Vietnam: East or Southeast Asian?

[@user_chestnut]

Vietnam a country where East Asia meets Southeast Asia.

[@trinh1807]

@The Fiend Vietnam is Southeast asia!! Not East Asia!! Only culture belong East Asia.

[@ThangNguyen-hd2ym]

Việt tộc (người Kinh) có nguồn gốc Đông Á nhưng phải di cư xuống phía Nam do bị Hán tộc chiếm đất .Vậy nên về mặt văn hóa xã hội và con người thì Việt Nam là một nước Đông Á chỉ có vị trí địa lý là nằm ở Đông Nam Á.

[@trinh1807]

@@ThangNguyen-hd2ym Người Kinh là người ĐNA, người Kinh ở VN sống ở miền bắc VN sẵn rồi chứ không có di cư đi đâu cả. Thậm chí miền nam TQ cũng vẫn là đông nam Á, chỉ có vắn hóa là thuộc đông Á thôi. Ngôn lù xuyên tạc lịch sử.

[@ThangNguyen-hd2ym]

@@trinh1807 .Vây chắc ngoại hình của bạn nhìn giống Campuchia Indonesia Malaysia nên mới nói như vậy phải không

[@trinh1807]

@@ThangNguyen-hd2ym VN lai với TQ nên nhìn trắng hơn các tộc khơ me với cổ Mã lai nhưng nguồn gốc người Việt là di từ nam Á đến định cư ở đông nam Á gồm miền bắc VN và miền nam TQ, địa lý và dân tộc của VN hoàn toàn là đông nam Á nhưng lai với TQ nên có làn da sáng hơn.

[@tamdo2110]

Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia, but culture, customs, customs, cuisine, lifestyle, architecture are similar to East Asia.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Seems like a lot of people agree with your opinion!

[@tamdo2110]

@@LeftHandedAsians That's the truth you are. so many people have the same opinion

[@DragonflyPlus]

​@@cudanmang_theog you are fool Vietnamese cultrure from begining was Dong son cultrure, it was not Southeast Asian culture because, it spearded from south china to north Vietnam.

[@hoangquantran6064]

@@cudanmang_theog Vietnam is an East Asian culture and Confucianism. Southeast Asia belongs to Indian culture.

[@yueaine7671]

@@cudanmang_theog We used to call you “南蛮”Don't worry, Japan and Korea are all “东夷”Three unfilial sons Dad don't care

[@baohoangtruong1586]

Vietnam is a special country, it locates in Southeast Asia but its location on the cultural map is within East Asian Cultural Circle.

[@tuananhdoankim3597]

@Ebrar Yoshi That would likely happen if Vietnam were colonized by Western. But in reality we were invaded and colonized by France for nearly 100y. But before that 1000y by China. So the East-Asia culture sinking deeply and hard to change.

[@xky8124]

@@cudanmang_theog the poop of sinosphire is vietnam

[@joohyun2184]

It's funny how not many Viets know that

[@IronKurone]

@@cudanmang_theog tự hủy hay đaya

[@joohyun2184]

Cư dân Mạng ok then compare us to Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and the rest of southeast Asia they are all Indian influenced, but Vietnam was influenced and colonised by chinese. It's clear that we are way different to the other southeast asians. Therefore we have East Asian culture there aren't many Hindus and Muslims in Vietnam because of Buddhism and Taoism long ago. Why the hell do we have tet? It's influenced by China. Yes I may be Hoa, but my friends who are Indonesian, Korean, Vietnamese and thai agree that Vietnam is part of East Asian culture

[@tinypenguinhk]

Short answer: culturally East Asia, geographically Southeast Asia

[@harryy33]

I was going to say the same thing👍🏻

[@tananansad]

thanks lmao

[@LEMINH-wq7ef]

not really tho The culture is kinda shifting from EA to SEA towards the south tho

[@zot2698]

But Vietnamese loves spicy food - so they are Southeast Asians. Southeast Asians love spicy food!

[@LEMINH-wq7ef]

@@zot2698 stereoypes

[@KASTYMOfficial]

A meaningful video, I appreciate and very like what you introduce our country to international friends, you can visit Vietnam someday, I'm sure you will have the best experience exciting! Thank you for giving us a meaningful video! Your voice is very warm, I love you!

[@thumtlnguyen3626]

Học văn phạm Anh ngữ ở đâu thầy nào dạy mà viết " very like", " best experience exciting".

[@cachep17]

​@@thumtlnguyen3626 cừ ỉa độp độp 😂

[@thumtlnguyen3626]

@@cachep17 Thầy dốt thì trò dốt. Cháu của tôi học thêm tiếng Anh ở trung tâm Dương Minh Sài Gòn. Tôi mở xem sách học của cháu thì thấy trường đại học sư phạm dịch là Teacher University. Còn báo tuổi trẻ dịch phim Enemies at the gates là Kẻ Thù Ngoài Cổng và phim Rapid Fire là Bắn Nhanh.

[@cachep17]

@@thumtlnguyen3626 giống tiếng anh bồi 😨

[@МихайлоВербицький-ф9л]

I think personally Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country, but when looking at the culture, my mind blows up to realize how similar Vietnam is to China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

[@lizyliz970]

Vietnam is definitely Southeast Asia but heavily influenced by Chinese culture as they were ruled by China for 1000 years.

[@Chilneun]

Id use the "sinosphere" word instead of sea/ea

[@vuquangminh6482]

@@lizyliz970 We invented Lunar New Year. Not Chinese

[@lizyliz970]

@@vuquangminh6482 Who are you?

[@vuquangminh6482]

@@lizyliz970 Uh... I am Groot joke, I am a Vietnamese dude

[@snowwhitecattv5731]

Love you Vietnam...Don't listen to some Racist People and comments here...atleast SE asian is living in Harmony and peacefully We also have Conflict Identity too...It's like ARE FILIPINOS ASIAN, HISPANIC OR PACIFIC ISLANDER??? Actually yeah we're SE Asian HAHAHAHA

[@eduardochavacano]

???? make no sense.

[@nghiemduonghung9750]

You are right, lets make ASEAN thriving together. I never seen anyone saying that Vietnam is East Asia irl despite living in the center of Ha Noi myself. SEA people can be different in ethnic, language, culture, religion but we can respect each other, that's more important than other things.

[@GyacoYu]

Nope the Lunar New Year were made by Italians.

[@Hahahaha_777]

Here we go again with hispanic wannabe 😒

[@13gan]

In a way, the Philippines is a Hispanic country, which by the way simply mean that they are strongly influenced by Spanish culture and historical ties. That doesn't mean they are not Asian, just like how Hongkongers are Anglo-Chinese. As for Pacific-Islanders, that would depend on how you define that term as technically you could say that the maritime SEA which include the whole of Indonesia as Pacific region.

[@herokawasaki2904]

I agree with you about Vietnam being both, and I think that your facts are very accurate ! Thanks for the informative video!

[@quantrinhhong3125]

The reasons why Vietnam belongs to Southeast Asia: geographical location, climate, economic region. Reasons why Vietnam belongs to East Asia: culture, traditional costumes, people, society, politics, most of their history, writing (kanji, chu nom, romaji-latin are three types) script in Vietnam), although tomaji is used, it does not mean that romaji is considered unique, it is only used a lot and is common, so don't misunderstand, a lot of Vietnamese people pay attention to kanji and nom... Vietnam is special, this country is very impressive.

[@hoangle2897]

In term of climate, North Vietnam is much different. Only region of SEA is subtropical with 4 seasons. Unless Vietnam had reached to the South, the Northern part would have been absolutely considered as East Asia

[@sart3735]

Your culture is not East Asian. I dun see the same discipline and intensity in Vietnamese. Vietnamese dun look East Asians. Most of you are small and short, very typical southeast Asian. I can spot Vietnamese features. Darker eyes and thicker lips. Even those with fair skin still look Vietnamese to me.

[@quangduong535]

Việt Nam dùng kanji😂😂😂. Cười chết tôi mất

[@quantrinhhong3125]

@@quangduong535 Hiểu tiếng Anh không bn ??? ý tôi là đã đừng dùng kanji bn à, hàn việt bây h tuy không dùng nhưng chữ hán vẫn ảnh hưởng rất lớn. Cho bớt xàm lại. Việt nam hiện tại đã có 3 hệ thống văn tự đã hoặc đang sử dụng. Hán và nôm là hai trên ba. Vậy thôi.

[@quantrinhhong3125]

@@sart3735 you mean you see cham and Khmer people in the center and the south of vienam and got it like the common southeast Asia ? 🤣🤣🤣 Shouldn't like that, you have to see more, learn more vietnam's history when you want to say anything about it. Please. Remember, Japanese before the ww2 also like vietnamese, but they get too much of milk and "take care" of theirself more. The Chinese have been mixing a lot of the blood of mongo and manzhou people in their history, which main east asia people do you taking to compare with ???

[@IzAhKaYaH]

As A Filipino, It’s Nice To Know About Our ASEAN Neighbors. And Yes, Vietnam Is Located In Southeast Asia But Culturally East Asia. Love Your Videos ^^ Hope You Post More. Salamat Po ^^

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you! Glad you're enjoying them :)

[@GiaBao-gr2zd]

Love from Vietnam bro ❤

[@abcd-pe4wy]

It is only related to China, but there is another idiot who includes Japan and Korea as well. Culturally, it is not East Asia, but the Greater China region. Think about it. Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean cultures have nothing in common and are completely different.

