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  • Omg I think I'd feel like I was going to die.

  • tui bay theo trung cong thi xe dap theo my the thang nhat se ban xe hoi re cho, lam duong cung rong, lai xe thoai may

  • it long time ago,now it was changed better

  • *Breathes heavily while smiling!* YESSS! YOU'VE MADE IT!!! *Cries* Oh lord I miss Vietnam so dearly! And yes infact you have to walk slowly yes indeed, sometime you have to walk slowly withyour head down. Basically if you do that, they won't crash you! xD Oooohh seeing Vietnam in YoutTube is so good to see again!! Vietlam kailong....wait..I don't remember of what the means...well Xin Chao Vietlam!

  • enemy napalm in bound

  • @ghiblix2 In the cities there are lots of minor injuries however on the main highway there are many fatalities.

  • Hanoi is a great city when you travel and wanna look at beautiful places around it. But when it comes to deal with the locals, especially if you're vietnamese or viet kieu, be prepared to deal with their bad attitude and uneducated manners. It is like that everywhere in vietnam, sure, but Hanoi is the capital of vietnamese cultural backwardness.

  • 3rd Rule: Use humanshields, If you cross a red light (which is most likely to happen) you should go in the middle of a throng of motocycles.

    And the rules for Pedestrians to cross the streets: Slowly, never run or jump (back or forward), never ever turn around and go back. The motocycle estimate your way and adjust their speed to it.

    I hope you find this helpful

  • 1st Rule: the bigger the better, so Busses have the right of way, then cars, motorcycle, bikes and then pedestrians.

    2nd Rule: Only pay attention to the vehocles in front of you, everything thats behind you is not of your concern

  • I lived in Hanoi for seven months and its not as bad as its shown in the video. Or better, the video is absolutely realistic, BUT there are traffic signs and stop signs and so on and there is also a certain rulesystem to the traffic. If you are on a motocycle its a lot easier to get through Ha Noi.

  • You made it! 

  • Thank you!!!!

    This is the closest to the real experience that I have found.

  • Hehe, wow :)

  • Lol this is what I call "order without law."

  • omg i miss hanoi badlyyy i lived for 5 years im a pro at crossing those crazy streets x) ahha <3 love that placeeee i just moved to pakistann :(

  • i came back to my country at this summer ( sorry bad english ^^)

  • Lmao !!!!

  • NOW THATS FREEDOM!

  • it 's not dangerous at all the people in motorbikes will stay out when you're crossing

  • there are traffice lights somewhere, ive been there twice already but there are no stops signs that ive seen, Crossing the streets there is never stop, look both ways, walk slowly and they will not crash into you (Face it why would they want to die)

    The streets are always busy

  • if u want to play X_game cross the road in hanoi !!!!

  • i have been in Hanoi 2 times. I enjoyed every moment i was there.

  • And no accidents at all :)

  • It's not as bad as you make out, there is a technique (as crazy as it seems), you just walk slowly and don't hesitate and everyone goes around you. The problems start when you hesitate and are indecisive.

  • just come back, fantastic place

    crossing the road was great fun

  • just got back from vietnam and thailand gotta say hanoi traffic was way worse than hoi an traffic lol. had a ggreat trip and found crossing the road to be something you get the hang of pretty quickly. great vid though

  • I was in Hanoi in 1996, and they all rode bikes, while dreaming of a motorbike. Now they have they all drive motorbikes. That is good to see.

  • Damn! I made a video that was almost identical last month. However, my camera was stolen in Ho Chi Minh City by a 'masseuse'. "You want massaaaage? You want massaaaage?" as she puts her hands on my body. "No thank you, bye bye". -- Phew that was close, I almost bought a massage. Good thing I outsmarted her--- Not so, she's got my camera.

  • Oh my God :D

    I am travelling there on 30th May :D

    Hope I will survive that 3 weeks :D

  • @Griffike Don't worry, if u can cross the road like that guy, u can call your self a brave man, I mean it.

