards groups and are closest to Cham. Though being the ethnic group most close to Cham, they also don’t have Indic influences. In Đắk Lắk province, the largest ethnic minority is the Ede, in Đăk Nông it is the M’Nông, in Gia Lai it is the Jarai, in Kon Tum it is the Bahnar and in Đăk Nông it is the Koho. 10:42 The cities in this region don’t have Cham names but Jarai/Rhade names alongside with Bahnar, M'Nông, Cơ Ho, Nạ etc. Buôn Ma Thuột comes from Ê Đê language and Đà Lạt comes from Cơ Ho/K'Ho language. Pleiku (capital of Gia Lai province) comes from the Jarai language and Kon Tum comes from the Bahnar language. 12:23 Bánh mì has the common misspelling bahn mi 14:30 Buddhist temples are found everywhere in Vietnam. The difference is that Khmer people follow Theravada Buddhism (and their temples look distinct from Vietnamese temples) while Vietnamese people follow Mahayana Buddhism mixed with folk religion. More Theravada Buddhist temples only occur in the provinces Sóc Trăng and Trà Vinh. The rest of the Mekong Delta region is almost entirely Vietnamese and have little Khmer temples like the rest of Vietnam. 14:48 Crab hotpot isn’t only specific to the Miền Tây region. It is a dish almost eaten every where in Vietnam since crabs don’t only appear in the delta’s of the Mekong river. Source for data regarding demographics: 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census.

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

⁠@@moshimoshi2311Give me a source that says Cham people live in Central Highlands. According to the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census (official document from government of Vietnam) only 2000 Cham live in Central Highlands. Give me a source that says Chinese ancestry is most common in the Northeast region. Give me a source that says the town names in Central Highlands are in Cham. You know nothing about ethnic groups and demographics in Vietnam. Last time most Vietnamese agreed with me so that says enough about the common Vietnamese person. You are one of the uncommon

[@fsn747]

fire comment

[@neroyuki241]

yep here is the scroll

[@rob6927]

So many mistakes and misconceptions and even spelling errors 🤦

[@kienkieu4703]

one thing I'd like to correct, Vietnamese is nationality not ethnicity, all 54 ethnicities in Vietnam are Vietnamese, The "Vietnamese ethnic" that you refer as northeast minority is called "Kinh" Kinh people are Vietnamese, yes, but Vietnamese is not just "Kinh"

[@TheVideomaker2341]

I bought your Figime very early on. I recently got it and I love it having as one of my displays in my home as someone who loves Geography. Just wish I got that personalized video 😢😢😢😭😭😭

[@GeographyNow]

Oh dang! You know what? Why not? I can probably send you one, send me an email at [e-mail]

[@mariajosefinamontes4999]

I live in Vietnam… been here for 10 years… and didnt know a lot of this… now have a list of places to visit in the north.

[@jeremysmith7708]

The original was informative and fun. Version 2.0 is even better!

[@PaulieRubinDMize-uu6lc]

when KZbin takes you down, you reupload right back at it

[@baofc2609]

As a Vietnamese, ur pronunciations were pretty good. Great facts, great footage and overal great vid👍

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you! I literally just tried to repeat whatever I heard back from the Google translate voice 😂

[@baofc2609]

@GeographyNow nah, it's good. Arguably better than some of us Vietnamese who either left the country at a young age or were born in another country😅

[@FranciscoVietnam]

13:40 Everyone pronounces wrong. 😅Cần Thơ : [kən˨˩ tʰəː˧˧], Southern: [kʌŋ˨˩ tʰəː]. The second syllable is equivalent as the schwa sound. 😊👍🇻🇳 PS: it’s the city I’ve been leaving in since 2008. 🤗♥️🇻🇳

[@rtepp]

Very interesting!

[@hansmelbye1804]

Hi, Paul! My name is Hans, and I met you in Oslo in March 2019 when you did a fan meetup for us Norwegian geograpeeps! I’m so glad that you featured us in the Norway episode! Thank you for all the great years; you are one of my favourite KZbinrs!

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you so much! Yeah it was crazy how many of you guys showed up! Were you there at the opera house too? When I did that big drone shot? In any case, thank you so much for all your years of dedication to the channel, I seriously appreciate it

[@hansmelbye1804]

@@GeographyNowYes, we met at the Opera House. I don’t know if you remember but I told you that the Limberwisk episode was one of the first videos I watched 😂

[@caychoi56]

Hello from Viet Nam. We're living In Quy Nhon, there beach, mountain, waterfall, lake...

[@Tanukii94]

damn you're killing it. You wrapped almost EVERYTHING about my country's geography 101

[@GeographyNow]

Ha ha, thank you, however I’m sure there are so many things I miss out on, feel free to let me know!

