About 8% of Vietnam's population is Catholic, a result of French domination for about 100 years. Two famous buildings representing French architecture are the post office and Notre Dame Cathedral in Saigon.
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| Interior and exterior of the Post Office |
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| The Cathedral |
- Cars are very expensive in Vietnam. They cost about 2 1/2 times what they do in the US. The government taxes them heavily because the country's infrastructure can not support a lot of traffic.
- All Vietnamese do 3 months of basic military training between the ages of 18-21. China is their biggest foreign threat. Our guide says the Vietnamese support the US presidential candidate who will be toughest on China.
- The Vietnamese save money for 3 major life events : marriage, housing, and burying their parents.
- Our guide calls the economic system in Vietnam "red capitalism". There are millions of small business owners in the form of street vendors and a great deal of entrepreneurial enthusiasm. But the government is one party, Communist.
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