  • Thank you for your kind words, I do hope I will survive crossing a road :) But let me correct you just a little: I'd rather call myself a brave woman ;-)

  • oops, sorry about that :)

    Anyway, have a good trip

  • That's ok, and thank you :)

  • i was there in 2008 and it was amazing.i think it so simple to live there if u are abit rich. i stayed in hanoi for 2 weeks and riding one of these motorbikes.for example from what i learnt when u cross the road you should not stop and wait just walkk slowly they will avoid crashing u. so its not that bad after all :))

  • im going to Hanoi in a day. I cannot wait. Im sat here laughing at the insanity of this video while at the same time sweating like a pig at a hog roast thikning about how hairy this shit all looks!

  • It's been exactly 5 years since this video was made, and things here are even worse. More and more motorbikes pouring into the streets.

  • I was there last winter, and, yes, it did seem worse. I had a bus accident, a cyclo accident, and nearly had another bus accident. Crazy.

  • I just returned from Vietnam in November and I can attest to the fear that virtually everyone has when attempting to cross the street in this city. But all is not lost. I was in Hue, Hoi An and Saigon and it was relatively safe. Saigon, which has 3 times the traffic, was safe. At least there, the people stopped when the traffic light turned red. This is not a Vietnamese issue. This is a city issue that needs to be corrected A.S.A.P. The people here are lawless.

  • not just typical "brainwashed" comment, it is the truth, that is why you cant say crap about it and keeping your mouth shut.

    dont you get it? your uneducated comments are fucking JOKES! nuking north vietnam would only lead to ww3 , nuke war and end of the world maybe? keep your idiotic mouth shut for goodness's sake.

    NVn was severly bombed, the TRUE vietnamese fought the invaders, beat them, and also punished the traders -slaves for usa *SVN* that TRIED to fight their own brothers *NVN

  • Typical Haloian. Damm, why didnt the Yankees nuked your city and all of your communist buddies.

  • Why didnt the Yankees nuke the shithole? Commies wouldnt have taken over Vietnam and turned a central economic powerhouse into a struggling backwater. If only the Yankees bombed the shit hole! Damn

  • @ntn1987 - why don't we just bomb you? Have you been to Vietnam? I can assure you it is not a "shit hole" It's a beautiful country. I hope this video gets deleted so your comment will go away.

  • sorry i clicked thumb down, I mean thumb up, so now you are on 3+

  • "only if yankees nuked that shithole..."

    fucksturds like you make the world hate the usa. such an uneducated comment....

    yeah nuke vietnam, and end up with a nuke missile from russia over new york. What a turd. think before you talk. You sure you are not related to gw. Bush?

    retard.

  • You did not do the Vietnamese people any good by surrendering Vietnam to the hands of tyranny. A pain that was shown by hundreds of thousand of people gambling their lives on tiny fishing boats. If the US nuked Hanoi, the North Vietnamese communists would be dead and the Vietnamese people would be free. Vietnam would have been an economic power instead of an economic and social backwater like they are now.

  • I am a vietnamese and I am been in many conversations like this. I will prove your idiocy like many other sth. vietnamese here in north am.

    1. "pain was shown .. fishing boats"

    most of the people that come to usa hope they will find money falling off the skies. yet there are 500 homeless viets in orng county.

    this is why i said many biased-onesided-close minded people like you are not educated and do not think.

    usa are not the only ones with nukes. russians have NV's back. learn your facts

  • First, please watch how people vote with their feet and decide for yourself which system they prefer. The answer is pretty clear.

  • and your history. if usa even touched the russians it would result in a greatrer war.

    think before you talk.

    2. most of the viets here in N. America thought they would find money all over the steets, not to escape communism.

    well they are idiots. and those who did not leave vietnam? now, they are working, buy houses/cars and HOW many people complain about the goverment and start bullshit riots and protests like poor unemployed sth. viets here, carrying the flag that does not even exist?

  • Typically communist-brainwashed Haloian, the Yanks should have nuked you fools!

  • the answer is pretty clear- ? you have nothing to say agaist this. the viet kieus are carrying their asses back to vietnam simply because it is much easier to live there: cost of living, their family, etc .. you dont see any current vietnamese people in vietnam complaining.

    doesnt matter who gets elected, vietnam needs to grow . and we have seen how the economy grew under communist regime (not really since communism ended years ago)

    what are vietkieus done, except starting BS protests?

  • Lets have an election then, huh? The Vietnamese communist party is doing a wonderful. Thats why 200,000-300,000 Vietnamese women married foreign men to escape their harsh lives. Thats why over 500,000 Vietnamese workers are being exploited overseas. Thats why 90% of Vietnamese international students applied for PR or GreenCard after their studies. Thats why the government goes around begging for foreign aids.Thats why you decided to stay in the US instead of that backwater. Cmon kid, try harder.