[@TheVideomaker2341]

7:01 North Central Coast Region of Vietnam always fascinating me. It’s interesting where there was the division between North and South Vietnam, especially near towards the city of Hue. Just learned about the 17th parallel being in this region thanks to you Barbs! You learn something new everyday, especially from you Barbs!

[@GeographyNow]

Glad you learn some thing and thank you for liking the channel!

[@johnathanriley8202]

Hey Barbs I've being a Geograpeep since technically the Canada episode when I found it randomly on KZbin and couldn't wait for the New Zealand episode and finally glad to see my home country the UK episode aswell plus you didn't get mention my hometown seaside resort of Blackpool or even it's tower which is modeled after the Effiel Tower in Paris plus you might have seen it in passing on the M6 motorway when you going from Scotland to Wales last year on your UK trip that you did with Thomas on the road trip plus it was great to see you over here for a while atleast Lancashire Hotpot and Yorkshire Pudding got a mention in the episode when you went to London in the end to interview the geograpeeps plus another UK vs USA difference is what we call the 2000s shorthand to the 00s we in the UK call it the Noughties whears you guys in the USA call it the Aughts and over in Mainland Europe they just simply call it the Zeros I've wrote in to comedian Amber Kacherian a little skit of it it should be fun though pointing out the differences between our countries plus us Northerners are toughens in comparison to Southerners especially are funny accents plus what do you think of the ancient kingdoms of Northumbria Mercia Wessex Cornwall East Anglia Kent Sussex Essex that compressed what is modern day Northern England the Midlands and half each of Southern England respectively were almost another Scotland and Wales basically even Ireland to a degree Plus if you don't mind I've suggested for some extra filler week UK and Ireland counties New Zealand regions etc stuff since you've done filler week on USA states Canada provinces territories Australia states territories etc that I will write in the reply as its too long to put on here

[@johnathanriley8202]

Geography Now Filler Week Episode Regions and Territories of New Zealand REGIONS Auckland Tāmaki-makau-rau Bay of Plenty Te Moana-a-Toi Canterbury Waitaha Gisborne Te Tairāwhiti Hawke's Bay Te Matau-a-Māui Manawatū-Whanganui Marlborough Te Tauihu-o-te-waka Nelson Whakatū Northland Te Tai Tokerau Otago Ōtākou Southland Murihiku Taranaki Tasman Te Tai-o-Aorere Waikato Wellington Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara West Coast Te Tai Poutini TERRITORIES You've probably already mentioned some in the New Zealand episode so many to name but a few that spring to mind would be such as like the Chatham Islands or the Cook Islands for instance

[@GeographyNow]

Lol that was quite the read! Yeah man, first off thank you for sticking with the channel all these years and being a fan! I really appreciate it, when I did the UK episode I deliberately made sure I had to visit at least all three constituent countries within Great Britain. Whales really blew my mind and surprised me, specifically the northern part. You come from a really cool place, not gonna lie!

[@johnathanriley8202]

​​​@@GeographyNowCheers Barbs much appreciated I'd thought I'd never ever get a response but anyways I did plus I could had got to meet up with you when you came over here last year but at the same time your busy man doing your research and stuff and you have places to go to and all that which I understand that mate but I wish you all the best and good luck with Geography Now especially since it's both coming up to the last episodes and it's also being almost a decade now since you've came out with the very first episode too and I've also heard that you'll might remake the early episodes for peeps from countries sakes to give them justice well deserved because I feel bad for them whears at the same they will be jealous of the late episodes with extras time and stuff meanwhile it's great to chat and get it off my chest for once man all the greatest to you from Jon Jon

[@Dinodude83]

Would you ever consider doing individual geography now episodes on US states and territories, especially since each one is pretty much its own country? (Also love the vids man, I’ll watch whatever u post)

[@GeographyNow]

Maybe, however I feel like that would be very “American centric“ and although I do love my home country, I have to make sure that I cater to my very international audience And not just my own people. But who knows? If there’s a demand for it maybe I’ll do it

[@christinashelby6083]

Big bummer someone tried to copystrike this video, but the extra facts are great. Vietnam is so interesting; I've been watching a lot of Uyen Ninh as well. Side note, my kids asked several times yesterday for the Vietnam episode, and I had to keep telling them that it wasn't out yet, haha. So we watched North Korea, Mongolia, Libya, Chad, and Belarus instead. Weekly tradition to watch an hour of something while eating pizza for dinner Sunday night.

