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[@richiele]

AYYYYY nice talking with ya'll! Chuc mung nam moi!

[@maithinguyen8401]

chuc mung nam moi anh

[@shyningful]

In Chữ Nôm(字喃)/Hán Tự(漢字) "Chúc Mừng Năm Mới" is "祝𢜠𢆥㵋" :) Most people forget or have no idea about the former Vietnamese script which is sad. But fortunately, it's not extinct yet so therefore, it's just a matter of time when it's going to be revived in the future since the Roman alphabet makes VietNam less "Asian" although it belongs to the East Asian cultural sphere.

[@tung21041999]

Myung Seob In Korea, the pupils had also learn about 1800 Hanja Characters. I hope that Vietnam will use the Characters in the near Future...

[@shyningful]

@Thanh Tung Ninh: Yes, that's what I'm hoping for in the near future. Although it's quite late to change the official script from the Latin alphabet to the characters based script, the VN students should at least learn Han Tu and Chu Nom because it's part of the VN history and culture. Due to the fact that China-Korea-Japan-Vietnam all used Chinese characters in the past the people were able to communicate with one another just by using HanZi/KanJi/HanJa/ HanTu without knowing the language of the other countries. Can't this advantage be continued in the present time? If only the VN government would think in that way...

[@PeLuRu4586]

Thanh Tung Ninh That's really not likely though. Vietnamese is the only language that escapes completely from the use of Chinese characters and moves on to a non-character based script (i.e the Latin alphabet), unlike Japanese where they continue to use those Chinese characters under the form of Kanji and even create some novel by themselves or Korean where people use their self-renovated alphabet. People, especially the young ones would reject vigorously to this idea. But if it did happen, we just needed to embrace it. Every language, script has its own beauty and elegance. :D

[@ChocoKimmie]

My parents were refugees from the Vietnam war and came over to America in 1989. I was the first child to be born in America with 3 other siblings who were born in Vietnam. My parents were always hard workers, and I didn't really see much of them since they worked so often. It was definitely a struggle trying to understand my cultural identity since I would go to school with so many other different people, but come home to a Vietnamese culture in the house. I think I really struggled with the whole cultural identity, as I do and did speak Vietnamese, though I had no accent since my parents were originally from the North and moved to the South. In addition, when I did speak Vietnamese with other Vietnamese kids my age who recently moved from vietnam, they were quick to judge my accent. But I didn't really fit in with Viet-Americans who grew up in America either. A lot of the Vietnamese people I grew up with were concerned with the status and material things, which I didn't bother with since my family was nowhere near wealthy. Now that I'm older, it's still sometimes a struggle to maintain my identity, but I'm keeping my grasp firm. I speak Vietnamese with my parents throughout the week, keep up with news in Vietnam, am studying the language, and hope to volunteer abroad in Vietnam within the next year. I've visited Vietnam when I was in high school, and it makes me really appreciate my heritage. Vietnam is a country that has always had to defend its culture and independence, whether it be the French or Chinese. I plan to keep the fighting spirit by making sure I maintain my cultural roots and pass it down to my future children.

[@tngolo367]

keep it up man !!!

[@mytram94]

My parents were also refuges from Vietnam and at school kids would make fun of my because I wasn't white and they would make fun of my last name because it was hard to say and it was different than everyone else's last name. :(

[@mytram94]

I meant to say me not my sorry

[@ChocoKimmie]

My Ngo I completely understand! It was frustrating with the whole name mispronunciation and it made me hate my name. But I've finally gotten over all that am starting to by my first name, which is Thanh. Plus, I feel like there's a lot more diversity in classrooms so "different" names are more common :3

[@PeLuRu4586]

ChocoKimmie People only hate or fear things that they don't understand. So just shake it off and embrace your identity :D

[@TiffanyDx]

As a Vietnamese-American, I actually don't associate with France. I just don't feel comfortable with them claiming Vietnam to exploit their resources and to impose their culture on another one of their many imperialistic "francophone" colonies. I have Vietnamese cousins and extended family members that are Francophiles, and even some that know more French (from school) and participate in more French traditions than they do for Vietnamese. It's actually quite sad to see them embrace the French culture so much in contrast to their Vietnamese roots.

[@trinhcuong-vy7tq]

Tell me about it, i guess due west medias portray asian as bad, inferior, ugly, dirty, dumb etc.. than west when easterners one have been teaching westerners how to eat, fish, live n knit thruout history, but east lost due guns n bombs n weapons, not culture n technology, thats y now easterners rise up again after rebuilding their devastated colonial period over 200 years just as advanced n wealth as west n lot more now, japan, hongkong, taiwan, Singapore, korea,Vietnam n china now. People don't all sudden become smart, advance, good, great n good looking n not in past too, same gentic n look for 1000 years ago. Of course in old days system n culture were not perfect, needed some improvement, same as western ones just as bad n lot more worse.

[@BoriquenBeast]

Tiffany D The majority of Southeast Asia was colonized, it's just something that's part of the history and makes it more diverse. Look at the Philippines, years of colonization from Spain, owned by America, one point Japan, etc.

[@TiffanyDx]

BoriquenBeast I think you're referring to the colonization of the Philippines by Spain, not France. I do agree that France influenced Vietnamese culture for the better, adding to its uniqueness and also leaving behind valuable infrastructure. For me, it just feels more personal considering it was not too long ago, and it built up enough angst for the Northern Vietnamese to want to turn to communism as a means of separating from France and uniting the country. The Vietnam War was probably the worst war for the United States in terms of the deaths caused relative to the end result (it didn't stop communism), veterans disregarded and ignored, and the uneasiness/distrust built in America. Then there's the fact that Vietnam is communist and I'm reminded of it every time I visit. The war caused over a million casualties and while communism did not have to be the winning result, it's not too hard to wonder if Vietnam wasn't colonized by France, would there have been a Vietnam War or a turn to communism?