[@MinhNguyen-fi6fb]

@@abcd-pe4wyjapan and korea culture have been significantly influenced by chinese culture throughout history, if you say just because there are differences that they aren’t related together then vietnamese culture has many differences with chinese as well

[@tee228]

if vietnam is east asian because it has some chinese influence then cambodia is south asian? using this logic, we can just kick any country out of SEA. philippines is now european/east asian because of spanish and chinese influence. indonesia is now west asian because of islamic influence. none of this makes sense right? SEA will be SEA, doesnt matter what culture it takes influence from

[@minhdoan7702]

To those who say Southern Vietnam is more influenced by SEA culture than the North, thats not true. There are many more Hoa people (VNese people of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry) living in the South than the North. The Hoa people arent considered an ethnic minority because they share many similarities to the Vietnamese culture. There is a whole populated district 5 in HCMC that consists mostly of Hoa people. The Hoa people scatter across many Southern Vietnam regions but in the North you can only find a few of them in Bac Giang and Quang Ninh. Being borned and raised in HCM city with my mother being Hoa as her grandfather migrated from Guangzhou to Vietnam at the end of the Qing Dynasty, I can attest that the South belongs to the East Asian cultural sphere as much as the the North does. There are indeed some remnants of the Champa civilization in Middle Vietnam and Mekong Delta regions and more Khmer people live in the South than in the North, but the Khmers only take up 1,37% of Vietnamese population. Most of Southern Vietnamese are Kinh people who originally came from the North and developed a different dialect overtime. Very rarely there is someone borned from Khmer-Kinh parents because the Khmers mostly marry their own kind. When we talk about cultural sphere, its about the arts, traditions, cuisine, and literature and only very small groups of people in Southern Vietnam celebrate anything related to SEA cultural. Whereas most of the major festivals, traditions and buildings in the South are overwhemingly influenced by East Asian culture. In fact, you can even find much more French influence in HCMC and Da Lat than SEA culture.

[@janishy.4392]

indeed

[@TALK-is1qd]

yeah you are right

[@danghoangluong2942]

There are so many people in the South who have Chinese blood.

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

You say "Southeast Asian" as if it's this unified, monolithic culture when they can be vastly different from each other. If you Viets look down on SEA so much, then leave ASEAN

[@eqmknguyen2251]

Southeast Asia in the Mekong River Vietnam is very strong, they are more easily active than the North, the Cham community here is very active in Islam, which is not seen in the North of Vietnam

[@KnotChinese]

A very thoughtful video. The only flaw l noticed, was in stating that the Latin alphabet was introduced by the French. It was actually introduced by the Portuguese. Vietnam does actually have Theravada, but Mahayana dominates most of the country. In many ways, we can see Vietnam as a sponge, that has soaked up influences from many cultures and nations.

[@brianl6128]

But only a minority, and most of them are ethnic minorities such as Cham and Khmer

[@khai-yuenloh669]

Well researched and educational. Vietnam is one of my favorite places to visit.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you so much! Hope to visit one day

[@andynguyen6668]

I’m glad you made this video, I was offended when people like my ap world history teacher categorizes Vietnam as theverada who uses Indic scripts because they are usually categorize as southeast Asian

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Hopefully it can be useful to others, like your AP World teacher, haha :)

[@the_invincible8494]

Đọc comment của bạn mà thấy tức luôn

[@justtalkingaboutnothing]

There is a large vietnamese population that associates with theverada including me.

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

@@justtalkingaboutnothing Mostly in the South. You're right.

[@DuckPhlegmDota]

seems like your teacher doesn't know a lot about se asia if they're generlising the entire region to theverada bhuddhism and indic scripts lol

[@purplebunny2349]

1. Culturally, Vietnam is Sinospheric as it belongs to Sinosphere (East Asian Cultural Sphere). Vietnamese people had been being affected by Confucism and Daoism, they used to use Hantu (Chinese script, known as Hanja in Korean and Kanji in Japanese) to write their language, their traditional costumes (aodai, aonguthan, aotuthan, aonhatbinh, aogiaolinh) are all fairly similar to other Sinospheric countries. Sinospheric countries use moon calendar, share same festivals and their vocabularies are similar as well. Meanwhile, the rest of mainland SE Asia is culturally affected by India. 2. Geographically, Vietnam is actually Southeast Asian. Despite that, Northern Vietnam’s climate has many similarities with the climate of southern China and can be said to be rather colder than the rest of the SEA. There were records of winter snowfall in most of the region until the 13th century, today the extent of snowfall has narrowed to the northwest.

[@calloutmccallout3623]

Aodai is not east asian lol

[@purplebunny2349]

Callout McCallout aodai is derived from aotuthan (Chunom: 襖四身, Hantu: 四身袄), aodai and aotuthan are both Sinospheric costumes.

[@conho4898]

​@@purplebunny2349 ao dai is derived from Qing dynasty high collar, not ao tu than...

[@loclam3791]

Just said both south or east plz

[@nghihuynh2007]

@@calloutmccallout3623 damn u dumb

[@svtbtstxten-got7skz3]

Vietnam is our brother. One ASEAN

[@nghiemduonghung9750]

East Asian all hate each other, ASEAN is way better 💪

[@CaranLonde]

@Nhu Le Thi SEAns have a weird relationship with one another that just works. We love taking shit about each other and insulting each other but we'll almost always be there for one another when a tragedy is happening.

[@officialphobia7755]

@Nhu Le Thi Love from Malaysia!🇲🇾❤️🇻🇳

[@officialphobia7755]

@@CaranLonde Relatable tho🤣🤣🤣 Agree!

[@taufanimampratama4454]

@@CaranLonde ASEAN member states have this sibling rivalries that is what you called Love/Hate relationship but then we unite when it comes to other foreign intervention. Fight one of us and everyone will be ready to rescue. thats why the only one can talk shit about ASEAN country is fellow ASEAN country hahahha

[@bilguun9365]

Next time: "Mongolia: Central or East Asian?"

[@LeftHandedAsians]

That'd be an interesting topic to explore!

[@Will-sq3ip]

I’ve been wondering that myself. Besides geography and culture. One thing that separate Mongolians and East Asians is they eat dairy product such as cheese, yogurt, and horse milk alcoholic drink called airag or kumis. So, dairy in their diet makes them more Central Asian.

[@OboeWhizzy]

@@Will-sq3ip Some other East Asians eat dairy products too, like how Tibetans also have lots of cheese and milk in their diet. And Vietnamese people eat flan, plus southern Chinese food often has cream or cheese in it too (idk if that's from British influence though)

[@Will-sq3ip]

@@OboeWhizzy I didn’t know Tibetans dairy. I think dairy in East Asian cuisine is kind of recent thing even for a few centuries. Brought in by Western influence. Today, East Asians do eat dairy but not in the more traditional Asian cooking. In fact, I use coconut milk instead (animal) milk because my parents prefer that way, both taste and texture.

[@OboeWhizzy]

@@Will-sq3ip Yeah Tibetans consume a lot of dairy because of the climate they live in and the difficulty of growing crops during some parts of the year. Tibetans mostly consume dairy from bovine livestock and goats/sheep, and they have cream, cheese, and milk in their dishes and drinks! (Disclaimer: I'm not Mongolian myself! But my parents are from a part of China with a large Mongolian population and grew up with lots of classmates and teachers of Mongolian descent) My idea for why Mongolians could be considered a central Asian country instead of East Asian is that it's heavily influenced by Russia, and has adopted Cyrillic script for its language rather than Mongolian script which is only used in Inner Mongolia (part of China). In that regard, I'd say it could be considered similar to a country like Kazakhstan. I guess the difference is that most central Asian countries are Muslim, whereas Mongolia is not. That would put it closer to the Sinosphere or Buddhist-inspired East Asian countries. Geographically, Mongolia also has more similarities with central Asia. It's mostly desert and grassland, and typically has a cold and arid climate, unlike the other East Asian countries. Mongolians also farm and domesticate animals similarly to other central Asian cultures (maybe? I'm not super sure on this). But historically, Mongolia was more often a part of various Chinese empires and kingdoms than independent or a part of Russia. So that would also bring it closer to being East Asian.

[@HEKC815]

Well is it really that important lol Vietnam is Vietnam they have thier own unique culture and stuff. Even countries in East Asia have differences in many things since hisotry is just too complex. Kudos to quality videos tho!

[@Taffee]

Indonesian here. Personally I think from the information given in this video that Vietnam is (for the most part) East Asian, if not at least culturally. This is kinda the problem with defining sub-continents and regions with modern-day political borders - it just isn't representative of the situation most of the time. Anyway love from Indonesia! edit: so a bunch of y'all are telling me Vietnam is definitely southeast Asia. I guess that is a valid point seeing it borders other southeast Asian countries and has some cultural aspects more akin to southeast Asia. I dunno not an expert by any means.

[@Taffee]

@Nhu Le Thi sounds great

[@Taffee]

@Miranda lambert I've never heard Bhutan classified as part of SEA but ok I guess. Whatever floats yer boat

[@바보Queen]

i consider us east asian culturally.. despite the location..

[@ayt_1897]

what do Indonesians generally think of Vietnamese East asian culture?