[@lenguyenxuonghoa1295]

Name of Vietnamese provinces in Standardized Nôm 垌平瀧九龍 - Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long “Mekong River Delta” 省歌毛 Tỉnh Cà Mau - 城庯歌毛 Thành phố Cà Mau 省薄遼 Tỉnh Bạc Liêu - 城庯薄遼 Thành phố Bạc Liêu 省朔𦝄 Tỉnh Sóc Trăng - 城庯朔𦝄 Thành phố Sóc Trăng 省茶榮 Tỉnh Trà Vinh - 城庯茶榮 Thành phố Trà Vinh 省𤅶𥯌 Tỉnh Bến Tre - 城庯𤅶𥯌 Thành phố Bến Tre 省前江 Tỉnh Tiền Giang - 城庯美湫 Thành phố Mỹ Tho 省隆安 Tỉnh Long An - 城庯新安 Thành phố Tân Ân 省垌塔 Tỉnh Đồng Tháp - 城庯高嶺 Thành phố Cao Lãnh 省永隆 Tỉnh Vĩnh Long - 城庯永隆 Thành phố Vĩnh Long 省後江 Tỉnh Hậu Giang - 城庯渭清 Thành phố Vị Thanh 省安江 Tỉnh An Giang - 城庯龍川 Thành phố Long Xuyên 省堅江 Tỉnh Kiên Giang - 城庯瀝架 Thành phố Rạch Giá 城庯芹苴 Thành phố Cần Thơ - 郡寧橋 Quận Ninh Kiều 東南部 - Đông Nam Bộ “Southeast Region” 省婆地-淎艚 Tỉnh Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu - 城庯婆地 Thành phố Bà Rịa 省垌狔 Tỉnh Đồng Nai - 城庯邊和 Thành phố Biên Hoà 省平福 Tỉnh Bình Phước - 城庯垌𣒱 Thành phố Đồng Xoài 省平陽 Tỉnh Bình Dương - 城庯守油蔑 Thành phố Thủ Dầu Một 省西寧 Tỉnh Tây Ninh - 城庯西寧 Thành phố Tây Ninh 城庯胡志明 Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - 君1 Quận 1 西原 - Tây Nguyên “Western Highlands” 省林同 Tỉnh Lâm Đồng - 城庯多樂 Thành phố Đà Lạt 省得農 Tỉnh Đắk Nông - 城庯嘉義 Thành phố Gia Nghĩa 省得勒 Tỉnh Đắk Lắk - 城庯班迷屬 Thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột 省嘉萊 Tỉnh Gia Lai - 城庯坡梨俱 Thành phố Pleiku 省崑嵩 Tỉnh Kon Tum - 城庯崑嵩 Thành phố Kon Tum 沿海南中部 - Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ “South Central Coast” 省平順 Tỉnh Bình Thuận - 城庯潘切 Thành phố Phan Thiết 省寧順 Tỉnh Ninh Thuận - 城庯潘郎-塔占 Thành phố Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm 省慶和 Tỉnh Khánh Hoà - 城庯芽莊 Thành phố Nha Trang 省富安 Tỉnh Phú Yên - 城庯綏和 Thành phố Tuy Hoà 省平定 Tỉnh Bình Định - 城庯歸仁 Thành phố Quy Nhơn 省廣義 Tỉnh Quảng Ngãi - 城庯廣義 Thành phố Quảng Ngãi 省廣南 Tỉnh Quảng Nam - 城庯三岐 Thành phố Tam Kỳ 城庯沱㶞 Thành phố Đà Nẵng - 郡海洲 Quận Hải Châu 北中部 - Bắc Trung Bộ “North Central Region” 省承天化 Tỉnh Thừa Thiên Huế - 城庯化 Thành phố Huế 省廣治 Tỉnh Quảng Trị - 城庯東河 Thành phố Đông Hà 省廣平 Tỉnh Quảng Bình - 城庯洞海 Thành phố Đồng Hới 省河靜 Tỉnh Hà Tĩnh - 城庯河靜 Thành phố Hà Tĩnh 省乂安 Tỉnh Nghệ An - 城庯永 Thành phố Vinh 省清化 Tỉnh Thanh Hoá - 城庯清化 Thành phố Thanh Hoá 垌平瀧紅 - Đồng bằng sông Hồng “Red River Delta” 省寧平 Tỉnh Ninh Bình - 城庯寧平 Thành phố Ninh Bình 省南定 Tỉnh Nam Định - 城庯南定 Thành phố Nam Định 省太平 Tỉnh Thái Bình - 城庯太平 Thành phố Thái Bình 省海陽 Tỉnh Hải Dương - 城庯海陽 Thành phố Hải Dương 省北寧 Tỉnh Bắc Ninh - 城庯北寧 Thành phố Bắc Ninh 省永福 Tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc - 城庯永安 Thành phố Vĩnh Yên 省興安 Tỉnh Hưng Yên - 城庯興安 Thành phố Hưng Yên 省河南 Tỉnh Hà Nam - 城庯府里 Thành phố Phủ Lý 城庯河內 Thành phố Hà Nội - 郡還劍 Quận Hoàn Kiếm 城庯海防 Thành phố Hải Phòng - 郡鴻龐 Quận Hồng Bàng 東北部 - Đông Bắc Bộ “Northeast Region” 省廣寧 Tỉnh Quảng Ninh - 城庯下龍 Thành phố Hạ Long 省北江 Tỉnh Bắc Giang - 城庯北江 Thành phố Bắc Giang 省太原 Tỉnh Thái Nguyên - 城庯太原 Thành phố Thái Nguyên 省宣光 Tỉnh Tuyên Quang - 城庯宣光 Thành phố Tuyên Quang 省富壽 Tỉnh Phú Thọ - 城庯越池 Thành phố Việt Trì 省北𣴓 Tỉnh Bắc Kạn - 城庯北𣴓 Thành phố Bắc Kạn 省高平 Tỉnh Cao Bằng - 城庯高平 Thành phố Cao Bằng 省諒山 Tỉnh Lạng Sơn - 城庯諒山 Thành phố Lạng Sơn 省河楊 Tỉnh Hà Giang - 城庯河楊 Thành phố Hà Giang 西北部 - Tây Bắc Bộ “Northwest Region” 省和平 Tỉnh Hoà Bình - 城庯和平 Thành phố Hoà Bình 省山羅 Tỉnh Sơn La - 城庯山羅 Thành phố Sơn La 省奠邊 Tỉnh Điện Biên - 城庯奠邊府 Thành phố Điện Biên Phủ 省萊州 Tỉnh Lai Châu - 城庯萊州 Thành phố Lai Châu 省老街 Tỉnh Lào Cai - 城庯老街 Thành phố Lào Cai 省安沛 Tỉnh Yên Bái - 城庯安沛 Thành phố Yên Bái