[@BoriquenBeast]

Tiffany D Ya I meant Spain. Interestingly enough, the first missionary that actually changed the Vietnamese alphabet to more Latin based was Portuguese as well. There's a lot to be remembered and history in Vietnam. I've been to Vietnam a few times myself and the food is still amazing, considering what's happened. There's still a lot of freshness and culture. Even though Vietnam is communist, it is a growing and developing country as more foreign companies are investing in it. We'll see what happens but I think it'll become better than what we've known in the past.

[@trinhcuong-vy7tq]

Tiffany D usa make communist look bad, not communist is bad by propaganda due communist group hate colonial imperalists of west n capitalism system mean super rich control system, exploit n oppress people, government nor people like corporations, miners, bankers, n government union bosses, very bad inequality system, so western capitalism hate communist due afraid lost power n wealth. Of course communist not perfect system, wheres money n power, thers corruption, greed, ego, selfish, arogant, bullies, frauds, fighting etc... from bad people make communist system look bad here n there too. Its like there're be some few bad apples in good apple trees. Imperalists can bring some good too but bad lot more than good to disguess by get cheap resources n labors. A thug is still thug, just do some good act n talk to cover their bad life style.

[@binnguy3n]

I am pretty sure 99% people in Vietnam never say they're French.

[@aestheticallypleasing2305]

Hah........IM A _PENNY_ french.

[@mr.q337]

And certainly not 1/16 french XD

[@dearaerolyn]

I feel torn about the French thing. Claiming that you're "French-Vietnamese" is almost like you're weirdly dissociating from the Vietnamese part of yourself. The whole world is too obsessed with European culture. Being Asian is a thing to be proud of.

[@aq6017]

+nuwanda French not present in Vietnam, they leave some ruin building, Bread , that all

[@ChristopherDinh]

You guys are all so dễ thương!

[@britneypham-vu8781]

ayyyyeeee

[@johndoe1721]

Chris Dinh Bac ky.

[@BLustER502]

John Doe wtf?

[@BLustER502]

Lol, I'm from the South. You're an ediot

[@johndoe1721]

Jack Lyy its idiot . No ur bac

[@dustinvuong]

I'm a viet youtuber. And when they were talking about the French thing I was relating so much cause I'm so little French. Chuc mung nam oi! (Happy Chinese New Year)

[@selenang1965]

I'm Korean and so when I started going to a new school, I met this Vietnamese girl and she told me she was part Korean. So I asked her (cause I was curious) "so you speak Korean too right?" and she answered "I mean my parents are Vietnamese but my uncle-in-law is half Korean, so technically I'm Korean." and it really disappointed me that she wasn't proud of her Vietnamese identity. She likes Kpop and the fact that she identifies as a Korean when she has no Korean blood in her, it really really disappoints me...

[@thuhadam4559]

I'm Vietnamese and I met this group of kids that is Vietnamese, born in Vn, parents all Vietnamese but went to international school in Vn, they NEVER speak Vietnamese to other kid that is not from international schools (I don't think they even speak vietnamese to anyone). It really bothered me they have no proud of their own mother tounge. And yeah. Vietnamese be like that.

[@thuhadam4559]

I'm Vietnamese and I met this group of kids that is Vietnamese, born in Vn, parents all Vietnamese but went to international school in Vn, they NEVER speak Vietnamese to other kid that is not from international schools (I don't think they even speak vietnamese to anyone). It really bothered me they have no proud of their own mother tounge. And yeah. Vietnamese be like that.

[@titiung]

+sayanna chen Resisted 4 times Chinese domination and gained independence. Resisted against Thai invasion, Mongol invasion, Japanese, French, USA and STILL gained independence. Yea, let's not be proud of that alone, how stupid can she be.

[@phuclehong7947]

+sayanna chen Kind of plain to see. Not everyone wants to be concerned with a third world country like Vietnam. They just want to claim they re american or other developed countries but not to their root. Thats lame but I think when they grow up and be mature, they would realize the stupid concept they made for themselves.

[@punniechan]

I'm Vietnamese but people always mistake me for Korean when I was in a foreign country, try to greet me in Korean like "annyeong haseyo" and no offence but I found that really irritating >.< I take that as a compliment most of the time but I rather to be recognized as Vietnamese

[@LinhNguyen-yl6tv]

Fun fact; Brenda Song is partly Vietnamese ( an actress from jack and Cody series on Disney Chanel)

[@jennykim212]

Really solid video. I love that you guys are demonstrating to everybody (especially the younger crowd) that it's cool to just sit down with friends, grab something to eat, and just have a nice conversation about your own culture, history, and how you guys feel about it today. So IMPORTANT to do that!!!!! Always observe and analyze what it means to grow up and to be asian-american in the U.S. today because Asian-American identity is always always always changing!

[@jennytrang1591]

I really like that Richie knows some Vietnamese history and it's influences. he definitely knows what he is talking about in regards to Vietnam. Such as the beef with north vs. south, difference in dialect, and that Vietnamese people were trying to adapt here in America so they didn't have time to raise their children due to excessive working, so many of the children had raised themselves, thus there are ghetto asians ( not just a Vietnamese thing, this is more a southeast Asian thing). he is very knowledgeable in his culture and I like that he spoke about it. Richie should do a separate video about it because I think a lot of people can relate and it helps others to understand that not all Asians are the sterotype "nerdy" or "smart" asians. The other 3, I feel are very western influence but at least they tried (:

[@arthurspecter8356]

I like Richie so much. Not only his sneaker video but also his way talking abt Vietnam. With a Vietnamese born and grown up in America, but he stills remember, learn and love his country, where he came from. And the way he talks abt Vietnam, abt his country ? So pround of

[@AsianInABox]

I really love and appreciate all the content you guys have made! As a Vietnamese student growing up in a Canadian culture, I really enjoy learning about Vietnamese culture from you guys!

