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Dec 24, 2023 · Many Vietnamese traditions and customs are based around their ancestral beliefs. One of the greatest fears in Vietnam is that the dead won’t find peace in the afterlife – that they’ll be left to wander as tortured spirits. Most people in Vietnam have a ghost story: from a butterfly landing on them during a funeral to strange voices at night.
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- Vietnam Is The 2nd Largest Exporter of Coffee
- Vietnam Is #1 Exporter of Black Pepper
- Vietnam Is The #3 Producer of Cashews
- Vietnam Is The 15th Largest Country by Population
- Finger Crossing Is An Insulting Gesture
- Đá Cầu
- 40% of Vietnamese Have The Surname Nguyễn
- Motorcycle Nation: Vietnam Ranks #4 in Total Motorcycles Owned
- Vietnam Is A Biodiversity Hotspot
- The Hoan Kiem Turtle (Rafetus Leloii) – Earth’s Most Endangered Species
Vietnam produced 1.85 billion kg of coffee (arabica and robusta) in 2020, and increased exports by 5% YOY. This makes Vietnam the world’s second larger coffee producer, after Brazil (which produced 3.38 billion kg of coffee), and ahead of Columbia in third place. Coffee makes up 0.86% of Vietnam’s total export by value. (source: oec.world). Anyone ...
Vietnam is the world’s largest producer of black pepper (273K tonnes in 2018) followed by Indonesia (88K tonnes). Vietnam is also theworld largest total consumer of Black Pepper. Black pepper makes-up 0.25% of Vietnam’s total trade export by value (source: globalnewswire) Black pepper grows in hot, tropical, low-land areas in Central Vietnam such a...
The Cashew plant (Anacardium occidental) is a tree native to Brasil, but Vietnam is one of the world’s top-producing countries. The cashew family also includes the mangoes and pistachios. For the year with the most-recent complete data (2019), Vietnam ranked 3rd globally with 283,330 metric tonnes of cashews produced, following the Ivory Coast (1st...
In 2019, Vietnam was the world’s 15th largest country by population, with over 96 million residents. This is larger than Germany, France or the UK. There may be an additional 4 million Vietnamese living outside of Vietnam in countries like the USA, Canada, France and Australia. However, by land-area, Vietnam is ranked 66th, with only 331,212 km2, w...
Crossing your fingers means “good luck” in many Anglo countries. But, in Vietnam, a slightly modified version means “F–k you”. The particular finger formation is thought to be a vulgar representation of female genitalia.
Although football is Vietnam’s favourite spectator sport, the national sport is Đá Cầu. It is like “Kick Badminton” with the same rules and points-system as badminton. But instead of using rackets, the players use their feet to kick the shuttlecock. It is like badminton and hacky-sack combined into one sport. Not coincidentally, Vietnamese boys are...
Approximately 40% of modern Vietnamese have the surname Nguyễn (which is also one of the most difficult names to properly pronunce. See our Nguyễn Pronunciation Guide to learn a trick to pronunce it properly). The most famous Nguyễn may be the avuncular founder-figure “Uncle Ho”, whose fullname was Nguyễn Sinh Cung. However, it is not the case that...
Vietnam ranks #4 globally in total number of motorcycles and scooters. These aren’t recreational Harley Davidson’s; they are small 50-100cc motorbikes used for essential commuting around cities and villages. Almost every family owns at least one or two motorcycles. Rain or shine, motorcycles are essential in the crowded, high-density tropical natio...
Vietnam belongs to one of the top 25 Global Biodiversity Hotspots (the Indo-Burma bio-region; source). Within Vietnam, 8% of its species are endemic, meaning that they exist in Vietnam and nowhere else on the planet. Vietnam also has significant bio-agricultural diversity, meaning that it cultivates a wide range of agricultural species. Vietnam cur...
Hoan Kiem Turtle is a species of large that only exists in Hanoi’s Old Quarter lake (Hoàn Kiếm). Some recent specimens weighed over 200kg and almost 2m in length. No one knows the exact number of individuals left, but biologists have speculated that the number is between 1 to 5. Eye-witness accounts of the species are few and far between. The last ...
- Legend has it that the peoples of this land originated from a union between an immortal Chinese princess and “The Dragon Lord of the Seas.”
- The country’s name was originally spelled as two words, Viet Nam.
- Their culture is a complex adaptation of Chinese, Japanese, French and American colonial influences.
- In 938 AD, the Vietnamese developed a trade system to exchange animal skins, ivory and tropical goods for Chinese scrolls on administration, philosophy and literature.
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- Vietnam is actually a combination of two words, Viet and Nam, both of which predate the common era by at least a thousand years. While nobody can put an exact date on when these words came to describe Vietnam, it’s well accepted that in ancient Chinese, ‘Viet’ was used to describe a group of people from outside the country’s borders and ‘Nam’ meant to the south.
- Sitting at 3143 metres, Fansipan is Vietnam’s tallest mountain. Fansipan is located in Sapa, an area famous for its layered rice terraces and colourful indigenous groups.
- Among certain niche circles, Vietnam is referred to as ‘The King Of Cashews’ As the world’s largest exporter of cashew nuts, Vietnam produces more than 55% of the global supply and makes well over two billion dollars a year from the industry.
- As well as being THE major exporter of cashew nuts, Vietnam takes the top spot in black pepper exports. Over a third of the world’s black pepper comes from Vietnam and the industry has grown to be worth billions of dollars each year.
Nov 21, 2017 · 1. Vietnam is an S-shaped country. The very first fact about Vietnam is most people from all over the world usually address Vietnam as an S-shaped nation due to its figure and location on the map. Vietnamese borders are winding from the North to the South like the letter S in the alphabet. 2. Vietnam is a nation of rivers.
Dec 12, 2018 · Gratitude - One of the most interesting facts about Vietnamese culture is that people are often reluctant to accept help from others because they consider gratitude as debt. Lauding someone in his presence is often regarded as a form of flattery and sometimes, mockery.