[@karaqakkzl]

Some of these province might not in Sino-Vietnamese if i say Native Vietnamese words. In feudal times, most of the provinces will wrote Sino-Vietnamese to show the meaning while Demotic (tên Nôm) will pass by sound because you will need 2 characters to write it down. Sóc Trăng - Nguyệt Giang (月江) Kẻ Chợ - Hà Nội (河内) Kẻ Trầu - Phù Lưu (扶留) Most of Vietnamese provinces might just written Chinese characters just for Chinese people to understand nowadays, and 歌毛 is an exception, they write as 金瓯, brought from Cantonese gam-au

[@levane8767]

Tổ Quốc ghi công bạn

[@fertotz9735]

Please do Philippines. We have 83 Provinces , 33 Highly Urbanized Cities and 5 independent component cities. Amazing right.

[@jakubtoba6317]

Hey Barbs. Before I ask you my question, I first want to thank you for two things. First, I want to thank you for making Geography Now as your videos are what made me learn to love geography and get over my misanthropy. Second, I want to thank you for making your last gift video as seeing you learn to embrace your Korean identity gives me hope that I can eventually learn to embrace my Mexican identity. As for my question, I wanted to know what's your advice for learning Korean and/or languages in general? I ask because my sister and I are going to go to Korea in 2027 for a pilgrimage and I figured it would be useful to be at least conversational in Korean by then. (For context, I don't personally know any Korean speakers as of this moment)

[@GeographyNow]

“Misanthropy?” Sheesh- come on man, people aren’t that bad. You probably just watch too much stuff on social media. In any case, to answer your question, I will admit, Korean is a very difficult language, because the grammar is completely unrelatable to English, or even any romance language for that matter. There are subject indicator sounds and these weird “situational suffix words“ -unless you are with a Korean person to guide you, it might be difficult. But then again, I don’t know your level of comprehensibility, it might be easy for you. I will just say, as someone who was raised around the language his whole life, I still have trouble with it. Lol but hey! At least learning how to read is super easy, you can learn it all in like three hours.

[@jakubtoba6317]

@@GeographyNow Thank you for the response Barbs! Also, I want to clarify that I WAS a misanthrope, I'm NOT one currently and I recognize that middle school me was just being overly dramatic. Sorry for not making that clear and I hope you have a good day

[@FranciscoVietnam]

14:51 It’s funny because my Vietnamese sister-in-law lives in Louisiana for 20 years. 😂👍🇻🇳🇺🇸

[@v_zach]

3:47 Now I know where the inspiration for the Heart of Kumandra came from. 😎🐉 (Disney reference)

[@theconqueringram5295]

I do love Vietnam's geography!

[@yhwachthealmighty4410]

love your videos man! what was your favourite episode to make so far?

