Vietnamese Culture

Well here we have it again, my favorite culture, Vietnamese. I am so fascinated with their culture, I have visited their country twice and will probably visit it many, many more times. A lot of the information I am going to provide actually comes from people I work with, I will enclose here in my blog one web site to help give some information as well. But, the people I work with and are friends with are from Vietnam.
First off, Vietnamese people are extremely superstitious people. Especially during Tet, which is the Chinese New Year. If you eat certain foods, or dress certain ways, it is either lucky, or unlucky or will help give you a long healthy life. Their eating habbits are very different than ours. Not to mention their different tastes, but for example if you are having a bowl of soup, they believe that it is more sophisticated if you sip instead of putting the spoon in your mouth, same goes for slurrping up noodles. When you are served food from a hostess or family, it is considered rude to decline only until after the second or third serving. If you can't use chopsticks, it is considered ok to ask for a fork, but not a knife-but you should definately take a stab at trying to use chopsticks. I have traveled to a lot of countries, and Vietnamese culture definately is the most unique. If you ever have the chance to visit, make sure you do because it's an experience of a life time. Web site http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/1140