In Vietnam, the primary language spoken is Vietnamese. However, many people also speak English as a second language. In addition, Vietnam has 54 distinct ethnic groups and many speak their native language.
Vietnam uses the Vietnamese Dong. 1 US Dollar = 25,000 dong!
A bottle of water is usually around 5,000 dong or about 20 cents.
The best meal I had this week was a tofu noodle salad from one of my favorite restaurants by my house. It had rice noodles, pickled carrots, cucumber, unripe mango, and spicy fried tofu.
I've been listening to a lot of folk music this week. One of my favorite artists, Adrianne Lenker recently released a new album so I've been listening to that a lot. I've also been listening to a lot of Noah Kahnh and Hozier. What have you been listening to?
The most fun activity I did this week was attending a 1-on-1 hip-hop competition. A local organization put on a big event with local hip-hop dancers living in Ho Chi Minh City. They even had a judge from Japan who officiated the event.