[@anetgom6]

Hi I'm Mexican and I had the chance to visit Vietnam 6 years ago. Didn't go to many touristic places, instead I was visiting my friend's relatives in little towns. Is nicer to be in towns in Vietnam rather than big cities where is nowadays full of places for tourists. Really love Vietnamese culture, people and food. Thanks for your videos

[@KentoBento]

My favourite part of Vietnamese culture is the food. OMG...

[@abbyt2093]

I've been waiting for this video for so long! Vietnamese is the best!

[@lanceedwin]

"The people generally keep it pretty real... Viets, they go hard, man" Have been stoked to live in Hai Phong, Da Nang, Hanoi and Saigon over the past five years. Vietnamese folks are a blast - friendly, cheerful, generous and down to kick it. Sometimes it's damn near impossible to pry myself out of the sidewalk plastic chairs and away from all the Huda, homemade wine, mực and laughs. And the weddings! What a hoot! Rad videos, y'all. Really enjoying them.

[@RaymondChia_Silaqui]

Not Vietnamese, but did traveled to Vietnam twice. I love the people there, as one Vietnamese told me, coming from a socialist background they tend to work hard and play hard as well. And their attitude to work is very impressive. The ladies of Vietnam are so beautiful. And most of the them do not put too much make up on which is plus in my books. Food wise, I so miss Chả Cá Thăng Long. Should really search for it in Singapore..

[@kendylwashington3541]

I love you guys doing Vietnamese videos and teaching me a few interesting things about my culture. Please continue!!!😊👏

[@benth162]

Nice to see you boys and friends speak of the Vietnamese culture. My "other half" is Vietnamese and we've been together for 12 years. I don't bother to try and speak the language because of my hearing problem I cannot get the accent correct. In fact is was so bad, no one could understand me. But none the less, all of his extended family has accepted me as one of their own as a true son-in-law even though I am Caucasian. I love the food and the culture, so much so that almost every Sunday for 10 years we have Pho for breakfast at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant.

[@catherineduong9241]

I’m 75% Viet, the rest German-Jew and I didn’t know how much I needed this talk🙏🏼 I rarely get recognised as Vietnamese & can’t even speak the language, so I’ve had such a hard time identifying with the ethnicity. But both my parents were born in Vietnam. It didn’t help that I was rejected growing up by many family members because I’m mixed. I don’t know why, but I really appreciated this table talk, even if it may have seemed only fun or small to you all. Thank you🤗

[@sexiliciouslyhott]

I've never heard any Vietnamese people associating with France. Growing up, France is a totally foreign culture and they didn't influence us that much besides the bread. The bread is not that important in our culture anyways

[@sexiliciouslyhott]

***** sorry but you're wrong. Vietnamese own mnail shops has nothing to do with French. Doing nails is an easy job for migrant women with no english and with no skills. It's not too hard to pick up, it doesn't have the status baggage like being a cleaner or a maid. Vietnamese saw this and invested heavily in nail salons, employing other women from the country. How can you claim pho is French??? You obviously know nothing about pho. Darling pho is just one of our many noodle dishes using the same method of cooking and the same concept. Pho is the name of the noodle not the dish, we also have pho cuon, pho xao and other dishes with the pho noodle which is called pho. Pho is not descended from pot au feu like some Francophiles like to claim. The only French influence in pho is likely the use of beef since Vietnamese eat pork more. But that doesn't mean anything! Otherwise Italian cuisine would be considered heavily influenced by Mexico just because Italians eat tomatoes! Of course there is French influence on Vietnamese culture, but it's extremely small and way TOO overexggerated and overstated. Like I said, to most Vietnamese France is a foreign country with a far away culture and is not thought of much at all in daily life. Maybe some Vietnamese who live in France feel some connections to France or wanting to be related to French but definitely not Vietnamese people from Vietnam

[@sexiliciouslyhott]

***** lol I never said anything disrespectful towards them. That's the truth. That was the reason Vietnamese dominates the nail salon industry. Being skill less was the truth. What else do you expect from women coming from a wartorn country? That's how it all started, and nothing shameful in admitting it. From there it grew and developed.

[@sexiliciouslyhott]

***** lol you're the one who sucks at history. The french was in vietnam for 60 years not 300 lol Catholics are only 5% of Vietnams population. French style buildings have nothing to do with culture dude. French influence on vietnamese food exist but not a lot, just a few items like bread, coffee and dessert. France did influence a Vietnam but not to the extent that you describe. French influence in vietnam is really over exaggerated. Also the alphabet was invented by Portuguese missionary and finalised by the french guy

[@khangchau9665]

+moonlight if you learn french you'll notice that french's alphabet sounds really similar to our alphabet. thus, many elders sounded very french when talking in vietnamese

[@sexiliciouslyhott]

Khang Chau naa our alphabet is actually closer to portuguese especially the nh orthograph. And I've never heard vietnamese sounds french lol Btw again I am not saying there is no french infkuence on vietnam but there is not THAT much French infkuence. It is really overexggerated

[@Niko-uz2fz]

I love Vietnamese culture. My boyfriend is Vietnamese, and many of my friends are as well. Their culture is definitely very interesting, and respectable c: I love spending time with him and his family. I've been introduced to all sorts of new and fun things c: I've also been able to experience various things from other Asian cultures as well. Me and my friends are kind of like you guys! We love exploring new things in all sorts of Asian cultures.