[@GeographyNow]

I’ve answered this question quite a few times before. It’s a lesser known video that I didn’t publicize too much. It’s called “the heritage trip“ look it up, 😉

[@andducq]

Finally my country, shout out for Vietnamese geograpeeps.

[@KyleSSamuelson]

I’m watching this specifically because on your FB page you were honest how important this particular video is to your sponsor revenue. Goodluck

[@cjshow-zp6nh]

Hi there, If you are doing a filler episode on Malaysia in future episodes, here’s my explanation on the 13 states of Malaysia: 1.) Perlis: The Northernmost and the smallest state in Malaysia and is most famous for its caves the famous one being Gua Kelam and is famous for its seafoods as the main activities there is mostly fishing, also lots of paddy fields and is also famous for Wang Kelian Border Market which is located in Padang Besar bordering Thailand. The Capital of Perlis is Kangar. 2.) Kedah: Kedah is often considered a ‘rice bowl’ of Malaysia as it is one of the largest producers of rice in the country and its landscapes are mostly dominated by paddy fields. They even have their own Kedah Paddy Museum, Kedah is also known for places like Bujang Valley, Alor Setar Tower, Kedah State Art Gallery and don’t forget Kedah’s most famous tourist destination and its none other than Langkawi Island, which is very famous for its beaches, Due to its breathtaking natural scenery and landscapes. Langkawi is also one of Malaysia’s duty free zones and this also means that things like alcohol are openly sold there sometimes at a cheaper price without being subjected to tax regulations. The Capitol of Kedah is Alor Setar. 3.) Penang: Consists of Penang Island and the one on the mainland known as Seberang Perai. And this also gave Penang the nickname “Pearl Of The Orient”. It was also part of the three entities of the Strait Settlements It is very famous for its rich cultures, history and UNESCO heritage sites with its colonial style buildings, temples, arts, and not to mention for its Peranakan Baba Nyonya culture which are people descended from Chinese traders whom have intermarried with local people and have created a fusion of Chinese and Malay culture and traditions, Penang is also known for being a food haven and its most famous dish being the Penang Char Kway Teow. Penang is also known as a hub for its circuit board manufacturing industry. Famous places include Penang Hill, Baba Nyonya mansion, Batu Ferringhi Beach, Fort Cornwallis, Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang War Museum and many more. The Capital of Penang is George Town. 4.) Perak: Perak was famous for its history as a tin mining region and its history goes way back when the story starts with Long Jaafar, a Malay chief of Larut whom discovered tin deposits while he was bathing in a river and Since then, Perak have prospered for its tin ore mining productions and this also led to the migration of Chinese working as tin miners in Perak. These various Chinese clans began to rival one another and started vying for control over the tin industry and this led to the Larut war and Ngah Ibrahim, whom is the chief of Larut, and the son of Long Jaafar, began asking for help from a British superintendent from the British Strait Settlements named Captain Speedy to solve the dispute. Nowadays, Perak is most famous for places like Kellie’s Castle, Ipoh Railway Station, Gua Tempurong, Leaning Tower Of Teluk Intan and many more. The capital of Perak is Ipoh. 5.) Selangor: Sometimes referred to as the “Gateway to Malaysia” as it hosts Malaysia’s main international airport which is Kuala Lumpur International Airport located in Sepang. It also host one of the largest seaports in Malaysia known as Port Klang. Selangor is also a major hub for commerce, industry and service sectors and has a lot of industrial areas cities like Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya and more. Places of interests include Sunway Lagoon, Batu Caves, Sepang International Circuit, Klang River, Shah Alam Stadium and Cyberjaya. Kuala Lumpur also used to the capital of Selangor but then broke off to become a Federal Territory of Malaysia. The capital of Selangor have since moved to Shah Alam. 6.) Negeri Sembilan: The state is very famous and unique as it is the only state in Malaysia which the population mostly descended from the ethnic Minangkabau groups and that is why you can mostly see a lot of Minangkabau esthetics especially in the architecture, culture and arts. Places of interest include Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan State Museum, Istana Seri Menanti and many more. Capital of Negeri Sembilan is Seremban. 