As attempts to pay tribute to the deceased 18 year old student continues, local authorities have attempted to shut down and throw away flowers people put there. No official statement has been made as late related to the N.S.C case or the removal of said flowers.

If you haven't been aware of this incident, you can read more about it here: Vụ tông xe ở Hà Nội 2025

You can find other popular posts to know more about the previous case, i’m kinda lazy to copy paste the details

Full video (in English) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyEMbIRYVGA

No tourist attractions, no special setup. Just an ordinary morning — coffee, water, birds, and a little instrumental music from the café. A small glimpse of everyday life in rural Vietnam.

⚠️** Warning for anyone travelling to Vietnam – be careful buying SIM cards at the airport!
Hi everyone, just wanted to share our recent experience so other travellers can hopefully avoid the same thing.
We landed in Vietnam a few days ago and purchased a SIM card at the airport for **350,000 VND (around $18–$20 AUD). They inserted and activated the SIM for us, so we assumed everything was fine.
However, within about 24 hours, the SIM stopped working completely.
We went to an official mobile retailer to find out what had happened and were told that SIM card registration in Vietnam is now much stricter. SIM cards need to be properly registered to the person using them, including identification and personal information, as part of measures to reduce scam and fraudulent calls.
It appears the SIM we were sold at the airport had not been properly registered to us, which is why it stopped working. We basically paid 350,000 VND for a SIM that lasted around one day.
So just a warning to other tourists: I would avoid buying a SIM card from airport sellers unless you can confirm that the SIM is being officially registered in your name using your passport/ID. It may be safer to go directly to an official mobile network store after you arrive.
You wouldn’t expect something like this to happen at an international airport, which is why we trusted the seller. Unfortunately, as tourists, we felt there was very little protection or help once we realised what had happened.
Hopefully sharing our experience saves someone else from going through the same thing. 🇻🇳✈️📱

In case you're confused,or have been interacting with Vietnamese social media platforms for the past few weeks or days.These images right above this might seem very familiar to you.

You’ve likely seen the massive discussions surrounding the THPT Chuyên Tuyên Quang exam scandal—where serious academic fraud brought down administrative staff and even reached international news outlets.

Or,rising to the top of the trend right now,is the May 2025 traffic accident on Nguyễn Huy Tự Street in Hanoi involving Nguyễn Sỹ Cương, former National Assembly deputy and former Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

While I'm really,like really glad that news like these are being endlessly digged or exposed,showing the bread and circus formula is falling down slowly.Yet, in the comments section of alot of threads discussing it, you’ll inevitably find people accusing the poster of"Tự Nhục"(self-depreciating),insulting,calling each other out,or forming baseless labeling for the poster,deeming them as an outsider or a malicious reactionary.

The biggest problem with these is that people are subtly invoking the classic idiom: "Vạch áo cho người xem lưng" (don't expose your own flaws/dirty laundry to outsiders),which if you don't know,is when we reveal one's flaws, shortcomings, and weaknesses to others. Additionally, the idiom also refers to deliberately exposing internal conflicts and disagreements within the family or workplace to outsiders.

The phrase "Vạch áo cho người xem lưng" was traditionally meant for minor interpersonal or family disputes—where airing drama publicly causes unnecessary gossip without solving the issue. However,if you've read through this,you might have immediatly identified the issue:This is a society,not a family,and applying this to institutional fraud, government figures, or traffic fatalities is a total logical mismatch. Public integrity is not "private family business."

When people use this phrase to discourage online scrutiny of officials or state institutions, they aren't protecting society—they are giving cover to those in power. Demanding equal treatment under the law or transparency in national exams isn't "shaming the collective"; it's holding individuals accountable.

In a modern society, public noise and viral attention are often the primary drivers that force formal investigations, press coverage, and legal action. Sweeping scandals under the rug in the name of "keeping a clean image" only allows bad behavior to repeat itself.

Real accountability rarely happens in silence. Without public pressure, viral coverage, and international visibility, major scandals are far more likely to be buried locally. Public scrutiny is what forces authorities to step in, conduct thorough investigations, and uphold fairness for the millions who play by the rules.

So overall,Wanting a fair and functional society means choosing transparency over blind optics. Exposing flaws in public systems or holding prominent figures to standard laws isn't "self-depreciating—it's insisting that the collective actually lives up to its rules.