[@YueXiong93]

what is with the poor pronuciations with the viet words?

[@VTpieface1029]

I know right! I know Viets that were born in western countries who can actually pronounce those words heaps better than them.

[@auqchanh]

they gave it a try, man. Viet is not that easy to pronounce.

[@HanTran-bj2tu]

It's ok...not that hard if you talk viet all the time but yeh, when I talk viet to others and they try to pronounce it... Well... ITS HARD FOR THEM

[@thtech2133]

When you speak English everyday to your non-viet friends or what not than it can be hard. It happens to me too but I catch myself most of the time and correct myself.

[@meiliu9812]

They don't even pronounce Richie's last name right. Le is more like "lay" not "lee"

[@tuongvan9147]

even though this video is not perfect and not show exactly everything about Vietnamese, i had fun while watching it. thank you so much!

[@shyningful]

Actually, I don't know any Vietnamese here (I live in Europe, where the majority are North Vietnamese) who identify themselves as part French or say their mentality is kinda French influenced or anything connected to that. The French introduced just some new food in the past like coffee, bread/baguettes,... and the Vietnamese language got widened by some new French loanwords. It's like how the Koreans have so many Koreanized English (=Konglish) words due to the U.S. influence/help in the past but no one would say they are like the Americans. Or it's like how HongKong was a British colony and Macau was a Portugese colony but none of these inhabitants would say they are a little bit British/Portugese (mentality wise).

[@trinhcuong-vy7tq]

Hongkong n macau people do get influenced by UK or west, thats y they hate mainland china even they are all immigrants or children of immigrants from china, yes but culture not too much as Philippines, same as s. Koreans hate communistfor no reason, lot Christian, American music n movies, white wedding, piano, ballet, violin, golf, baseball in Japan, along rap, rock, gang, drug, obese, lot meat n dairy n junk food in diet, smoking, hate their own asian heritage n culture n worship western stuffs n people as normal, greed, ego, selfish etc... but not too bad like Philippines, well they originally didn't have much so easily obsorbed others like chinese n west n usa.

[@shyningful]

@trinhcuong 1979: But I was saying that no one would say to S.Koreans they have an Anerican mentality, or the Cantonese/Chinese in HongKong are like the British and the people in Macau are like the Portugese. Koreans are Koreans, Cantonese are Cantonese and so ine. But Vietnamese are like the French? Sounds kinda weird for me because I've never heard it from any Vietnamese. Maybe S.Viets in the U.S. are way toooooo much different than the N.Viets here in Europe.

[@trinhcuong-vy7tq]

Myung Seob no Vietnamese get tiny influenced from france even colonised 130 years due back then france has little its own identity, let alone influence other but in fact france get influenced by others lot more like their own colonies, africa, muslem conquered france few hundred years, American natives, asians etc... i guess due this Vietnamese mix tiny france blood as he said so he try to make himself look good too, but culturally he get influenced by blacks, American n Vietnamese. Vietnam lucky to use alphabet to have more time to fight outsiders, france n usa n rebuild their nation great n wonderful today again, otherwise vietnam would have lost war n still very poor due chinese writing too outdated, so their people have little time for many other important stuffs, fight, rebuild n play, but wish they invented their own alphabet instead use france alphabet which make Vietnamese lose little bit their own heritage, culture, identity n pride.

[@BoriquenBeast]

Myung Seob There's French influence, it's obvious but Vietnamese don't go full colonial mentality, unlike the Philippines who claim all that.

[@shyningful]

trinhcuong 1979 Ok now I've understood you better. As for the Vietnamese script: Ironically, Chu Nom was invented by the Vietnamese themselves. So it's sad that it's no longer used or taught in VN anymore. The Roman alphabet wasn't even created by the Vietnamese but it was established in order to increase the literacy rate quickly and of course it has worked perfecttly over the years. But in my opinion, VN students should at least learn Han Tu/ Chu Nom like the Koreans still learn Han Ja at schools. It's a tragedy that 1000 years of VN's history&culture will get lost due to this fact. Well, at least the former script isn't extincet yet so it's just a matter of time when it's going to be revived in the near future.

[@Lysagna41]

I'm Vietnamese-American and I was adopted when I was a baby so I don't remember anything about Vietnam and I really like watching your videos about Vietnam. It's nice to learn about the culture from people instead of books. :)

[@BoriquenBeast]

Another notable Vietnamese-American KZbinr I would say is LuanLegacy, who is also very blunt and says whatever is on his mind. His video "You don't need a boyfriend" blew up! Speaking of "Vietnamese KZbinrs" how many here years ago was arguing that "Stevie Hoang" from the U.K was Vietnamese because of his last name? lol turns out he's ethnic Chinese, whose parents are from Vietnam. Another case would be Olivia Thai from JustkiddingFilms.

[@ThePeeBottle]

or Weylie Hoang.

[@SilverMoshi]

Olivia is Chinese? I always thought she was Filipino.

[@ImSoPinoyPride]

***** Nah she's ethnic Chinese, with a Vietnamese last name, "Thai" because her parents were one generation in Vietnam. She did a interview years ago explaining her background. If you notice, most of even JKFilms crew then and now doesn't have much Filipinos either.

[@ThePeeBottle]

ImSoPinoyPride they do invite filipino guests though.

[@ImSoPinoyPride]

ThePeeBottle only like AJ Rafael and maybe a few, but not many in comparison to the amount of Chinese that they cover.

[@MsLettucePrey]

Thanks, ya'll. I'm half Viet but my mom doesn't talk much about her roots, so I actually learned a lot watching this!