[@mimim6015]

@@Taffee You can't be East Asian unless your actually living in the East Asian Geographic Regions.... Vietnam is South East Asian, (living in SEA geographic climate, with the northern part of SEA Vietnam being home to the Vietnamese for 2000+ and the southern part of SEA Vietnam being home to the Vietnamese people for 200+ years

[@Camboninja94]

I'm half-Khmer, (technically 3/8ths, with an 8th of Vietnamese thrown in). I've always found Southeast Asia's ethnic diversity to be very interesting. The entire peninsula is heavily culturally influenced by India whereas Vietnam has clearly seen some heavy Sinification over the centuries. I've always attributed that to them being on the coast and maritime trade with China.

[@tonythvch3500]

I’m mostly Khmer, a quarter Viet and an 8th Chinese. My mom’s village in south Vietnam is very diverse, there are Khmer, Vietnamese and Chinese people living amongst each other.

[@Camboninja94]

​@@tonythvch3500 that's one thing I've always thought is cool about SE Asian cultures, how there's so many people with different languages/traditions/religions etc who are generally just respectful to each other

[@Kpop_stole_foids_fromcurrycell]

barbaruan

[@Kpop_stole_foids_fromcurrycell]

cambo = barbarian@@Camboninja94

[@ngandang96]

we are both haha, we love the combination of the personality traits of Southest Asia and the culture of East Asia

[@christopherlujan8102]

Thank you for making this and speaking so clearly and thoughtfully. This in particular has made me fall in love again with Vietnam. I was enamored for some time and then became somewhat disconnected and confused about what frustration I felt living there for some time. I think in truth it was extremely difficult to sometimes relate too because of just how middle country it is in the perspective you so nicely broke down here. Being American but having lived in Japan and in Kuwait around Muslim countries. Vietnam was truly interesting and very difficult to rapidly adapt to or classify so as to be able to better relate to it. But then I never thought about it like you have and this video really helps me see it and be able to accept it in a much better light!!!!

[@Aikunle78]

I am a black lay Sinologist. Been interested in China and the Far East because of that legend (Bruce Lee 李小龙), who hit and left our world ever so shortly. Interestingly, I also view Vietnam as somewhat as close to China as it is to the South East. The Viet people are even mentioned in Chinese Classics that date back to the 1st and 2nd Century AD. And a Vietnamese Genius, Master Nguyễn An （阮安) was majorly involved in the architecture and building Forbidden City in Beijing during the Ming (明) dynasty. Fascinating and informative video - Thanks for sharing

[@thumtlnguyen3626]

@Miranda lambert According wiki , history of forbidden city main architects were Cao Din, Nguyen An ( a Vietnamese eunuch), Kuai Xiang, Lu Xiang and others. So Wiki lies?

[@thumtlnguyen3626]

@Miranda lambert First off, the lady clearly said he participated in the design and construction. She did not say it was only him. Eunuch was invented by Chinese in the first place if my memory serves me right. It's fair to say thousands of Chinese eunuches way before him and only one Anam eunuch who was forced it was much better than voluntary compared to Chinese eunuch. In the old time, Chinese were stronger and colonized weaker and smaller Vietnam and tried so hard to assimilate. And that's what it was in the course of history. We are still standing. Han Chinese successfully assimilated lots of tribes in China but it failed terribly for 1000 years. We know you're stronger economically and military but we still have our country, language unlike Southern tribes Teo Chew, Cantonese, Hai Nan were totally assimilated forced to speak Mandarin. Regarding borrowing, we all borrow from somewhere to progress. Japan, Korea borrow. China is not an exception. Don't tell me China doesn't copy from western military technologies, Russian spaceship, submarine, western skyscrapers, expressway, airports, western medical diagnostics and surgies. Doesn't China today wear western clothing style in daily activities?

[@dongle4271]

@Miranda lambert little kung-flu, trying on real world wide web ones.

[@justiceglobal1277]

don't worry , modern China has no interest in invading Vietnam, we turn to be people's friend and make money by trading with them, but you have to say once somone took a territory from others it would be very difficult for the previous owner to take it back , the world is still a black Forest and, only the strong ones voice and wishes could be heard

[@nguyentrongduy9467]

Theo các sách về lịch sử loài người, Việt Nam là hậu duệ của những người Đông Á di cư xuống phía nam. Việt Nam tuy có vị trí trong khu vực Đông Nam Á nhưng văn hóa và nguồn gốc của nó là Á Đông. Do chiến tranh, dân tộc Việt Nam chưa thể phát triển như các nước Đông Á, nhưng trong tương lai Việt Nam sẽ trở thành cường quốc như Trung Quốc, Nhật Bản, Hàn Quốc.

[@ylXX18mUkZsx]

Vietnam’s the Turkey of East/SE Asia 😳

[@huwenkai440]

It's less than that of Turkey. Turkey joins many European competitions and sports, but culturally it lacks any formal connection to Europe and most Turks still refer them Asians

[@hank4920]

Cannot compare tiny Vietnam to the former Ottoman Empire, Attaturk had industrialized Turkey the way Japan did in 19th century. Vietnam was a backward and weak country, it could not win over the French or the US without help from the Chinese and the Soviet Union.

[@tungmeiali1036]

@@hank4920 Oh really, compare two so modern weapons with a feudal country that doesn't have any modern weapons :)? But why wait and see, Vietnam will be in the top 20 largest economies in the world by 2050 :))

[@GachaLord]

@@hank4920 thank you Captain Obvious, everybody have absolutely no idea that Vietnam couldnt win without Soviet&China support because it fought against the United States. And meanwhile Ottoman Empire got its ass whooped by everyone in the first Balkan war and ww1 so hard it broke apart after 700 years of existing.

[@hobog]

@@hank4920 it was definitely the leader in victory against France and USA, fighting for independence more than communism, a desire unfairly dismissed prior at the Treaty of Versailles. Later had to fight off a PLA invasion from China

[@polytechnika]

Your channel is so underrated

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you so much!!

[@whiteetoile8416]

Culture - east asia (Chinese) Location - SEA

[@sart3735]

😂. Not at all. I dun see the same ambitions and drive in Vietnamese. They are socialist and laid back.

[@conho4898]

Really good video! You did much more research than the average Westerners making videos about Vietnam. I just wanna add on that it wasn't just the last dynasty that called itself the Middle Kingdom, but many previous dynasties as well. Hope you can make more videos about Vietnamese cultural history like you did with Ryukyu!

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thanks! I hope that my video is accurate and that Vietnamese people like it. I wanted to give Westerners a better idea of what Vietnam is like, so I hope I'm not giving them a wrong picture of the country I hope to make more videos for culture! I'll just have to do a lot more research And thank you for your reply. I didn't know many other Vietnamese dynasties also called themselves the Middle Kingdom :)

[@mayoau8518]

@@LeftHandedAsians Chinese architecture is influenced by Vietnam, not Vietnam is influenced by China. The Forbidden City was built by a Vietnamese architect

[@HoaNguyen-wq1ye]

​@@mayoau8518 Ngáo à? Chỉ có 1 phần Tử Cấm Thành Trung Quốc do Nguyễn An giám sát xây dựng (không phải tất cả). Nói kiến trúc TQ ảnh hưởng bởi VN lại càng ngáo. Tự hào dân tộc là tốt nhưng đừng có mù quáng.

[@DucaTech]

@@mayoau8518 Designed you mean. It takes thousands of people to build the Forbidden City. But yes you are correct that a Vietnamese Eunuch was in service to the Emperor Yong Le.

[@vietfocus555]

Didn't you guys pay attention to the detail he pointed out? If Vietnam didn't have the southward expansion and remained only the northern part, then Vietnam could have been part of east asia geographically, too. The original Vietnamese stock from the north with the influence of the 1000 years under the different Chinese dynasties eat talk and study just like east asians. The video clearly pointed out that belief system, education, and family structure clearly follow Confucius just like China Japan, and Korea. Vietnamese is even closer to china in term of langue features for being tonal, where korean and Japanese are not. Vietnamese and Chinese languages is SVO: Subject Verb Object. Where as korean and Japanese are SOV: Subject Object Verb. Clearly Vietnam without the southern expansion is east asian, period. However after gaining independence in 10th century, the original stock intermarried native central and south Vietnamese such as champa..khemer ( Cambodian). So because of this, central and southern Vietnamese have south east asian admixtures. You can tell this fact by looking at northern viets. They look more like people from honghong or quangxi. Where as central and southern viets still look east asians but some parts looked mixed, giving them a distinct appearance. The sense that Vietnamese feel they also part of southeast asians because of the southern expansion and the intermarriage. Political and geographical labeling don't matter much because if you look at the case of white Americans, they are called Americans but they are genetically European. So just like the author of this video said Vietnamese are east asians.

[@faustinuskaryadi6610]

That's why Sinosphere is the better term for the cultural sphere than East Asia. Mongolia is technically East Asian but cultural wise they are not Sinophere except sinicized Inner Mongolia in China. Vietnam on other hand is part of Sinosphere because heavily sinicized, even ultra nationalist Vietnamese hate it, they can't run away from reality that Vietnam even more sinicized than Korea and Japan.

[@vietfocus555]

@@faustinuskaryadi6610 that is true. Although it is the most correct term to describe the vietnam situation a lot ò people are not familiar with it, unfortunately. They are so used to the recent geopolitical terms such as east asia or south east asians...ect. But yeah Vietnam is heavily influenced by china. That is just fact. I am Vietnamese myself and i agree. I actually got 15% Han genetics from my grandma traced back to Henan...and 85% Vietnamese, which my dad's side traced back to central Vietnam.