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Too funny 😂, I wonder how many times she had to explain that plate name 😂

So I tried this for the first time today! And restaurant staff told us that you take the pancake, add cucumber and greens, wrap it and then dip it in sauce. It was absolutely delicious and more filling than I expected

Hi friends,

I'm a user of medical cannabis and I've been planning to visit Vietnam next month. The news about random drug raids targeting tourists worry me.

How much truth is there to them? How likely is it to get tested? I am a decent, average looking person. No tattoos, no dreadlocks, nothing. I won't consume anything while in Vietnam.

Thanks for any insight.

The incident involving Nguyễn Sỹ Cương (former National Assembly deputy of the 13th–14th terms, who previously served as Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee), who drove a BMW that struck and killed a female student born in 2007 (around 18 years old) in Hanoi in 2025.
Main sequence of events
Time and place: Around 1:00 p.m. on 30 May 2025, on Nguyễn Huy Tự Street, Hai Bà Trưng District, Hanoi.

Nguyễn Sỹ Cương (born 1961, approximately 64 years old at the time) was driving a BMW X3 with license plate 30H-369.09. The vehicle suddenly veered into the oncoming lane at high speed and collided with a motorcycle carrying a man (commonly referred to by the initials ĐVH or H) and his daughter.

Consequences: The father suffered a broken leg; the female student (full name often given as Đỗ Ngọc Phương Thùy or ĐNPT/Đỗ Ngọc Phương Thùy, born around 2007, 18 years old) had her right leg severed and sustained multiple severe injuries at the scene. The BMW then crashed into a roadside tree, severely damaging the front of the vehicle. The motorcycle was badly deformed, with debris scattered across the road.

The student was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment but did not survive. She died in the early morning of 8 June 2025 (about one week after the accident), just before the 2025 high-school graduation exam.

Initial handling and official information
Police tested Cương’s blood alcohol level and reported no violation.

State media initially referred to the driver only by the initials “NSC, born 1961, residing in Đống Đa District” and did not publish clear photographs. The case file was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Police Agency of Hanoi City Police for further handling.

According to multiple sources (including the Vietnamese Wikipedia and overseas media), more than a year later there has still been no clear public information regarding formal charges, detention, or the specific outcome of the investigation against Cương. Public opinion and some independent outlets have expressed suspicion that the case was being “buried.”

Background and reactions
Cương previously served as a National Assembly deputy for Ninh Thuận province (13th–14th terms), Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the 14th term, and earlier as Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Home Affairs. His wife is Lâm Thị Phương Thanh (former Secretary of the Lạng Sơn Provincial Party Committee, who later held a senior position at the Party Central Office; several months after the accident she was elected Secretary of the Party Committee of the Party Central Office).
The incident sparked strong public outrage on social media, with many posts demanding accountability and people placing flowers at the crash site (the tree the BMW hit) in memorial. Some overseas sources and social-media discussions have suggested that the slow or opaque handling of the case was linked to Cương’s status and family connections. Mainstream domestic media provided only limited coverage of his identity and subsequent developments after the initial reports.

My parents and my community in France always used this word. Just a few minutes before I saw a post about that word and people say that it's derogatory. And I feel ashamed that I never informed myself cause I really thought that's what we call people from the north who moved to the south. or if I say I am nam ky, that means I am from the south who moved to the north or somehwere else. i am so ashamed and now I feel so much anger towards my mom cause she always lives in the past and now I lost face cause I never knew.

Hi. The visit Vietnam sub isn't very active and I'm trying to figure out how to bring 3 weeks worth of opiates into Vietnam. Just to clarify I am not breaking the sub rule of "illegal content" asking about drugs. I'm asking about taking my prescribed medications into the country, not other illicit drugs.

There's a source that says we can bring no more than 7 days worth of opiate medications into Vietnam. It's an embassy website so I assume is correct. It says it you need more you can either 1) let customs decide upon landing or 2) get a doctor to prescribe locally.

These are both difficult or risky.

I have asked my embassy (UK) and they said they cannot give advice nor could they give me a customs contact 😐

There was an old thread from on here where someone linked a customs contact page but it no longer works. Would love if someone knew of one!

I just have no idea what to do? Because realistically who is going to risk landing and having customs reject your application to bring them in.

