Tag: haiphong
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Great Hanoi (& Haiphong) Rat Massacre
I ran across this fascinating article a while back which I wanted to share. It’s about the great Hanoi rat massacre during the time of French colonialism. I don’t want to spoil the entire article because it’s a great read, but the crux of it gets to the amazing entrepreneurial spirit of the Vietnamese people.…
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A Glimpse at Hanoi – Early 1990s
A friend posted this fascinating LINK showing life in Hanoi in 1990. I found these particularly fascinating because it pre-dated my arrival in Vietnam by only four years. I first arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport – the OLD one – in August 1994, just months after the U.S. had lifted the embargo against their former…
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The Return of the Vietnamese Bean Cake
It’s funny how a simple treat from the past can download a whole heap of memories into your consciousness. Have you ever eaten Vietnamese green bean cake? This stuff takes me back. A friend, stopping by Malaysia coming from Vietnam, picked this up for my family. When we lived in Haiphong from 1994-1997, we…
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Big Noses, Blonde Hair, and “You are fatter!”
Did you see the ridiculous headlines this week about the disastrous ad campaign of a Japanese airline? In one of their ads, they had an Asian wearing a fake nose and a blonde wig, which apparently offended some very sensitive people. Here are some of the headlines which came out because of that travesty: “Japan’s…
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Burger King in Hanoi: The End is Near
A friend posted a selfie outside the newly opened BK at Hanoi Noi Bai Airport. Globalization is complete. My Vietnam is dead. I arrived at Noi Bai Airport for the first time on a dark, stormy night in August 1994. My wife, 15 month old daughter, and I were picked up at the airport by…
Author Mark W Sasse 