[@MyMelody5]

It’s funny that Vietnam wants to be part of this group so bad but I can see Japan and Korea not caring about this.

[@vietfocus555]

@@MyMelody5 Or you wish that Vietnam wants to claim to be part of east asia. Tourists from china, japan, korea see the chinese influence in Vietnam. They notice the similarities of certain Vietnamese cultural components similar to theirs such as the use of chopsticks, Confucius in family structure. Politically you think japan korea feel superior to Vietnamese that is why they don't care? That is understandable. Japanese felt superior to the whole Asia back in WW2 anyway. Its not new. Even Japanese and Koreans don't even like each other. And then Chinese hate Japanese. It is a mess. However more and more koreans and Japanese want to live in Vietnam for it is cheaper and explore new things. There is more to Vietnamese culture than just the sinosphere influence.

[@janishy.4392]

good explanation. i thought it was common sense that vietnam was associated with east asia. most vietnamese people i know don’t even KNOW that vietnam is southeast asia ahha

[@RivanFagli]

as indonesian, i can say the information about austronesian quoted in these video is true, and thanks, now i know more about vietnam culturally 👍

[@khanho2166]

...and we are asean ! greetings from Vietnam

[@pukyu1236]

Ya i'm indonesian too but i learn SE asian culture more.

[@ryumitsurugi2088]

This video is really inspiring and covers so many topics that paints the picture of what Asia is

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@G0dlol]

Hi, thanks for making this. Your approach is more of academic thesis with video, than video thesis which is very distinct but may be challenging for most to follow. The contents is all round top notch, definitely on par with Kurzgesagt and others. Wish you had put your references in the description though. Otherwise, great work here! Look forward to check out your other contents

[@nguyendinhthach1]

Well, this totally deserves a subscription

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you!

[@nhanpierre]

There is no such a thing as typical Southeast Asian culture or language. People in this region are extremely diverse. Therefore one cannot say Vietnamese culture is Southeast Asian, but Vietnam IS a Southeast Asian country, despite what influences on her culture.

[@ColoniaMurder20]

lol, do research about Austronesian culture.. we speak austronesian language, same culture, animism. shamanism, tattoos, great seafarers and etc.

[@nhanpierre]

@@ColoniaMurder20 in Vietnam alone there are different cultures: Kinh, Hoa, Khmer, Cham, Montagnards, etc.

[@FOLIPE]

It is incorrect to say that the Latin script was introduced to Vietnam by the French. It was introduced there by the Portuguese.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Whoops, thanks for catching that! I'll have to issue a correction

[@sgcl10658]

The French enforced it.

[@pruslippers]

It is correct to say that the modern alfabet language of Vietnam was introduced by a French missionary,Alexandre de Rhodes.

[@mahbtiu]

Yep de Rhodes and other couple Portuguese Jesuit missionaries!

[@ilFrancotti]

Latin alphabet was created by the Latin peoples, as the name suggests. I find incorrect to say "first used by the Romans", they made it, not just used it.

[@tungnguyennang4614]

Thanks for your time making this video, it is great and very informative. As a Vietnamese person, I find this topic is interesting but not really necessary to put Vietnam as a part of East or South East Asia. It is not a big deal and does not mean too much for us tbh because as you said, putting Vietnam as an East Asian country does not help Vietnam richer lul. We are striving to make more money and be wealthier just like other nations in the world. We welcome supports from all other countries that are willing to help us and bring us peace. Visit Vietnam when the pandemic situation gets better! For now, be save everyone!

[@doctorzaius8959]

I remember Vietnam in Asian Football Cup; nice team ! Greetings from Latin America

[@voi796]

Thank you so much

[@darientran6883]

I’m a Vietnamese-American. My parents are both Vietnamese. I’m 6 foot tall. My brother is 6’2 even taller and bigger than me. Vietnamese are not small or short. I think because of the weather and the foods in Vietnam make people shorter. I’m married to a Japanese wife. I like sushi, Korean bbq, boba. In the states, we are all Asian Americans. Anyway I would consider Vietnam is East Asia. I know most of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese who did not step outside their country and think they are bigger and smarter than Vietnamese. They are wrong. If you come to United States, you will see a lot of smart Vietnamese in a freedom society.

[@lanwilliams9536]

@Miranda lambert why are you speaking over an asian person on their ethnicity karen

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

Yeah, I'm not Vietnamese, but they're are many more tall Viets and other Asians in the US. Height is also influenced by diet and nutrition, not just genetics. Asians in US grow up with better nutrition than their parents so theyre taller

[@darientran6883]

@Miranda lambert I don’t need to make stuff up. I’m just giving the some facts too many stereotypes out there. I’m 100% Viet.

[@darientran6883]

@Miranda lambert it shows you don’t know anything about Vietnam. It is okay. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH_EdqSphayMeMU watch some of this. We are Namyue. South China is used to belong to our ancestors.

[@darientran6883]

@Miranda lambert en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanyue

[@lilhamster4043]

Our east asian culture doesn't make us east asian, let'z dance and have some durians my beloved sea 🇻🇳👯‍♀️🇸🇬👯🇵🇭👯‍♂️🇲🇾👯‍♂️🇱🇦

[@ColoniaMurder20]

we still see you as mini china. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@YenNhiNguyen-iv4ol]

​@@ColoniaMurder20Mini China ông cố nội mày

[@haNguyen-vv3qz]

Đông nam á hay đông á đối với tôi là chuyện bình thường , chúng tôi vẫn sống thoải mái ,tự do và hơn nữa tôi vẫn tự hào về lịch sử Việt Nam .Đất nước chúng tôi đang phát triển hằng ngày , và cũng cảm ơn video của bạn.

[@Haiz-n3o]

1 Video mà xem văn hóa của Việt Nam là của Trung Quốc thì không đáng để cảm ơn đâu !

[@gutyhuy3817]

@@Haiz-n3o He said all cultures are unique in the video, but obvious Vietnam is very influenced from China. Its not an insult, its just a fact.

[@Haiz-n3o]

@@gutyhuy3817 Can you distinguish the two words "Chinese" and "Bach Viet"? As you say, Indian culture throughout the Americas has its roots in water USA !

[@applebee3735]

@@Haiz-n3o Bach Viet is Chinese. Bach Viet is not a culture but a term used to group so many ethnic groups together to make it for easy reference. The definition of Han Chinese culture means blood and culture related.

[@Haiz-n3o]

@@applebee3735 😂

[@ABStravel]

_love beautiful vietnam_ 💚 & *_greeting from bali island_* 💚 _we're indonesia volcano & nationalpark tour organiser_

[@bawngtimkh9196]

I love your videos. Geographically Vietnam is South East Asian it is unlike any other South East Country. I find it very interesting that Vietnamese is an Austro Asiatic language like khmer (pronounced khmai, like Thai ) look forward to seeing more videos from you

[@lyphattai9808]

Austroasiatic orgin from South China.Cambodian and Mon is mixed with South Indian in the past.That's why they are darker than Vietnamese and Muong(they are austroasiatic too).

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

@@lyphattai9808 not true

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

người việt nam chúng tôi có nguồn gốc từ bách Việt , trong ngữ hệ nam á ngôn ngữ việt - mường chỉ có 3 dân tộc Việt , mường và thổ là có nguồn gốc từ bách Việt còn chứt thì không phải

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

@@lyphattai9808 người việt nam chúng tôi có nguồn gốc từ bách Việt , lãnh thổ hiện nay ở miền nam Trung Quốc , đảo hải Nam và đài Loan , ngữ hệ nam á chỉ có 3 dân tộc Việt , mường và thổ là hậu duệ của người bách Việt

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

ngôn ngữ là do người Pháp tạo ra , nhưng tôi thích dùng chữ viết việt nam bay giờ hơn , chúng tôi cũng có chữ viết riêng nhưng trong 1000 năm bắc thuộc bị đốt hết rồi

[@lildu4051]

Literally a professional video💟 Subscribed.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you so much for the compliment and the sub! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@abqduke]

The Apocryphal Twain: “Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

[@thaon2621]

abqduke haha true

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

@ꨓꨕ་ꨚꨝ་ꨆꨈ ꪒꪲꪐꪬ thank you

[@Rui-03]

Chinese people don't like Vietnamese at all. Would you stop stealing Chinese culture and be a Southeast Asian

[@ayt_1897]

@@Rui-03 troll

[@anonymousanonymous1786]

@@Rui-03 cannot agree more, Vietnam is definitely a southeast asian country

[@alittlechaos1279]

*Vietnam* Location: Southeast Asia Culture : East Asia

[@sart3735]

Nice joke from the Vietnamese.

[@klom15thailand]

As the latest Wikipedia context: Vietnam is located geographically in SEA but its people are SinoSpheric. Even if there are ancient Cham settled down in the central highland and the ancient Khmer settled down in the South delta of the Khong river. Their language is in the language family of Austroasiatic: Khmer, Mon, Viet, and sub-branches. There are some elderly Vietnamese called "Tao", and "Troung" as Chinese people that is different of them since ADE 10th

[@thanhsin12]

stupid, Vietnamese people are Kinh people from the Bach Viet ethnic group and according to research, the genes of Vietnamese people are completely different from Chinese people.