  • is this really the third time you are saying this? nuke hanoi? wow..... I understand why so many vietkieu go homeless and the rest end up cleaning toilet for white people. What a disgrace to viet race. damn uneducated idiots.

    ask yourself what has the vn gvmt do to affect people's lives in a negative way.

    thats right. the economy and the country is rapidly developing.

    and look how shitty was the saigon in 1970s? yeah go figure idiot.

  • 200k vietnamese women married to foreigners? first off that number is way overrated by you . 2nd USA currently has 11 million unemployed people. so harsh lives are ALL OVER the world, not vietnam only. 500k "exploited" overseas? WHERE THE FCK did you get this number from? stop pulling shit out of your ass. and WTF does that have to do with the country itself ? more women are sold to sex slavery in usa itself than in vietnam . so go figure idiot.

  • "200,000" is the number of marriages between Vietnam-Korea and Vietnam-Taiwan and it is growing. "500,000" is the number of Vietnamese "workers" (aka slaves) in South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Middle East and illegal Vietnamese aliens in Europe. I assume that you know how to do maths.

  • there are no such "COMPANIES" that openly "SELL" the women you idiot. go burn your TV with that BS propaganda NGUY channels that make up BS with absolute no proof whatsoever, and actually watch the real news.

    it is people that advertise the poor women to rich taiwanese men, set up a wedding and that is IT. if you are lucky then it will be a good man,live rich life, if its not then your out of luck.

    there are absolutely NO proof of BS you just said. you live under a rock and should wake up.

  • Cmon kid, try harder.

  • wtf do the vn sex slaves has to do with vn itself? you are full of shit and you know it.

    oh wait you STILL think that women are sold as sex slaves by the goverment.. rigght.. *yes i read that bullshit on nguy newspapers here, where it is the ONLY source for vietkieu's info*. you fags will believe everything you read in those bullshit newspapers. close minded idiots.

    yes usa has best education in the world. That is undeniable. we are talking about how pussy the s-vn ppl ( in usa) are.

  • The companies that are responsible are ran by members of the communist party. If it was not due to the poverty created by the communist party, the situation would not be as bad. This is a hard fact.

  • "The companies that are responsible are ran by members of the communist party"

    haha what a fucking joke. and where did you get this from ?your ass? yes I can do math thank you very much. I can also imagine. just like you did with those numbers and "FACTS".

    I can pull BS out of my ass to. haha run by members of govement. what a fucking joke.sex slaves in usa alone is more than vietnam. and that is DEVELOPED country.

    well you cant prove what you said can you? right because it was all made up

  • Please read UNICEF reports, US Department of State Trafficking reports, 2006 US Department of State Human Rights reports and UNICEF: The children in Vietnam reports. One third of prostitutes in Cambodia are Vietnamese women and children. Cmon kid, your commie-style of attack makes you sound extremely stupid and uneducated.

  • wow speaking of uneducated? "nuke that shithole" ? who said that again? it does not take an educated person to understand why that would lead to end of the world you stupid little infant twat.

    send a legit link of those "NUMBERS" then we will see. All of that BS is overrated by you so theres no point in this argument with an uneducated prick.

    hah "Try harder"...

    funny part usa tried to stop vn from being communist, but they are the ones that stayed communist for longest.

    fucking fail.

  • Please read those reports. I was right. The US should have nuked Hanoi so commies like you cant be born.

  • and also whats funny that fags here believe everything they hear. All of the bullshit that you read on viet newspapers are copied and pasted from vnexpress, modified 180* to fit the style of the battle-lost readers who like to talk shit but do not actually take action.

    and those idiots include the ones that belive bs like the goverment is selling women . what a fucking joke.

    Now 30 years later they carry their asses back to vietnam under new name to live a better life than a toilet cleaner

  • yeah you know what I am talking about... they flee vietnam to usa to find money falling off the sky. they end up as hobos or toilet cleaners.

    another funny fact is that the people on top of the chain in weed growing are the viets.

    in morning they play dress up as soldiers and protest with a non existent flag,which no one gives a shit about, by night they are janitors.

    only sounds "uneducated" to you because all of these facts are true.