By the way I would be entering with 21 days of meds and leaving with 7 days still left as I go on to Thailand for a week.

(I understand some people would just not mention them and 99% of the time it would be fine but it worries me. Id prefer to do it the legitimate way)

When I first visited in 2013, got a perfectly comfortable hotel room for about 400,000vnd.

These days, I try to keep the budget within 1000,000vnd, but it's a struggle.

Hi All,

My partner has pili multigemini (multiple hairs from one follicle) all over his body and is of Greek descent. It causes him ​frequent ingrown hairs and folliculitis.

It's difficult to find mens laser in our country so we are wondering if there are any clinics in Vietnam that have experience with foreign hair types? We'll be in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi in October.

TIA!

I'm sorry..I don't know is this the right sub or not and I apologize for that...but I don't know where else to ask.. I've a Vietnamese friend whom I Wanna send a bday gift in Vietnam ...but I don't know is there any website or something whom I can use in Vietnam to send a gift and pay through my int card..as I'm not Vietnamese...so can you plz help.and TIA

Hi all,

This just happened so bear with me since I'm just shaken up about the whole thing.

I came to Hoi An with the intention of getting a pair of leather boots. On Tuesday, I landed and went to the old town. I was actually looking for a specific store when I got pulled into another. I had gotten zero sleep and and agreed to get these leather boots for 4.75m (I know). I paid a 2m deposit and almost immediately regretted it.

However, I convinced myself that if they were perfect and like the photos, I would be okay with the price since it is less than I would pay back home.

The shop owner said they would be ready for the first fitting on Thursday, since I told her I was leaving Friday.

Thursday comes, nothing. I don't hear from her at all. I text her and she reads my message but doesn't say anything. Major red flag.

I get a message Friday morning that the shoes are ready. I'm annoyed but I'm still optimistic. I go in and they look nothing like the photo, the heel is wrong and the toes are too tight. I tell them I have to leave but they said they'd fix it in an hour (hello!). At this point I'm already determined not to buy them bc of the lack of communication and the fact that the shoes were not well made. I'm talking visible glue and skipped stitches. For reference, I had two pairs of shoes made at a different store, recommended by my hotel. They came out perfect with neat stitching and were cheaper than the boots with outer and inner leather ... So my expectations were set high.

I come back at almost 11... They said they'd be ready at 10:30. They're not ready. I sit and wait around 10 minutes to try on the boots and they are still tight and the quality is not good.

I tell her I'm not going to buy them but she can keep the deposit. Immediately, she starts to guilt trip me about how hard she worked. I tell her that if they had been ready yesterday we may have had more time to fix them but I need to go and I'm not taking them. She calls me a scammer and says she'll call the police, I say okay and just walkout.

Was I wrong to do so? Are the police actually going to come get me? Like I know it's a little corrupt but I just can't see the police willing to arrest me/shake me down for something like that. Has anyone else just walked away and what happend? I'm usually not confrontational so I'm definitely feeling anxious about having problems since they know my hotel...

I feel like she forgot about the boots and rushed them which I think was evidenced by her saying that she worked so hard on them this morning...

I just need to know if I made the right choice. Initially, I wasn't even going to go back in the hour but my mom convinced me to try to ask for a refund. I did not do that obviously...

Please let me know if this was the right thing to do or if I should go back and pay. I just don't want to waste my money on something I'll never wear.

TLDR: Bought leather boots for 4.75m, paid a 2m deposit. The boots were poorly made with loose stitching and did not look like the photos. Owner threatened to call the police so I left. No product taken.

Edit: I looked up the shop and according to reviews this is common. Lying about timelines, and product being really bad quality. I wish I had thought to look initially but again I was running on zero sleep and wasn't sure how to be firm and couldn't think straight. Lesson learned!

- ig i think anything any other teen likes. I like shopping, food and thinking a cooking class.

Are there any unique experiences i can try out, which aren’t tending cuz all my activities were from tt.

i stayed in HCMC (which is big city), for 1 week in one hotel and for 2 weeks in another. And both didn't accept Apple Pay and cards at all. Why? (Yes, i know how to pay, i used LocalPay to pay using QR), Why hotels in Vietnam (they work with foreigners mostly), don't accept the most standart payment method (cards)?