[@trinhhainam]

I accidentally came across this video. You understand Vietnamese history very well. Our ancestors are Bach Viet people from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi... today so it is normal for people in this area to feel familiar with the people and culture. Just like the Korean people originated in the Manchuria region - present-day China. I also noticed that compared to other countries in ASEAN, we are clearly different in skin color, hair, culture and cuisine. Let's ignore this, let's develop economic and cultural relationships together..., Thank you Admin for the good video.

[@abcd-pe4wy]

What's the difference between ASEAN and Vietnam, stupid friend? Skin color, culture, food, hair, you Vietnamese are the same as ASEAN. It's only related to China, but they're desperately trying to prove that it's somehow related to Korea and Japan.😂

[@sart3735]

I tot Vietnamese hate China, now claiming to be descendants of the Chinese. Because you want to be East Asians. Quit asean and join east Asia. See what China , Japan and SK think of you.

[@frankphan5784]

The fact is that we're MIXED of Viet-Han or Han-Viet, so are the Cantonese and Fu-jianese. Believe all you want but that is history.

[@janishy.4392]

thats why the vietnamese people are called "Kinh" coming from the Chinese word of Captial because of Han immigration. Native Vietnamese and Kinh vietnamese are different.

[@徐荣-j1i]

I am Chinese and I identify with Vietnam's East Asian identity. Because many cultures in Vietnam are similar to China, and the national spirit, the will to fight is strong, if you give Vietnam time, it is a small matter to surpass other countries in Southeast Asia. Sooner or later, Vietnam will develop into a country like Japan and South Korea. These are things that other Southeast Asian countries cannot do, it is a cultural attribute that predestines them!

[@longhuynh4283]

Similar!?, I think Chinese's culture based on Vietnamese's

[@iamgreat1234]

To be developed like Japan or South Korea, all needed is big cities and large working population. North America or European countries don't have Chinese influence but they have large cities.

[@Zhen-h1r]

搞笑吧

[@尹同学]

@Michel V 放你妈的屁，多学点历史，在来讲文化，丢脸

[@DungPhan-2002]

Trung Quốc copy văn hoá người Việt

[@BinhThai-cj7sc]

No need to separate. Vietnam is Vietnam

[@michaelgamas2399]

in terms of culture, the more you get north of Vietnam, the more influenced by East Asian, while the more south is more SE Asian.

[@ngocphongle8922]

That's true. Kinh (majority ethnic in VN) all come from North and brought Sino culture with themselves while native residents in South mostly are Cham and Khmer, already have what-is-called "South East culture". When Kinh people came to South, they are inevitably influenced by indegenous culture.

[@stephendo395]

You're wrong. East Asia culture also exerts influence strongly on the South! there is almost no SE Asian culture in the whole Vietnam.

[@ngocphongle8922]

@@stephendo395 you don't seem to be a Vietnamese guy

[@stephendo395]

@@ngocphongle8922 no man, i was born in Vietnam, and know clearly about it. I used to visit many provinces in the South and realized that not much other cultures rather than east asian culture

[@Kamiioznes]

@@stephendo395 Have you ever actually been to Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận where most of the Cham population are? They practice their traditional holidays Kate Holiday is one of the examples

[@浙江故乡]

I've been to Vietnam, actually they look like Cantonese and Guangxi people, and have similarities with people in Fujian, and Hubei, cultures are mixed, they are clearly East Asian.

[@fnrjekkdbrnrj9972]

Maybe in cutural aspect!

[@sart3735]

Nope, 75 percent look southeast Asians. The rest look like minority in China. They do not look Han Chinese.

[@ghiafam508]

Well many of us are of Chinese ancestry. My great grand parents on my mother’s side of the family were from Fujian.

[@sart3735]

@@ghiafam508 😂. Vast majority of you are not of Chinese ancestry. Vietnamese are so desperate to upgrade themselves from jungle Asians to premium Asians, claiming themselves to be east Asians. There is a much bigger Chinese community in Thailand and Indonesia, but they dun claim to be part of sinophere, a term only Vietnamese use it. Your women are exactly the same desperate to upgrade by being mail order brides.

[@sart3735]

@@ghiafam508 most of you are not Chinese. Vietnamese are so desperate to upgrade themselves from jungle Asians to premium Asians. 😂

[@alexw2637]

Wonderful video. Thank you

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@nguyentrongduy9467]

Actually, the origin of the people is not so important, but the important thing is that the Vietnamese have been annexed by China for over 1000 years and are influenced by Confucianism. In fact, the East Asian countries are also divided into many ethnic groups, but they have one thing in common, they are developed by Confucianism and by a very important idea of Confucius that is "Only the learning path can help people rise up" . And Vietnam is no exception if you come to Vietnam you will see their culture such as traditional costumes, using lunar days and celebrating lunar new year, festivals, using a lot of kanji adapted words..., ant architecture: temples, pagodas, rural houses... ,education, textbooks, exams, university exams with subjects like Chinese "Gao Kao"..., so in Vietnam they only have a position in Southeast Asia while culture, education, lifestyle ... are considered East Asians.

[@sart3735]

Strange, Vietnamese hate China and are dying to be seen as East Asians by some stupid loose connection with China. I am laughing so hard, nope Vietnamese look and have culture of southeasst Asian. In fact you guys are more similar with thais and laotians.

[@trungdoan2505]

4000? Are u alright mate? 😂 Han chinese didnt unify unti 2200 years ago, they didnt conquest and expand until then. Vietnam was independent until then and annex for 1000 years before become independent again. Get fact right man

[@nguyentrongduy9467]

@@trungdoan2505 sorry 1000 years : ))

[@marianafernandez7529]

i've been watching your videos and they're excellent , keep the good job

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you so much! Glad you've been enjoying them!

[@quyetlepham]

“Please leave a comment for the algorithm” hahahahha Not until I’ve moved outside of the region did this topic become relevant in my search to assert my own identity. Previously, I’ve managed to curb nationalism, and if needed I only thought of the Vietnamese as simply Vietnamese, maybe sometimes (rarely) as East Asians for its cultural evidences, also perhaps because contemporary Vietnam presented a ton of cultural imports from the ‘big three’ (Chinese-languages period dramas and literature, Korean drama and music, and Japanese anime, video games, and manga were all ubiquitous in our cultural lives), our mental images and linkages were being built up in my psych. Southeast Asia was only personally associated with the ASEAN, and there’s such little relevance in my life to the point that the name meant nothing else other than a mere political affiliation. So yes, the Vietnamese people (người Kinh), along with their country, Vietnam, were East Asian, per my answer, whenever the topic got brought up, prior to being told repeatedly we were Southeast Asian by Westerners, who proceeded to greet me in the Thai way and talked to me about Thailand, all of which weirded the fuck out of me. Then I realized the ramifications of this oversimplified grouping of countries and peoples, the effects it has on outsiders’ understandings, attitude, and even possible investment interests. I hope the intricacies finally got out into people’s heads, that reducing countries and peoples to nuanced simplistic words deducts the overall picture from your view and undermines peoples’ own identification of themselves, and I thank you for an extensive research, respectful insights, and clear presentation, even though some small details can be further discussed, clarified, or corrected. Hopefully the peoples of Vietnam will one day straighten themselves out, and be able to put their (our) own unique identity onto the world, which will undoubtedly have to recognize us as we are.

[@DaFinkingOrk]

Interesting to hear your views, thank you. By the way, wouldn't you say that combining different cultures creates a new unique culture of its own anyway? Like how American culture is it's own separate thing but is really just a combination of British, German, Spanish/Mexican and Carribbean culture. Vietnamese people and culture seen quite unique to me, but I'm not Vietnamese and don't know enough about the culture to say for certain. So I'm not saying either way, only positing a question. What I do know is that British culture was just a combination of French/European culture and Viking/Scandanavian culture but is clearly its own thing now, since culture drifts and changes over time and gains new character. Perhaps that is why I find Vietnam interesting even though I'm not Vietnamese and don't live in Vietnam.

[@swantran9637]

Excellent photography clip...smooth and informative...great job!

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you so much!!

[@miming9409]

Nonetheless, generally speaking, East Asian looking people with East Asian culture, geographically in South East Asia, are Vietnamese.

[@sart3735]

Pls get your eyes checked. Vietnamese look southeast Asians. Small, short and Tan. Big eyes and thick lips.

[@GamelanSinarSurya]

I have been involved in Southeast Asian studies for 40 years, and I think this is one of the most insightful presentations I have ever heard about the place of Vietnam in the overall Asian picture. Very nicely done. I learned a lot.

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

người việt nam chúng tôi có nguồn gốc từ bách Việt , trong ngữ hệ nam á ngôn ngữ việt - mường , chỉ có việt , mường và thổ 3 dân tộc này có nguồn gốc từ bách Việt

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

lãnh thổ bách Việt là miền nam Trung Quốc , đảo hải Nam và đài Loan

[@kemachan9633]

Some Vietnamese belongs to east Asian, especially in North Vietnam. The relation between East Asians and Southeast Asians is like Europeans and Arabs, they are different. East Asian(japan, korea, china) can easily tell which one is southeast Asian by their appearance.

[@Zhen-h1r]

不管北越還是南越都能看得出是東南亞人

[@Nicky-gb7hj]

@@Zhen-h1r I know you're jealous 🤭

[@Zhen-h1r]

@@Nicky-gb7hj 我忌妒誰？你講清楚，你說我忌妒越南人？🤣🤣

[@Nicky-gb7hj]

@@Zhen-h1r speak english, stupjd ching chong 🤭

[@Zhen-h1r]

@@Nicky-gb7hj Who are you saying I'm jealous of? vietnamese? so funny 🤣🤣, you are poor southeast asian🤭

[@dirkgoldman1155]

That was an exceptional breakdown of the topic. Well done

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you!