[@TKN_NTBY]

Ur mom is the typical type of Viet girl wanting to get rid of her Viet identity, thats why u have 0 knowledge of ur other half culture. Hope u find joy learning abt this wonderful culture!

[@procrasTINAtionpanda]

Richie's vietnamese is definitely pronounced better than Linda's vietnamese

[@MatLon28]

Funny thing is that she has the look of a Viet girl that can speak it very well. For him, it's understandable

[@am1na1996]

Really... Maybe because her parents was from Hanoi, but her dialect is much clearer in my opinion

[@MatLon28]

Thanh Duc her parents from Hanoi has nothing to do with her looks. Her Vietnamese is horrible

[@andrew4558]

+procrasTINAtion You're right I do watch some Linda's video. Her pronunciation in Vietnamese is really bad.

[@minascookie2038]

+procrasTINAtion He actually cannot speak Vietnamese which he mentioned in one of his videos.

[@michaeltruong6462]

I remember when Tet was coming soon, a group of friends of mine at church would rehearse a mau lan(lion dance) performance for it. Even thought we'll only rehearse for 4-6 weeks, I felt a little bit closer to the Vietnamese culture everytime we had done it. Also it was a lot of fun planning out the whole performance and doing the routine with my fellow mau lan crew members.

[@duc-trivu7719]

That's so dumb to say that you're French while you're just 1/16. You're pretty much not French at all since you never grew up there nor have parents who loved under the French influence. They just say it to show off.

[@Aikunle78]

There is something so authentic or simply beautiful about Linda's (Leenda) facial expressions... To God the creator of all be the glory, Amen

[@QuangTran.]

How about central vietnamese!

[@lanphamvan4867]

Respect for all ur videos! I'm half Vietnamese and half Chinese myself, can't speak a word Vietnamese though, but I do love their food!! Keep going the good work

[@sarban1653]

South Vietnam only became Kinh majority in the 20th century. The first South Vietnam presidents were born in North Vietnam. That's why the northern dialect is more prestige.

[@nickvu1873]

Vpop is getting pretty big! Son Tung MTP is just as famous as Kpop singers now!

[@thaomynguyen8038]

It's Bắc not buck, chào bác not chào bàc

[@Marayen1]

I've been waiting for this video yes! (I'm Vietnamese American)

[@iiiSSSTUDDERSZ]

- Bắc kỳ = northern Vietnamese - Chào bác = formally saying hi to an elder - Dẹp trai = handsome boy - Dẹp gái = pretty girl - Chúc mừng năm mới = happy new year - Cám ơn = thank you In southern Vietnam there are a lot of Vietnamese-Chinese/Chinese-Vietnamese. Fun Vietnamese-Chinese/Chinese-Vietnamese last name facts: Trần = Chan/Chen in Chinese Hoàng = Wong in Chinese Cool video 😊.

[@iiiSSSTUDDERSZ]

- Đẹp trai* - Đẹp gái*

[@kenix7]

***** bắc kỳ ăn cá gỗ ăn nhằm lụ đạn chết cha bắc kỳ

[@MAJE5TYY]

***** A lot of 2nd gen immigrants(that understand Vietnamese, quite a few don't) in Canada still define themselves bac or nam, however, it's not really looked as a bad thing. It's really just a way to describe yourself/represent where you're from. Unless you're hue then people might take jabs at you(jokingly). 2nd gen don't actually care about any of that though. No one takes it offensively. Since I'm half bac/nam I grew up speaking and understanding both dialects, but I can't actually tell if someone is bac or nam since I've been so use to both so I usually ask if they're north or south. By the way, question, when they pronoucned Dep Gai, Gai, and Trai which one was that? I've never heard anyone say it like that, like straight up with no accent. Unless that's just westernized way rather than north or south.

[@MAJE5TYY]

I know but I'm talking about their accents, not what they said. A lot of 2nd gen uses dep gai instead of xinh. I guess the way we view it is dep = pretty, and xinh = cute, so xinh isn't really thrown around a lot.

[@MAJE5TYY]

***** I really don't care about that and wasn't asking about that in the first place. I got that point in the first post so no need to repeat it 3 more times. What I was inquiring about really flew over your head didn't it? The only thing I asked was when they said TRAI and GAI, not dep. I couldn't care less who the fuck uses dep or xinh, neither do any of the immigrants.

[@dume1234]

perfect way to handle the ongoing discussion about language and culture...good job!

[@ellenlien]

Every time Linda says buck for the north it really grinds my gears because its soooo wrong but I give credit for putting in effort for trying. Nam ky is south viet and bac ky is north viet. The work Ky is equivalent to what I understand is "people" in definition And FYI Hue is an ancient royal city with lots of folktales and history set there - not the mountain people. Nguoi Thuong(spellcheck bc I'm second generation Amerasian) is actually mountain people. You guys did pretty well with this video though. :)

[@dr.sanchezlira1540]

As a psychologist who has a special interest in multiculturalism, I really appreciated your discussion about stereotypes and culture. I would also like to add one piece about your comments on the Vietnamese women. I would like to add that one of the reasons that the women have been seen as especially sexualized is because the people who colonized Vietnam viewed the women as sexual objects and de-sexualized the men (so as to devalue the men and "create" less "competition" for themselves). We continue to especially sexualize the women and even young girls and some of this comes from colonization and the view that people can be objects. Keep doing what you do! Much love, Dr. Sanchez Lira (immigrant & psychologist passion about multiculturalism)

[@MrZeeKute]

North in vietnamese is Bắc not Buck =.=" stop saying bucki or Nam ki because we dont say that when the war end in South side

[@joey_nguyen]

Thank you guys for doing this and please keep it up.