7.) Melaka: Also known as the Historical state, Melaka was also one of the three Strait Settlements alongside Penang and Singapore. Melaka Is best known for not only its rich history but also a fusion of cultures as Melaka was considered as a hub for trading due to its strategic location in the Melaka straits and people from all over the world especially Chinese and Indian traders not only stop to trade but even intermingled and marrying the local Malay people in which the descendants became the Peranakan people not only included the Baba Nyonyas, but also the Chettis Whom are considered the Indian Peranakan which is an ethnic groups whom are descendants from early Indian traders intermarrying with the local Malay people and lastly, the Kristang people which are descendants from Portuguese settlers and colonialists. Places in Melaka include A’Famosa, Stadhuys, Jonker Street, Melaka River which is also dubbed the “Venice Of The East”, The Church Of Christ and many more. The Capital of Melaka is Melaka City. 8.) Johor: The Southernmost state in Malaysia and also borders Singapore, It is home to the busiest international land border crossing in the world. It is the only state in Malaysia to have two coastline which are the Melaka Straits to the west and the South China Sea to the east. Johor is the only state in Malaysia to have its own Royal Military Force which protects and serve the Sultan Of Johor and is the oldest active force in Malaysia founded in 1886. Some of Johor’s famous attractions include Muar, Desaru Water Park, Kukup Fishing Village, Kota Tinggi Waterfalls, Rawa Island and more. The Capital of Johor is Johor Bahru. 9.) Pahang: The third largest state in Malaysia and the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia. And this makes it the most geographically diverse state with vast natural rainforests which is home to diverse flora and faunas. So this is also the reason why Pahang has many national parks and reserves and the most famous one being Taman Negara, Gunung Tahan Wildlife Park, and more. Pahang is also famous for places like Genting Highlands which is home to Genting Theme Park and Resorts, Cameron Highlands which is famous for its mountainous climate which makes it suitable for planting certain fruits including strawberries, passion fruits and also tea plantations, Bukit Tinggi French Village and Fraser Hill and also Tioman Island The Capital of Pahang is Kuantan. 10.) Kelantan: Kelantan is sort of like the Aceh of Malaysia as it is the one of the most conservative religious states governed by Sharia law with restrictions on clothing, gambling, alcohol, entertainment and etc. And this is also why Kelantan is the only state in Malaysia to have no cinemas and entertainment outlets, Besides that, Kelantan is most well known for its agricultural economy and is home to the most famous Gua Musang cave which is surrounded by limestone hills and popular with rock climbers and cave explorers. Kelantan is also famous for its beaches, handicrafts, marketplace and more. Places include Seri Khadijah Market, Kelantan State Museum, Istana Jahar, Wat Phothivihan, Sultan Ismail Petra Arch and many more. Capital of Kelantan is Kota Bharu. 11.) Terengganu: It is basically Kelantan’s little brother trying to follow in his elder brother’s footsteps, also a highly religious and conservative oriented state with heavy restrictions on alcohol, gambling and entertainment. Terengganu is famous for being the hub for petrochemicals and the largest complex can be found in Kerteh it is also famous for its scenic islands, pristine beaches, traditional arts and craft which includes kite flying contests and also producers of Batiks and Songkok. Places of interests includes Tasik Kenyir, Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque, Perhentian Island, Redang Island and many more. The Capital of Terengganu is Kuala Terengganu. 12.) Sarawak: The largest state in Malaysia and one of the two special states located in East Malaysia along with Sabah, it has one of the most unique histories, culture and status as it is one of the founding states of the Malaysian Federation alongside Sabah, Malaya and Singapore in 1963 which means that the state has certain autonomy and rights enshrined to Sarawak via the Malaysian Agreement 1963 which includes immigration in which Malaysians from outside Sarawak must bring a passport or IC to enter Sarawak and have a work permit if they want to work in the state. It is the only state in Malaysia to have a Christian majority population and have no official religion and this also explains why Sarawak recently also has a lot of separatist movements. Sarawak is famous for the Gawai festival and also famous for its lush rainforests, flora and fauna including the famous rafflesia flower and the Rhinoceros hornbills which gave Sarawak the nickname “Land Of The Hornbills”. Places of interest includes Damai Beach, Sarawak Cultural Village, Niah Cave, Semenggoh Wildlife Reerve, Mulu National Park, Niah Cave and more. The capital of Sarawak is Kuching. 13.) Sabah: Also known as “Land Below The Wind”, it is the Easternmost state in Malaysia and also one of the two special states along with Sarawak and just like Sarawak, it is also a founding state of Malaysia alongside Malaya and Singapore. Sabah also has its own laws and distinct governance different from Peninsular Malaysia including autonomy over its own immigration and more enshrined under the Malaysian Agreement 1963. Sabah is best known for its natural diversity, beaches and also its seafood.. Places of interest in Sabah includes the famous Gunung Kinabalu. Sepilok National Park, The Edge of Borneo, Sipadan Island, Tanjung Aru Beach and more. The Capital of Sabah is Kota Kinabalu.

[@LoveDiveChannel]

That. Was. Epic.

