Just like in every other country of Southeast Asia, prostitution is illegal by law in Vietnam, however it is mostly tolerated by the officials. Well, that’s not quite right: It is almost exclusively tolerated if the authorities are in the know of what’s really going on in a certain massage parlor, hot toc or other type of red light establishment and are “okay” with it. Whether they receive bribes in form of monthly payments or not – that I can …
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Vietnam’s popular mega city in the south isn’t only famous for banh mi sandwiches and excursions to the Mekong river delta, but of course also for its notorious nightlife and various places to meet girls. Now of course you can either go out to the bars and clubs and hope you’ll meet a nice Vietnamese lady who is not a freelancer, use a dating site to arrange a coffee or dinner date with regular women – or if you just feel …
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Saigon is the new rising star in Southeast Asia – and I’m obviously not just speaking in terms of family or backpacking tourists who just have to either start or finish their trip around Vietnam in the exciting southern metropolis that’s now officially called Ho Chi Minh City (I’ll be mostly referring to it as Saigon though in this and my other Vietnam guides, as it’s still much more commonly used). Of course there are also countless of single men …
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