  • begging for foreign aids- yes that is true. there is still poverty right here in north america, not anywhere far. so think before you talk. it affects everybody.

    your idiotic comments prove how stupid and close minded you people are and disgrace the viet race.

  • Now who is complaning about the current govement? not many. They all work and strive for better. while viets here go unemployed and start protests that no one gives a crap about.

    4. no, if usa nuked hanoi, (1960') then it would just make the people grow more hate and make them unite to be stronger.

    vietnamese people now ARE free. wtf are you talking about? if it was so shit you woudnt have seen so many vietkieu carrying their asses back to COMMUNIST VN to live.

  • Lets have an election to decide then huh?

  • when the people in vietnam (north and south) got over the war decades ago and work to make the country better, the vietkieu toilet cleaners start random protests, accuse their viet neighbours of being communist spies, etc etc. the whole damn south vn goverment (1960s,70s,) relied on money from usa. usa got kicked back home , the SthVN fleed their asses. we can clearly see vn's economy now is rapidly growing. What have the viet kieus done lately to help the country?

  • it is so ashamed when seeing this sence. Please delete this video.

    From hanoi

  • Thằng Minh thằng Duẩn thằng Đồng

    Thằng nào cũng chỉ một lòng hại dân

    Thằng Minh là đứa bất nhân

    Hiếp xong rồi lại giết phăng là thường

    Thằng Giáp là một thằng ngu

    Đeo lon đại tướng bịt mu đàn bà

    Thằng Chinh dại chợ khôn nhà

    Tố cha, tố mẹ, ông bà tố luôn

  • Well it looks busy bot if you rent a bike you'll get used to it in 2 hours. Its fun!!! Trust me.

  • Don't even try, it's impossible.

  • จะข้ามถนนที่เวียดนาม เวลาเดินข้ามก็ข้ามไปเลยอย่า หยุดชะงักดูรถ เค้าจะหลบเราเอง รับรองว่าปลอดภัยกว่าข้ามถนนที่ เมืองไทยอีก อิอิ

  • 1bai hat -hanoi va toi- se o mai trong trai tim toi

  • noi toi sinh hanoi ngay toi sinh 1ngay long gio ngo nho pho nho nha toi o do va toi mong sao kg bi D CS nhoi so va toi mong sao xac thang HO dung nam o do!!!!!!!!

  • voi nguoi sinh ra va lon len o hanoi thi tu ngay thang HOCHOMINH len cam quyen thi nguoi hanoi coi nhu mat nuoc rui dau con dat song moi nguoi 1noi nguoi thi vao nam nguoi thi chay ra nuoc ngoai con lai may thang con chau cho de cua HO va tay sai TRUNGCONG nam vung.

  • hanoi cua toi cho du co bao kho khan cung van vuot qua,toi nho nhung nam 8x luc toi con nho xiu nhung ngay mat dien nhung ky niem kho quen o giua trung tam hanoi kg dien kg nuoc me toi dua toi den xep hang mua dau ve de nau do an con me toi phai xep hang o noi khac de mua gao nhung ngay tem phieu day toi nho qua, nhung mong rang nguoi hanoi se kg bao gio phai song nhuc nhu the nua. Che do CS thoi nat va thang HO cho se ra di vinh vien!!!!

  • hanoi se mai trong trai tim toi, noi toi sinh ngay toi sinh 1ngay long gio va dep mai.

  • Đây là thời Hanoi cũ, còn hiện tại thì đã khác nhiều rồi. Các bạn nước ngoài nếu tới Vietnam thì hãy ghé qua các con phố cổ và Hồ Hoàn Kiếm nhé

  • DAYUM!

  • i was there a week ago, i did the same thing! i crossed the road at the cityview centre near night market area junction with bad traffic from 5 directions. and I made it!

  • and it works xD awesome!

  • Agree... just got back and loved it.. not for the faint hearted... bangladesh traffic was wrse though see outofapickle vids

  • lol im an american living in vietnam so im not gonna say its the best damn place on earth but what i do know is that in vietnam there are traffic lights and such... actually there timed there is a timer above them so you know when they end... so this vid didnt film it so it would look bad...