[@HaniSiKucing]

Wang Kelian is definitely not in Padang Besar

[@blueshirt26]

Terengganu is NOT KELANTAN'S LITTLE BROTHER. It has its own identity and culture separate from Kelantan. There are more differences between Kelantan and Terengganu than there are between Perak and Johor!

[@blueshirt26]

Perlis and Penang are the true Kedah's little brothers and sisters. Kelantan and Terengganu are more like cousins rather than siblings. Terengganuan culture is more similar to Pahang than they are to Kelantan.

[@shanicestella2226]

I guess that episode should conducted in 20 minute for satisfying yet conprehension explanation , not need to be as long as Indonesia one

[@TheVideomaker2341]

6:42 This kind of gave me a chuckle. The double tone here😆😆😆. But you’re infinitely way better at pronouncing words in many different language than I do 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@GeographyNow]

Vietnamese language is just… I can’t. I’m sorry. But… I can’t

[@C_hoffmanni]

Back for round 2

[@ahmetskart]

You can try 7 regions(Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean, Central Anatolia, Black Sea, Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia regions) in Türkiye🇹🇷

[@Scarlazer]

The sound at the beginning nearly killed me

[@terrylin6758]

Still waiting on the Chinese administrative divisions episode. Gonna be a fun one.

[@TheVideomaker2341]

Vietnam is indeed an interesting country. Just like almost every country, each country has their own distinct regions with their own distinct cultures, history, peoples, etc. Once again, great video Barbs as usual! Keep doing the great work! Looking forward to more of your work in the future! Take care!

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video and the channel as well! Really appreciate it

[@boredom9585]

Can’t wait for the episode

[@quanglac3818]

appreciate the efforts into pronouncing some of the names

[@jouwenlee7829]

Just came back from 1-week family holiday in Vietnam, visiting the mid Vietnam area - Da Nang, Hue, Hoi An. Interesting places with large Chinese and Hindu footprints from the past. Different from what I experience from business traveling to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Thanks for the video.

[@2AntsBro]

Great video, thank you guys from a Vietnamese.

[@GeographyNow]

I appreciate it!

[@Timbmusicaaa]

The thing that I found interesting about Vietnam is, how the 2 sides of Vietnam were back in the day (North and South) and how people from the north live in countries like, Czechia and Hungary, and people from the south live in the US and The Netherlands for example, I absolutely love this country, for it's interesting history, amazing food, and great people

[@GeographyNow]

Exactly, and I wish I could’ve expanded a little bit more on the ideological differences prewar time, But again, the video was already pretty long and that’s a topic that can go on and on forever

[@wowza1928]

I only re watched this video because is help the KZbin algorithm push this video to more people.

[@leshokkills]

Was looking for the first “Du Má” comment but I guess I’ll be the first 😂 great video can’t wait for the full Vietnam episode. Been waiting for this one

[@kimturner1963]

Beautiful country!

[@cebanmihai47]

Hey Barbs! I wanna know where do you announce your next trips cause I live in Chisinau, Moldova and I found out too late that you've been there, and I wanted to meet you, cause I am following you since 2020 and I never really thought you would ever come to Moldova.

[@GeographyNow]

Depending on the situation, I may or may not announce them, especially if it is a secret project I want to reveal later versus a project where I actually need locals to be involved in the episode. For Moldova, the project was way too fast paced and I literally did not have any time to meet anybody because we had so much driving to do and we had problems at the border which made things even more complicated. So sorry man, maybe potentially in the future there could be another meet up

[@ricky99la]

Do the states of Mexico 🇲🇽 next!

[@yoshilfer]

Hey barbs, can you make a video about the 212 municipalities of Slovenia

[@shanicestella2226]

The Upcoming Thailand or Phillipine province video , i think that should done in 40-50 minutes duration

[@namdo5550]

Hi Barb! I think there is a mistake that "Saigon was the capital of French Indochina". It was the first major city that the French captured in Vietnam. But when they fully colonised Vietnam (in which they took totally control Cocochine ( South VietNam) and Tonkin (North VietNam), they choose Hanoi as the capital of French Indochine with the Presidential Palace (built in 1900-1960). Therefor, you can see there are many French architecture in both Saigon and Hanoi

[@TheVideomaker2341]

Final comment in this video before I shut up 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣. If possible, can you do a video of the administrative divisions for Bangladesh? I think that would be an interesting video. They’re not that many divisions but each division is rich in its history, culture, peoples, etc. I think it would be a very fascinating video since my family comes from Bangladesh. Would really appreciate it if you did. But anyways and for the final time for this video, have a good one Barbs!

[@GeographyNow]

I already answered someone else that had a similar question, the next administrative division video will be an African country, I’m going to ask all you guys which one you would like to do see and then I will put the most popular countries in a poll to vote on!