[@linhluu5983]

When tyga is half Vietnamese

[@susankle]

My parents are both immigrants from Vietnam so I am first generation born. My grandfather was in the war (American) and met my grandmother. They kept in touch so I do know the "white" side of the family. My mother is 50/50, making me 75% Vietnamese, 25% German/Swiss mix. Mixed girls represent! Lol. Most people don't believe that I'm Vietnamese. Also can speak the language fluently. Anyway, loved that you mentioned Hue. My mother's side of the family are there and I personally love their accent. I actually think the northern accent is hard to understand xD Chuc mung nam moi guys!!!

[@asteriakk]

Bro yes! And PHO Can't forgot about that

[@asteriakk]

That's the first thing I have ask my friends this, I tell them to guess what kind of Asian I am..... The answer I got is Chinese too. I thought that Vietnam wasn't known well when I was little

[@paulandcoty]

I see Leenda and Richie getting very serious tearing up when talking about family. It made me almost cry myself. This video hit home. Thank you!

[@changyingjushi8409]

Fung bros, you should do a Chinese Identity Talk

[@altocirrus]

***** Dood, Cantonese isn't the whole representation of Chinese. It's like saying American Identity Talk is equal to Texas Identity Talk.

[@altocirrus]

***** There are many other Southern Chinese other than Cantonese. Hakka, Hokkien, Chaozhou are three top to mention. They're everywhere in the Southern China and Southeast Asia. Since this is getting too far, I'm back to my point where Cantonese won't represent whole Chinese so to speak.

[@brucetsai7732]

Leenda is stunning

[@benj8684]

I commented this before on the Cantonese Identity episode, but I'll mention it again...Vietnamese and Cantonese have a very close history. Wikipedia has some good history about the Cantonese: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_people#History Did you know the Cantonese are very much associated with the Vietnamese? For over 90+ years since 204BC, the Nanyue (南越) kingdom ruled from regions in southeast of Guangdong to west of Guangxi, and all the way down to Vietnam; thus, the name (越南). Cantonese was considered a minority group then (2000 years ago). Through intermarriages since the Han dynasty, Cantonese were integrated and considered a sub group of the Han Chinese.

[@trinhcuong-vy7tq]

I heard vietnam actually named by chinese emperor due didn't want get mixed up with Yue- Nan' kingdom, something like that, current events alone take all your time to know exactly what goingon , let alone 1000 years ago due most medias are very much propaganda, not true news at all, we have to do lot reading n research to know true story. By the way can Fungbro do vid about how japanese celebrate their new year, western, eastern, japanese or combination these or what, especially relate to youths.

[@자낳토끼]

the languages themselves sound really alike too X) I have a friend from Hong Kong , she's teaching me Canto and I'm teaching her Viet!! hihi . (❁´◡`❁)

[@자낳토끼]

IKR?! I'm full Viet and I always get greetings like "ni hao" when I go grocery shopping ^q^"

[@자낳토끼]

now I'm not sure if im "full Viet" though :'\ feeling slightly concerned

[@ThePeeBottle]

青書qingshu well, your name should have given you a big clue, right?

[@LindaTran88]

I'm very impressed how knowledgeable Richie is about Viet culture and history. Not many second generation Viet American and Australian kids are aware of the history, particularly about the Vietnam War and the re-education camps that occured after it.

[@michellepham4765]

Im viet an a lot of people think I'm Philippine lol!!! I look hella viet too

[@eatswithtiffanyy]

I've gotten that TONS of times. The first thing people always ask me is if I'm filipino. & after they see my last name, they ask if i'm half. Like no, i'm just dark dude. I'm full viet.

[@phong6981]

"Are you from the Philippines?" "Bruh, I'm Vietnamese..." *Awkward Silence* I get that ALL the time...

[@Roberttang20]

I am Swedish-Chinese and a lot of people think I look korean

[@HaNguyen-ct9fk]

Ikr I'm full Vietnamese but I got a huge tan

[@trinhcuong-vy7tq]

Well me too, i m full chinese n touch Vietnamese but lot people, especially Americans think i m Philippines due im bit dark. Funny thing i live in north part of usa, so cold n dark as hell half year, so half year winter season i look like chinese n other half year i look more like Philippines or Vietnamese due Vietnamese do look more like chinese now due many them become rich, tall, fat, light skin so many Vietnamese in Vietnam do look like just as chinese or Vietnamese Americans, i guess it show all orientalpeople, chop stick users are all originated from same people or race like chinese, Vietnamese, koreans n japanese etc..

[@cuongchau5401]

One quick correction on the regions of Vietnam. North is "BAC" not Buck. Central is Hue. South is Nam (Saigon/Ho Chi Minh)

[@ThanieKB]

Chinese, korean, Japanese all that guess but vietnamese rarely one of pplz guess when they look at me lol story of my life

[@DavidNguyen-dv2hq]

That is so true

[@emotionless5482]

that's true

[@karinneeskens]

+ThanieKB Meh, you look vietnamese alright. I mean, I would have guess you were vietnamese. Korean, chinese and japanese all have the same look-ish.

[@angelicbibilove]

this was pretty good! thanks, cam on

[@andrewnguyen8983]

Buck is supposed to be Bac

[@pinkie09999]

It's so cute how Fung brothers tried to speak Vietnamese hahahahahaha I can't even deal xD

[@Vi-uc8nu]

Im 100% Viet moved to Norway in 2008

[@ngoca27]

i like this. This is fun. You should do more of these! and thanks for saying nice things about us! :D

[@PrimusProductions]

1:41 Anyone else raised calling it "bánh sừng bò" ? (literally cow horn bread)?

