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Originally Posted by Hurricane88
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We are all still learning, and age doesn't matter when it comes to learning. I stayed there from 2002 till 2007, five years, and continue flying in and out from late 2007 till now. 1 more year and it marks 1 decade.... but i am still learning. I always believe that 1 year of stay in Vietnam beats a hundred trips in and out.
From my experience, i feel that having a vietnamese spouse is the best way to learn the Vietnamese culture. You can be going around vietnam all the time, but it still doesn't beat the experience you get from a vietnamese spouse. A vietnamese spouse will allow you to experience what is it like to stay with a vietnamese for a longer term, their thinking, their habits and most importantly, their family. You get the good, the bad and the nasty.
Staying in Vietnam for a period of time is also good for learning their culture. The daily contact with locals and the observation of how things are done there gives good insight. But i find most singaporeans mixing around mostly with Singaporeans only when they are stationed there, the only local contacts being WL, their ban gai or the local staff in their office. Doing business with the locals is a very good way to widen local contacts.
No mattter what, we cannot be 100% vietnamese as we are not borned and bred there. We can only learn as we spend more time there.