[@StaryKomornik]

You could make all Poland provinces explained video

[@heavymetal73295]

You should do regions of the Philippines

[@TheVideomaker2341]

11:13 I can’t believe there is such thing as “Weasel Coffee” 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣. But to each their own I guess.

[@GeographyNow]

You must try it is seriously the best, the worst day of my life is when I run out and need to restock

[@hoanglanngonguyen6623]

And the largest province in northern central, still doesn't fix: Nghe An, not Thanh Hoa

[@efjikmgekm9965]

Hey, Barbs. I don't really have much to say but I just wanted to thank you since you made me get into Geography, 9 years ago and it's my main interest lol. Well, if you ever come to my home country of Bangladesh, i could help you out. If I have to ask a question, what thing about Geography Now do you regret the most or find the most embarrassing? Has there ever been a video/series you really wanted to do but chose not to? If you could redo Geography Now, would you make any changes?

[@GeographyNow]

Hey man, definitely plan to go to Bangladesh, actually after the Zimbabwe episode India and Bangladesh are at the top of my “to go to list“- As for your question, I’m pretty content with how the channel is, the only thing I regret is that the earlier episodes didn’t have as much information as the later episodes

[@efjikmgekm9965]

@@GeographyNow Nice! Hopefully you get to see the rural areas and yeah, it's quite hard to see the video of my own country since it feels so dated and short.

[@spookyengie735]

It was greating seeing you cover the region of Vietnam as a pre-text for the vietnam episode but this video have a lots of incorrect information. I do hope you consider redoing the episode with more research again since a lot of the fact are either wrong or slightly off. Some could be consider offensive.

[@djmchap2673]

With the Zambia video coming in the future, how about a Zamrock legend like Jagari Chanda or Rikki Ililonga as a guest? (For context: Zamrock was a psychedelic rock movement in 1970s Zambia combining it with African traditions. Really cool music, and now it's getting a revival!!)

[@GeographyNow]

Well NOW I know about it because you just taught me. Thank you!

[@DPGgfunk]

Poor Barbs Had to reupload and reupload.. Hope you get some Views Back on it ❤️

[@bosskaloi]

Finally, vietnam!❤

[@abacaxi.maldoso]

Hey Barbs we need some of that for European touristic champions like Greece, France and Italy

[@edvard-swift3645]

Yessssss

[@trungduong4040]

I really enjoy the Vietnam episode as I'm from Vietnam. It's so cool to watch about my country after waiting for 7-8 years or so. Definitely looking forward to Yemen as it is a very interesting country but currently going through a lot right now. I just hope that after Zimbabwe, places like Taiwan, Kosovo, Somaliland would have their own episode. Regardless of politics, I see them pretty much as separate countries, Somaliland is doing much better than Somalia, and Taiwan is a success story. The recent earthquake proved how advanced Taiwan is, minimal damage for a strong earthquake like that.

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you, and I’m glad that you liked the Vietnam episode as a Vietnamese person! That is seriously what I strive to do, to make the people of the country at least “somewhat satisfied“ of the country episodes, even though I may make a few mistakes here and there. I strive for at least 84% approval, lol😂

[@auhsoj3adie]

Hey Barb, I bet my Vietnamese mum would love to cook you some food if you're ever in the UK!

[@GeographyNow]

Well, kind of weird that I would have to go to the UK for Vietnamese food, but hey! I won’t complain If it ever actually happens!!

[@ebixq]

do the cities of scotland

[@theclouds6667]

Greetings Mr. Paul, I Will like to suggest an explanation of Somalia regions or go all the way and make it about all territories Somalis live in the Horn of Africa. After all you like complicated things and territories.

[@GeographyNow]

Do you know what? Africa is actually the next continent I will be doing administrative division video on, i’m going to do a poll asking my subscribers on which country they would like me to do, and I will add Somalia to the list! Now let’s see what the subscribers say!

[@herlandsalazar896]

Hey! Can I visit you in Los Angeles in August for some hours? I'm from Santa Cruz (eastern Bolivia close to Brazil) Recently I got my US Visa but I don't know anyone in California. You've inspired me since 2015, first episode!

[@GeographyNow]

It depends on my schedule, I’m not sure if I will be traveling during that time or not, but if I am free why not? And welcome to the USA! Congrats on getting your visa!

[@herlandsalazar896]

@@GeographyNow well, in 3 weeks I'm gonna be in Detroit, then Miami, but Los Angeles in August. I'll email you days before that. Thanks!

[@mustardseedacademy7464]

Finally youre in my country🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jasm361]

Da Lat is like Baguio in the Philippines but with more French influence 😊 same elevation and same climate

[@GeographyNow]

Yeah… When you put it that way I guess so!