[@mickeylee2624]

Great insights! Culturally, Vietnam always seemed to me like a cousin to Korea. In some instances such as with cuisine (minus the tropical and French influences), Vietnamese has felt even more familiar than Chinese cuisine.

[@ThanhNguyen-xf9dl]

i like korean food too. I was so proud of our cuisine over western and chinese which have too much oil. Korean food store start to open widely in Vietnam.Personally, i feel its familiar and easy to taste. In a meal we must have something sour to balance with meat, egg or fish, we use "dưa muối" or "cà muối". In Korea restaurant, they bring kimchi and the sour chilli soup which make me very comfortable when use it with rice

[@mickeylee2624]

Absolutely, true @@ThanhNguyen-xf9dl! Although Cantonese cuisine is generally less oily than many other regions, Chinese cuisine is generally heavier than Korean and Vietnamese cuisines. A well-made beef broth is a hallmark for both Korean and Vietnamese cuisines, as are two of the best marinated grilled meats! When whenever I dine at a Vietnamese restaurant, I find it hard to pass up on ordering Vietnamese Lemongrass Grilled Beef or Pork, which are like aromatic versions of Korean Beef or Pork Gal-bi. Another favorite is Bánh Xèo, which is thinner and crisp parallel to Korean Jeon that we make at home (thinner and crisp-edged versus the chunky, rustic traditional versions).

[@benjamin-erlangen]

Vietnam and SK are completely different ethnically and culturally. The Vietnamese resemble the Southern Chinese. The height difference between SK and Vietnam is more than 10CM.

[@mickeylee2624]

@@benjamin-erlangen, you are stating the obvious. I never said that Koreans and Vietnamese are the same people or of the same culture.

[@benjamin-erlangen]

@@mickeylee2624 What I want to say is that Vietnam has a lot in common with southern China. Don't compare with SK. Compare with China.

[@Mike2k345]

It can be a mix of both. There is no doubt that Vietnam is East Asian culturally

[@Mike2k345]

@Miranda lambert Lambert, you sound ignorant. Please continue doing your research on East Asian culture. let me know when new years is, their traditional dresses, what type of buddhism

[@Mike2k345]

@Miranda lambert Google sinosphere and tell me what you see

[@Mike2k345]

@Miranda lambert whether we are southeast or east asian doesn't matter to me. It's amazing to be asian. But when it comes to culture, am I suppose to hear this from someone with a surname of Lambert about my own culture lmaoooooo. I got culture so i know culture. How tf is Sinosphere false and not scientific, please explain. Glad you have interest in Asian culture haha.

[@Toilai]

As a Vietnamese, I can confirm that Viet Nam culture is the mixture of East, Southeast Asia and it's own original culture

[@bantaocute]

Where is the mix of Southeast Asia in Vietnam? I'm sorry

[@Toilai]

@@bantaocute local culture, of course..

[@bantaocute]

@@Toilai yeah ok

[@MrTobytherat]

Aristotle teaching is the West that includes Australia, Canada and the US who are outside of Europe where Aristotle is from. Confucius teaching is the East that includes Vietnam and Singapore who are outside of East Asia where Confucius is from.

[@stepmaster9988]

Very informative. I knew the link between Indian language and culture had to be greater than peripheral

[@bacnguyen9304]

Vietnam Location : south east asia Culture : east asia People : originate from east asia but then mixed with some other south east asian group . Alphabet : Latin To sum it up Vietnam is very weird because it is a hybrid of many cultures to argue over Vietnam origin is as stupid as argue there is a pure race because it doesn't exist. Me as a Vietnamese myself don't even know what is the right answer but I consider us to be very lucky to embrace a lot of beautiful different cultures.

[@nikitang6661]

I know you are Vietnamese, but you probably don't understand it all. Although the ethnic minorities in Vietnam and indigenous Vietnamese people live in the same country, they do not live in the same community. I don't know if you are from the city or from the countryside but most of the ethnic minorities will live in the countryside. I live in the countryside and the ethnic minorities here live in their own communities, have their own language and culture and marry people of the same race. Interbreeding with indigenous Vietnamese people is very little and almost absent from the old days until now.

[@janishy.4392]

@@nikitang6661 ^^ I agree

[@vinhlong7347]

@@cudanmang_theog Dựa trên tài liệu của Trung Quốc mà nói thì nói làm gì. Tại sao người Việt da trắng, vì đơn giản là tổ tiên của người Việt đã sống ở xứ lạnh và di cư xuống phương Nam nên mới vậy. Nếu tổ tiên ở xứ nóng như người Khmer sau hàng thế kỷ sống ở phương Nam sẽ tự ngả màu nâu để chống lại ánh sáng tự nhiên của mặt trời. Gen người Việt cũng không hề giống bất cứ dân tộc nào ở Đông Nam Á trừ người Thái và người Lào ra, ngôn ngữ cũng có 6 thanh điệu, rõ ràng không phải đặc điểm của người Đông Nam Á nguyên thuỷ như người Khmer, người Mã Lai hay Chà Và, toàn là những ngôn ngữ vô thanh điệu.

[@vinhlong7347]

@@cudanmang_theog Nói có sách mách có chứng đi, đừng ứng xử như thằng dân trí thấp như thế 😉

[@nikitang6661]

@Jaya Good for you, we don't want to assimilate anyone either because it would be better if we still have our own culture and roots.

[@Markgraf_ON]

영상이 얼마 없지만 전부 퀄리티가 높네요. 앞으로도 계속 활동하길 기대하며 구독합니다 :)

[@LeftHandedAsians]

감사합니다 ㅠㅠ 앞으로도 계속 만들고 있을게요

[@R202X]

Almost like a continuum. Next Thailand would be slightly less East Asian and slightly more SEAsian as well compared to Vietnam. I would more than be happy to use the term Northeast Asia for China, the Koreas, Japan, Mongolia and Taiwan instead of East Asia. The term East Asia should encompass both Northeast and Southeast Asia.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Not really; there is a pretty wide gulf of difference in terms of traditional philosophies, foreign influences in language, writing, etc. with Thailand that puts Vietnam firmly in East Asia culturally and Thailand firmly outside of it

[@Explore_everything_90]

With your opinion, congratulations Thailand for becoming an East Asian country, Vietnam is too embarrassed to claim to belong to East Asia, only dared to stay in Southeast Asia, because poor, technically weak, backward in technology, do not dare to accept relatives, poor countries often embrace each other, 🤣😂😜😝😭😢😥😰😓 when will vietnam get richer, maybe it will change its mind or not, now it's poor and feel ashamed, 😫😩😭😜🤪😝😛🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

[@ElidaeDanh]

The Vietnams of their region: 1. Is vietnam east or southeast asian? 2. Is mongolia central or east asian? 3. Is bhutan east or south asian? 4. Is afghanstan everyone in asia or just central asia?

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Interesting!

[@pipis6287]

Hello! A Vietnamese here, thank you for your extensive summary of Vietnams affair with this. I have to say that the terms "East Asia" and "Southeast Asia" themselves span so many cultural regions specific to provinces and smaller cities/villages, that for example, even though Vietnam is geographically Southeast Asia, Kinh Viet/Vietnamese culture has largely been Sinicized, thus makes us more "East Asian", but Viets who live further down Central and South regions will grow up interacting with significant Malayo-Austronesian cultural elements, due to the concentration of our Austronesian minor ethnic groups there, like Cham people. You could say some South Vietnam provinces/autonomous regions are more "Southeast Asian". It depends, just as how it is more accurate to classify Mongolia, Korea, Japan + its occupied islands and part of Northern China as Northeast Asia due to a more specific cultural sphere there. After all, it doesn't matter to me that Vietnam has to be either East or Southeast Asian, but it does matter that Viets know how to identify their unique mix of cultures and not mistake our identities for anything else. :)

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

Then get out of ASEAN

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

người việt nam chúng tôi có nguồn gốc bách Việt , ngày nay thuộc về miền nam Trung Quốc rồi

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

trong ngữ hệ nam á thuộc ngôn ngữ việt - mường , chỉ có người việt , mường và thổ là hậu duệ của người bách Việt

[@sew_gal7340]

We are not cinese , it is really important that viet people subtract ourselves from that country and move more towards thai and cambodia or even india

[@kbkim6497]

Wow your view on northeast asia is very accurate.

[@xuanthanhbui4705]

Very well-made video. Thank you for this.