[@mickeythedogo703]

I was raised calling it Bánh sừng trâu :D

[@Cupertinorail]

I am Chinese Singaporean and you guys rock, ASEAN pride from life. Chuc mung nam moi

[@MrAsianify]

My Experience being Vietnamese is..... Paris By Night....

[@JakyIsJakey]

Aww man Chao bac brings back memories to me as a kid having to go to every single elder in the house when I would come over to a family member's house and have to go greet them all as "Chao bac" lol

[@MegaBabyBorn]

Im BUCK 😂😂😂 made my day hahahha

[@itsnotmyname1000]

As a "true"Vietnamese ( I've grown up in Vietnam), I so much appriciate the video. I think there were several things that you guys (Linda and Richiel) don;t really understand ab Vietnamese. Hope you guys will try to learn more. Cheers!!!

[@thewave4293]

What about Tommy Trinh

[@thewave4293]

And bigbeedoh

[@Waldo.]

jknews [;

[@chrisdang6218]

Awesome video you guys, love how you talk about Vietnamese culture.

[@minascookie2038]

I hate that I'm the only Viet among my friends. Other Viets I have met always rejected me and I don't really know why. The identity struggle is real :(

[@footluong]

Same :(

[@kevindo3928]

Richie and Linda are matching and the fungbros are matching yoo

[@supermantjpw]

How about the LOUD talking?

[@hoakhoi9728]

âm thanh

[@arthurspecter8356]

I think some people, maybe. Most of them is old man, cause in my country, their mindset is the louder you speak, the more powerful you show with other people. But with me and most of young generation, i dont agree with that.

[@noahdo7717]

My dad had lived in Da Nang for 13 years then his family escaped but before they got on the boat, his parents were gone. They had stayed and been imprisoned while he was in a refugee camp in Hong Kong. He had gotten a sponsor in Delta, Alaska and has been living in Alaska ever since. That's my dads story

[@ms0vn]

The french thing is totally nonsense. I'm Vietnamese and in my 24 years of life, we never mention France in any conversation ever!

[@baoquyen1946]

Dùng hơi bị nhiều đó bạn, phụ tùng xe nè, tên món ăn trứng oeuf plat,....có mấy từ bạn dùng hàng ngày mà ko để ý đó là tiếng pháp đó. tiếng anh mình hạn chế nhưng mình nghĩ bạn nên edit lại cho người khác đứng nghĩ sai vế vn

[@ms0vn]

Mình đang nói đến việc họ thích tự nhận mình là lai Pháp cơ.

[@ms0vn]

What I'm saying is I've never seen someone calling themselves French. I was born and raised in Vietnam so don't even bother asking me about wars.

[@ms0vn]

Maybe you do, your father run away from American war, not the war against France decades before.

[@Nartuht]

Thank you for bringing up this topic. :)

[@TVBFAN11224]

Nam = south and Buck = North sounds like your saying south and north in Cantonese .

[@lilynguyen7906]

The Viet and Cantonese or Mandarin languages share a lot of similarities (e.g. the word soy sauce)

[@MatLon28]

Lol funny that they said buck. It's actually bac

[@TVBFAN11224]

No wonder bac does so more viet. And buck is exactly how you say it in Cantonese.

[@SirBigDICKNigga]

bob burger Makes sense since she's from Vancouver, since it's nicknamed Hongcouver.

[@aq6017]

+bob burger Vietnamese and Catonese have same root in South East China ( today is Guangxi , Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou) , Look the map And you will see

[@Zalfieforever]

Louisiana was a French colony. A guy name Louis the Fourteenth(?) was the king in France during that time. Haha I leaned it in world today!;)

[@pinkgirllover1985]

What most people think of Vietnamese people - Pho . Like if you agree and if you part of the #VietSquad

[@handlenameonyoutube]

I'm not Asian but I found this video so interesting, hope you make more of the same. P.s I was waiting for you to mention lilisimply!

[@nghitran594]

the north is Bac not Buck

[@mpool913]

I love the Vietnamese Spring Roll!!!

[@boygavcpful]

I think i'm the only Vietnamese who teaches people how to fucking curse

[@punniechan]

not only you dude lol actually all Vietnamese have the tendency to teach curse words to the foreigners

[@Codex_0613]

don't lump us all together, i spent sometimes in the States and i've never taught anyone any Vietnamese curse word. Period.

[@khanhlinhhuynh5358]

Vietnam as the craziest teacher they always have a stick on there hands and it so creepy

[@punniechan]

Codex then you must be an exception * shrug *

[@ddoublevdvv7111]

@1:08 "Topic: North/South Vietnam" Well, to teach you guys a little bit of history quickly, Vietnamese people first lived in the Northern part of Vietnam. Then became under Chinese rule. The Southern part of today's China like GuangZhou, GuangXi for example and North Vietnam were once one area called NanYue in the past. But the Vietnamese in the North always wanted to be independent from China and at some time in history they were able to break out of China's rule. Afterwards, they expanded to the South to gain more land and that's why now there's North and South Vietnam and that's why the Southerners look more SouthEastAsian because they intermixed with the Northerners as Richie Le said.

[@johndee759]

I just had no idea. Racism sucks. I think fung bros identity talk helps. At present, Sino-Vietnamese comprise a small percentage in the modern Vietnamese economy, now mostly Kinh-run, as many Hoa had their businesses and property confiscated by the Communists after 1975, and many fled the country as Vietnamese boat people due to persecution by the new Communist government. Hoa persecution intensified in the late 1970s, which was one of the reasons for the Sino-Vietnamese War. Wikipedia

[@bennguyen3356]

***** Wow! At least someone have been doing their history homework! :)

[@kenix7]

During the persecution of the Chinese in VN, the VN communist party (the Viet Congs, Ben Nguyen & Vietnameseboy1990 comrades) found profit by building boats for the Chinese to flee. The 2-faced communist party made tons of cash doing this.