[@cindyle116]

I took a DNA test 23andMe and these were my 1st results: vietnamese: 89.3% indonesian, thai, khmer, and myanmar (idk what that means): 4.1% chinese (mostly guangdong): 1.9% broadly chinese and southeast asian: 4.1% broadly central asian, northern indian and pakistani: .2% Broadly European: .1% Unassigned: .3% 2nd results: 99.7% Viet 0.2% northern Indian and pakistani 0.1% unassigned My dad looks east asian or south chinese while my mom looks southeast asian, yet I'm 100% vietnamese. My dad has that yellow peach east Asian skin while my mom is kinda light brown tan. I notice my skin is a mix, but I look like a different color in different lighting. My brother doesn't look similar to me My DNA relatives also usually are basically 100% of an ethnicity (China, Korea, Japan, etc.), like me. Though most of my DNA relatives from Thailand are part Chinese (30-100%, the rest being "indonesian, thai, khmer, and myanmar etc" or ~30% Chinese Dai). That percentage goes for my other ethnic relatives (laos,cambodia,hk,indonesian, etc.) With a wide percentage split like that. I think it's true cause the Thai kpop idols I see, such Minnie from (G)I-DLE and Ten from NCT identify as Thai but are Chinese. I don't think Lisa from Blackpink is Chinese though 23andMe gets more accurate the more people use it. I notice east Asia, especially north, have a taller elegant look to them. Idk how to describe. I consider china being the main and the surrounding smaller countries as offshoots btw, cause it's the biggest country middle and in population. I consider vietnam a very diverse nation (ethnic groups, species, landscapes, etc.) and I dont think that's necessarily a bad thing. That goes for other countries surrounding china too. Though Chinese, Korean, and Japanese people look similar, I notice Vietnamese have a wider separation of looks from them. I consider vietnam the east Asian-influenced country in Southeast Asia I also watch other videos regarding ASEAN, and some comments say Vietnam is east asian, so why are they included in the video? But east asian people see Vietnam as southeast asian. So I feel like have an identity crisis, and maybe other Vietnamese people feel the same way too

[@juliecales2900]

I did I had 100% vietnamese🤣🤣🤣🤣pure

[@2604Kim]

Im vietnamese born and raised in Vietnam. I lay all my cards on the table i don't give a damn if SE or Ea Vietnam is located . We belongs to Asia and so proud of that. Sick and tired of ppl from Korea n Japan coming here to my country and look down on us .

[@KimPhabulous12]

Weak and insecure people need to put other ppl down and keep them down where they think fits in order to feel better about themselves. Such a sad world we are in.

[@wuhuhu1390]

You're a confident Vietnamese, unlike so many insecure ones that want to make themselves as East Asian or Chinese.

[@tobacco118]

I think the content creator is Kinh Vietamese. Who else would be bothered to make such video? Seriously. LOL

[@KimPhabulous12]

With respect, please don't flatter yourselves too much. Where did you get the idea that Vietnamese want to be Chinese or some other "Eastern Asians"? I guarantee you that most Vietnamese deeply loathe Chinese (I don't) because of the long histories between them and the current politics. Thus, why would Vietnamese ever want to be Chinese or their east asian cousins ?!?! Please get over yourselves. Your arrogance and ignorance is nauseating.

[@tobacco118]

@@KimPhabulous12 Just read the comment here. It's so obvious.

[@amthu7546]

No matter, Vietnam is still Vietnam, we are proud to be part of the Southeast Asian family, Each country in Southeast Asia in particular or the world in general has its own characteristics and characteristics, I hope we will always unite and develop together, whatever the past of Vietnam or other Southeast Asian countries, Present and future are important Send love from Vietnam to ASEAN countries

[@lambuuloc]

ASEAN countries are the less developped in Asia except Singapore

[@amthu7546]

@@lambuuloc What does it have to do with regional cooperation? Southeast Asia has always been a place with diverse ethnic cultures as well as economic and cultural models, each place is different, why compare? Relations between countries have always been based on mutual benefits.Every country has its own problems.Why don't we grow together?

[@hai965]

@@lambuuloc you forgot South Asia and Central Asia

[@sew_gal7340]

@@lambuuloc Why does that matter? VN is Fast developing economy and will reach singapore's level in a few decades if not shorter. They are a hardy people that have seen mostly war in their years and without war they can finally develop their society. You are just ignorant

[@IDMarketer]

@@lambuuloc south Asia? Central Asia? Is it Malaysia or brunei look less developed? Let's see into the next 20 years how this region evolve

[@billionhappy]

i would like to think we are a mix of southeast and east asia because i love both cultures

[@LeftHandedAsians]

East and Southeast Asia are both great places! I wouldn't place one above another

[@billionhappy]

@@LeftHandedAsians i love love love southeast asia sm

[@Amy-wr7pf]

Great video! Looking forward to more content. Also, your voice is very soothing :)

[@martinlam3200]

great! love to watch more content about Vietnam.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@TheChenchen]

RIP Champa.

[@Gabriel-l]

wow the Chinese characters for Vietnam look so cool.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Chinese characters are pretty aesthetic!

[@喵队长]

The best culture video about Vietnam!

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thanks so much!

[@sleepyhead6468]

A very simple summary: Vietnamese are genetically Southeast Asian but culturally East Asian.

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

người việt nam chúng tôi có nguồn gốc từ bách việt , lãnh thổ bây giờ là miền nam Trung Quốc , đảo hải Nam và đài Loan

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

bọn Hán miền bắc trông giống người mông cổ là người du mục còn người bách Việt chúng tôi theo nông nghiệp trồng lúa nước , người việt nam chúng tôi , tôi thấy cả 3 miền bắc , trung và nam đều giống người miền nam Trung Quốc

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

ngoại hình người việt nam chúng tôi giống người miền nam Trung Quốc

[@fredcheng2736]

​@@HaiLe-zf2uq Do Vietnamese look like Singaporean Chinese? Singaporean Chinese are Cantonese and Hokkien.The people of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are the whitest, most economically and culturally developed Han people. Are you Vietnamese like them?

[@tuanmaianh6135]

We are a civilization of east Asia but the process of expanding our territory has advanced south to become a southeast Asian country

[@Rui-03]

To the south is the sea of China, so don't dream

[@上善无若水]

No, you are a Southeast Asian civilization! We are different!

[@DungPhan-2002]

Tiến lên phía Bắc và ăn Trung Quốc

[@sart3735]

Nice joke from a Vietnamese.

[@AlfisFarhan]

One thing for sure: Nguyen Nguyens everywhere

[@lambuuloc]

Nguyen = Yuan in Chinese

[@janishy.4392]

@@lambuuloc *Ruan

[@LeftHandedAsians]

haha, true

[@flyingzone356]

Very nicely made. Good job.

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you! :)

[@HDukkee]

It doesn't matter if Vietnam is Southeast Asia or East Asia. Geographically, Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia, but culturally it is heavily influenced by China, but Vietnam also has its own cultural features that are somewhat similar to the East Asian region. South Asia. Asia, it can be said that Vietnam is a combination of East Asia and Southeast Asia. I also want to confirm one more thing for some people who still think that Vietnam is a part of China, Vietnam has been dominated by Chinese dynasties for more than 1000 years, greatly influenced. But Vietnam has always struggled for independence and never accepted to be assimilated by China. Vietnam is Vietnam and Chinese is Chinese, don't ever think Vietnamese and Chinese are one. I have always respected the friendship between these two countries before (after WW2) but after the Sino-Vietnamese war in 1979, it changed my view.

[@ajajan2703]

Only the south of Vietnam has many cultures of Southeast Asians, and the north of Vietnam never, try to come to Vietnam and you will see the difference.

[@HDukkee]

@@ajajan2703 I'm vietnamese and yes that nearly true

[@sew_gal7340]

I am viet american and go back to vn every year...i dont see chinese except chinese tourists...we are viet and our culture is wonderful...nobody wants to be like the chinese ...leave them out of it

[@duyle557]

Vietnam is Southeast Asia. The argument for Chinese culture would mean America is Europe because they share the same language as UK, government, culture, religion and food. Any Chinese influence in architecture and customs were enforced over 1000 years of Chinese oppression yet the people still retained their independence. And what of Thailand and Indonesia where the ethnic Chinese population is the majority? I think you are downplaying the extent of Chinese influences because almost every east and southeast Asian country has heavy Chinese migration yet all those countries still retain their identity just like Vietnam. To put it bluntly, go by geography to define a country, not their sphere of culture. Otherwise, the same argument can be said with every country south of America-same language, customs, food and religion-even though we know they are each different and unique. In a way, I wish we were all the same so we all get along but it is our differences that make us grow. Peace out.

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

I agree. Even though Vietnamese culture is similar to other cultures in East Asia and is part of Sinosphere, its culture is still one of the many diverse South East Asian cultures and adds diversity to it. In my view South East Asian culture is defined as any culture situated in South East Asia no matter what influences it has. Also East Asian culture isn't synonymous to Sinosphere culture because Mongolia is in East Asia but not included in Sinosphere culture

[@saisamsuri]

Most of Southeast Asia is culturally more East Asian nowadays. Chinese migration has made a huge impact on the local cultures. The most famous foods like Pad Thai, Laksa, Nasi Goreng etc are all Chinese-influenced dishes. The only remnants of Indian culture left are in language and religion. Singapore, which is very clearly Southeast Asian (in my books at least), is much more Confucian than Vietnam. What makes us Southeast Asian is that we don't fit really into the definitions of either East Asian or South Asian. So yeah, Vietnam is part of Southeast Asia.

[@chithiennguyen1371]

No, it's not. Just small number of Chinese immigrants does not impact the whole Southeast Asian, food isn't the only thing. Singapore is basically a Chinese country, but it is a young country, does not separate identity for itself, and Singaporeans are mostly speaking English and having westerner name now aday, not tie itself to Chinese anymore. Vietnam have 2000 years of Chinese culture impact, 90% of Vietnamese culture is tied to Chinese culture much more than just food, there are the holidays, the gods, the worship, the ancient government and more. Although Vietnamese is written in Latin alphabet, but that is why Vietnamese can remain ancient Chinese vocabulary pronunciation unchanged when Mandarin, Korean and Japanese failed to do so.

[@rosemichaelis9519]

Vietnam doesn't have any big Indian influence as I remembered. Maybe Buddhism is the only one I can think of but we used the version that similar to how Chinese used

[@babylou60]

Geographically Southeast Asia, culturally East Asia.

[@europa_bambaataa]

Good morning, this is my comment for the algorithm, have a nice day

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thanks! Have a nice day as well :)

[@nguyenchonny5046]

Stop arguing. Vietnam is located on 🌍

[@constantiniasmith4231]

Yes. Vietnam is located on africa

[@nguyenchonny5046]

@@constantiniasmith4231 how could graduate high school?

[@constantiniasmith4231]

@@nguyenchonny5046 i haven't. Im still 17. Also, your emoji shows africa

[@nguyenchonny5046]

@@constantiniasmith4231 😂 that’s the reason

[@AnRyo04]

@@nguyenchonny5046 -> 🌏

[@multipixel3659]

We are East Laos, with good fighting and blood, and Vietnam loves peace.

[@KimPhabulous12]

@N He/she is a racist troll. Probably from the CCP 50 cent army.

[@jayc8048]

@N I am half lao and half Vietnamese my dads Vietnamese lol We do in fact do call ourselves East Laos or sometimes the empire east of Laos Vietnamese people don’t have any bad terms w lao people they usually have that w Cambodia for some reason I noticed

[@janishy.4392]

@@jayc8048 no we dont care about you guys at all.

[@jayc8048]

@@janishy.4392 that’s the communist viets in Vietnam they have that Lil saying .. lmao

[@danishzuhairi338]

super cool & high quality video! with full of information! love this video to every bit!

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it

[@vantien1851]

There are Champa and Khmer ethnic minorities in Vietnam whom aren't able to differentiate between Vietnamese culture and Chinese one , hence they mistake Indianized culture as root for Vietnamese rather than Sinosphere-influnenced . Even to some extent using the term Mon-khmer (refering to mainland SEA people) to prescribe Vietnamese origin as they were Hindus or Theravada Buddhist , even Muslim , which clearly at 1st glance they aren't . It would be concise that they are refering to aboriginal inhabitants whom had always resided within the Red River Delta region before Viet people migrated there The Vietnamese' ancestors were inhabitants in the now Southern China region , but throughtout Chinese expansion (refering to the Qin Shihuang dysnasty that started the campaign) , many tribes were forced out of the region , Ouyue and Louyue were the first to migrate to the Red River Delta region and established the Van Lang empire . The Vietnamese conquest starts from here , going through mostly defending their territory , being annexed and reclaimed , to then have its' own southern expansion , making the country stretched as long as today , curving the natural borderline which are protected by mountains from its' neighbor

[@hermannboyen5392]

Lie. The Vietnamese ancestry didnt migrate anywhere else. They originated from western red river delta, hoa Binh hanoi thanh hoa, not southern china Vietnamese don't have Chinese blood.

[@vantien1851]

@@hermannboyen5392 they don't , what are you referring to ? Chinese are sino-tibetan , their ancestors were nomads that migrated to the Yellow River , whilst Vietnamese ancestors originated in ( now ) Southern China and had to migrate further south to Red River Dealta to Qin's expansion , they were called Louyue (Lạc Việt) The ones resided in ( now ) north-western Vietnam was called Ouyue (Âu Việt) ,are we understood ?

[@sgcl10658]

@@hermannboyen5392 Who claim Vietnamese have Chinese blood? It's more like Chinese refuse to acknowledge where Ouy Yue territory was. We, Yue got pushed South by Han ppl. Yue and Han are 2 different ppl. More like a lot of Yue ppl in South China got assimilated into Chinese culture and thought they were Han. If you talk about languages, look at the Hainan language, they sound closer to Vietnamese, Filipino than Mandarin or Cantonese.

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

người việt chúng tôi là hậu duệ bách Việt , ngày nay lãnh thổ thuộc về miền nam Trung Quốc , đảo hải Nam và đài Loan

[@HaiLe-zf2uq]

@@sgcl10658 tìm hiểu bách Việt đi rồi biết , còn bọn Hán miền bắc trung quốc mặc mũi nhìn giống người mông cổ mắt nhỏ là tộc du mục , còn người bách Việt là người theo nông nghiệp trồng lúa nước

[@kbkim6497]

Vietnam is more like East Asia than SouthEast Asia.

[@sart3735]

Nice joke from a Vietnamese.

[@kbkim6497]

@@sart3735 not really

[@sart3735]

@@kbkim6497 😂. Vietnamese look southeast Asian. Dark small and short. The fair skinned ones at best look like minorities in China not han Chinese. Most of the fair skinned ones still look Vietnamese. Very dark big iris and thicker lips. East Asians dun look like this. Vietnamese are socialists and more laid back. I dun see the ambition in them like the Chinese. they are similar to their Indo Chinese brothers. I think they will be stuck in the middle income trap, even China has challenges, I dun think Vietnam can beat them. It's a joke that Vietnamese think they are east Asians. If they are, so is Thailand. Vn reminds me of France. Socialist.

[@sart3735]

@@kbkim6497 Vietnamese are dark small and short. Big dark iris , broad nose, thicker lips. The fair skinned ones at best look like Chinese minority race not han Chinese. Get your eyes checked. I travelled to Vietnam often to know this. Vietnamese are socialists, their culture is Indo Chinese and Franco. They are similar to Thais. In fact I think Thais are smarter.

[@sart3735]

@@kbkim6497 they are southeast asians. Look like southeast Asians and are socialists.

[@zyenkurniawan9439]

Vietnam located in south east Asia (mainland Indo-china), but culture religion from East Asia like a China. Love VN, beautiful country. 🇮🇩🇻🇳 We are ASEAN (Association South East Asia Nation) 🇮🇩🇸🇬🇲🇾🇵🇭🇰🇭🇱🇦🇹🇭🇧🇳🇲🇲🇻🇳 5:16 yeah, i aggree. Majapahit and srivijaya Empire Hindu/Buddhis kingdoms in south east Asia. Borobudur temple the biggest Buddhis temple in the world (Indonesia 🇮🇩). and Angkor watt the biggest Hinduism temple in the world (Cambodia 🇰🇭)

[@PrincessSakuno]

For me personally... I think Vietnam’s cultural characteristics are very close to Chinese, this is me speaking as an ABC. I find that Japans culture characteristic the most different out of this group of countries: China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. And I understand is it due to factors in history.... hmm I think I will not get into that but Japan basically decided that after seeing China lose the Opium war with Britain and conflicts with other western powers they decided to adopt many Western components into their culture as they thought “ Wow we should learn from them” since they had the best technology and weapons at the time. Also Japan is the only country out of the listed that do not use the lunar calendar at all, and hence the most ‘Western’ in a sense.

[@lemons2300]

Naturally, because Japan does not share land border with China, while Korea and Vietnam does. They are most isolated from China. You might also notice a slight difference in culture between Western and Eastern Japan.

[@PrincessSakuno]

@Miranda lambert lol I'm not ignorant I am a person with Chinese background and have learnt Japanese for like 10 years I'd say a bit far from being ignorant of the culture. Those that u have named are decorative aspects of culture. Those are practiced Japanese traditional customs and traditions from thousands of years ago when there was more crossinfluence and trading between China and Asian neighbours. Kanji was adopted from scholars that visited China to learn the system in the 600-800s. The adaptation and idealisation of Western culture by the Japanese occurred later in the 1800s. The influence is more recent. I'm looking from a more culturally behavioural viewpoint.

[@MyMelody5]

@@PrincessSakuno I agree. Japan has always decided to choose their own path than Korea or Vietnam whom for a large part of their history were tributaries of whatever dynasty China currently has. Perhaps because Japan is an island nation and has a choice but both Korea and Vietnam are right next door to China. Japanese attitude is also different than the mainland continent. I think Japan is more of an introvert whereas China, Vietnam and Korea are more extroverts. The reason why I think CJK are group together is because of their shared history rather than just similarities. Even though Vietnam is similar to Southern China, I can’t recall a shared history between Vietnam with Japan or Korea historically but CJK has a history with each other and thus, due to this history they all hate each other. 😆

[@mttk2610]

Vietnam culturally sinosphere East Asia, geographically Southeast Asia

[@LeftHandedAsians]

That is one way to see it :)

[@pumpkinmayonnaise46]

The Latin script was introduced to Viet Nam before the French. It was introduced by Jesuit missionaries primarily from Portugal. Great video overall though! 👍

[@My.Adidas.Stripes]

I have to say Vietnam is East Asian in South East Asia. Its culture is similar to Chinese culture and quite different to all SEAN countries.

[@lilylovesitaly3932]

@Bach as a Vietnamese American I can confirm that’s true what you said. 🥰🥰🥰

[@lilylovesitaly3932]

@Miranda lambert Yesssss it’s true that our culture is very similar to Chinese culture in many ways. I’m sure I know what I’m saying.

[@sart3735]

Nice joke from a Vietnamese. They are nothing like the Chinese. Chinese are more ambitious, Vietnamese are socialists.

[@tanbaupheo4793]

Very informative video. Cheers from an ethnic Vietnamese ;)

[@LeftHandedAsians]

Thank you! So happy you enjoyed the video ^^