[@triniflyer8685]

recently came back.from.asiam tour. really appreciate the vids

[@Sibernethy]

I wonder if the French colonization was responsible for the Vietnamese language using the latin alphabet.

[@frankconner1761]

Sibernethy It is, without the French Colonization, Vietnamese would look a lot like Mandarin.

[@sgcl10658]

Yes

[@ChiyouFootballTrainingAcademy]

Have you guys ever talked about Hmong people yet? I think you guys definitely should. If you guys ever need some "experts" in Hmong culture, fly on over to MN please? I'd be more than willing to talk with you guys. Lol, but yeah, I think it'd be cool for you guys to talk about the Hmong culture because it's a culture that should be talked about and it should be known more within the Asian-American community. Ask any Hmong person and they will tell you that no one could ever figure out which ethnicity they were and it gets tiresome after a while. Considering the cultures history too, I think it brings up some interesting topics. Also, you guys could also do a FUNG BROS FOOD on Hmong food, I think that'd be cool

[@Tommy9111k]

Vietnamese -African American lol

[@BiGGi995]

Nice video! : ) I am german vietnamese. For me your videos are quite interesting because in germany there are also different types of viet girls/guys and typical stereotypes ... love to compare both countries :D

[@MaytheRoseBloom]

Isn't it BACH instead of BUCK???

[@MISSmosa23]

Bắc*

[@NgNicholasSonHa]

MaytheRoseBloom It's Bắc and it sound like Buck

[@chihihi4365]

MaytheRoseBloom nah its bắc

[@chihihi4365]

But yeh buck is the way its pronounced

[@osamamehmood6915]

The work you guys do is pretty cool! I got to learn a lot of stuff about other cultures, mixed ethnicities and people from different backgrounds brought up in the west or a totally different environment. I will highly appreciate, if you read this and if it's possible, that you make a video on the Pakistani culture, cuisine, stereotypes, their relation with asian countries like China and all the other stuff you normally talk about in your videos. Cheers!

[@hazelhh1]

This is awesome learning about Vietnamese culture :D

[@ilh656]

Also, I think Richie needs to clarify on the Khmer and Cham history of Southern Vietnam, it's not a case of they came over and they mixed, it's a case of the Kinh/Viet coming down from the North and Centre from the 18th century onwards and mixing.

[@toponeg]

Just keep going you guys - It's awesome

[@minim6981]

Very few Vietnamese are actually mixed with French. Go on 23andme and take a DNA test. I've also seen plenty of results from Vietnamese people and the most European blood I've seen is like 0.3%. Vietnam was only a colony of France for about 75 years. Not long enough to make a huge impact on genetics. That being said, someone like Richie probably does have some French ancestry. He looks like it.

[@titiung]

One amazing thing I learned about Vietnam is how resilient and nationalistic Vietnamese people are. Despite being ruled and influenced by China for over 1000 years through various dynasties, Vietnamese people still managed to break free and gained independent. They also fought the Thais, Mongols, Japanese, French, USA, probably one of the few countries that endured through many wars.

[@pluto9870]

+Quoc Bao What, Vietnam was ruled by China for a millennium? That makes Vietnam the most colonized country in history, yet you have to the cheek to brag about it. Amazing.

[@titiung]

Pluto Yes, fact is fact. This is not bragging, just the pride. Despite being ruled for so long, we broke free from China. We also resisted various Dynasties, Mongols, Japan, French, and the US. It shows the resilience and strength of Vietnamese people.

[@pluto9870]

+Quoc Bao The fact is Vietnam is still culturally colonized. Using Chinese surname, celebrate Chinese culture likeTet....Resilient and strength? Any proud Viet should be ashamed!

[@titiung]

Pluto That's YOUR personal opinion. It's true that we have lots of Chinese influence. We love and admire Chinese culture. But speaking of politics, we hate Chinese government, even our own government too, to be fair. We can be influenced, but we will never assimilate or submit to them. Throughout history, China wanted to annex Vietnam and force assimilation to Chinese culture and practice, even burned lots of Vietnamese books. But Vietnam never back down NOR accept their rule. That's why revolts and revolution rose up from time to time. We can adopt Chinese culture and spiritual practice, but we have never abandoned our OWN history and culture. THAT is the resilience and strength I'm talking about. Proud Vietnamese never forget their roots DESPITE being heavily influenced by China.

[@titiung]

Pluto We never forget our victory over the massive Qing Army during the Great Tenth Campaign launched by China in ancient time. We were the ONLY emerged victorious at the end. You need to learn more history about Vietnam to realize how resilient Vietnam is. I suggest you also head to Quora.com. There lies many topics about Vietnam.

[@huongtatum1127]

There is such a huge difference between Vietnamese from the USA and Vietnamese from Germany. Like German vietnamese teens speek so much more fluently Vietnamese without that strong accent than those guys had/have.

[@9011tasha]

You guys should do a video on multiracial or biracial Asians. Like, whether they identify as Asian or their other race and maybe some of the struggles they have had.

[@jvnhong3098]

OH MY GOD. THE BEGINNING MINI VIDEO. I REMEMBER THAT VIET SONG OH MY GOD.

[@amatakespix]

i'm vietnamese with half chinese background. my dad speaks fluent french but never wanted me to learn it (only spanish because i live in the us). viet-american identity is so complex, lots of mixing between east and western world.

[@ElloThereAudrey]

Vietnamese food is the bomb dot com!! Would love to see new videos of you guys exploring other asian cultures such as Hmong ;)