  • ha! yeah i was there 6 years. vids like this always make it look worse than it is! when you are riding in the flow it makes more sense. Sure it's still dangerous, i took a few spills in my time. But if you dont drive too fast and wear protective gear its fine. what really got me was people riding in only flip flops. good bye toes!

  • going there soon... I am going to shit myself when i get on a motorbike! Looks insane

  • dont worry the traffic in hanoi is bad but there are traffic signs and such... but there arent stop signs that part is true XD

  • thanh pho ho chi minh ?!

  • the traffic in hanoi is so not good. it need fixing

  • vietnam 4ever

  • the guy who was crossing made me LOL xD

  • Crossing those roads are great.

  • LOLOLOLOLOL

    yeah i cross the street like dat too LOL

  • Them Gooks love their mopeds. Lol

  • This is crazy! It's like you really take your life into your own hands. See how super fast those motorised bicycles are going?

    Ahh, too bad, the gap-man is having a real hard time.

  • Gosh my cousin who lives in saigon died recently when crossing the street

  • I've went there before.

    Trust me when u cross dun move backwards just keep goin. u had better not stop

  • most people who change their mind to cross and went back are most likely who are being pin to death by vehicles.

  • lol.. that has only one rule,, don't stop and don't run while you across the road

  • LOL!

  • The deal is U cant run when crossing street ahah

  • i love vietnam...

    i think the street is near to the house of my grandparents

  • MORE FUN TOO!

  • AHAHAH nice! it's where i plan to go...

  • i miss vietnam so much!

  • The first guy was lucky not to get hit. The trick is to never stop, otherwise you throw off the timing of the motorists.

  • Whoa!! Taht street is dominated by motorcycles!

  • hahahhahaha..omg! unbelieveble.. but i like the vietnam noodles in jakarta its called pho hoa..

  • haha yeah!!! I can't wait to get there. Going to Vietnam in January. Going to be mental. I'm a motorcycle rider too, can't wait to be elbow to elbow in that mess!!!!

  • racists

  • this was 2006, today vietnam is much better now, they put on a few traffic light, and more cars these day

  • dude your so brave!

  • in vietnam u can get a motorcycle license when u r 13

  • accurate is 18 year old

  • really? my cousin and her parents went back there. they said u get it at 13.

  • In Vietnam, you don't need to get a motorcycle license. If you get caught by the police, give them 10-15 dollars depending on the case.

  • :) . wir haben doch keinen zeit

  • I am from Naples...WOW looks like back home :)

  • I'm half from Vietnam and my first year here trying to cross the street - man it was scary like thousands of motorbikes flying at you but now i'm used to it, not really that bad after all.

  • THAT's COOL :D

  • In Vietnam, people drive at 30 km/h maximum in downtown. They can easily avoid people who crosses the street.

  • china belonged to Mongolia for 200 years and the Manchu for their last leg of their imperial history :P u should be proud - Manchu was only 1/10 of your population.

  • vietnam was dominated by the chinese...they never 'belonged'...parts of china furthermore, especially southern china were taken away by china from vietnam

  • uh i don't think so, and for your information the chinese that dominated vietnam had become vietnamese now cause those chinese immigrated to vietnam for several thousand of years ago, they're now known as vietnamese citizens.

  • Yes it is true!

  • It is socially unacceptable that Hanoi, capital of a country, has so terrible a traffic system.

  • I know, and ho chi minh is not even the capital of vietnam and it had better transportation than this.

  • because that country is poor that they cant have the things ppl in the US have

  • MADNESS!!

  • When I was in VN that was the craziest driving I had ever seen. 10 years ago it was mostly Bicycles. That was the most amazing country I have ever traveled to. More friendly than I expected. I went there worried being an American, but the people were more friendly than I had ever experienced. Wish I can go back!

  • Yeah I know that was/is a common prejudice that we weren't friendly to Americans but why should we be unfriendly to you, to all Americans?! Of course it has a lot to do with history but we also know that many Americans were against that war and we appreciate this very much. :)

  • I liked the video alot. lol

  • HAHA Vietnamese are good Drivers ^^ We dont need Traffic lights or any rules. Its all about comment sense.

  • bloody hell,,traffic in ha noi,viet nam is shit..i hope viet nam has a half of euro countries

  • traffic lights are a waste of power and time,they make u stop even thought theres no fucking cars crossing the other road..

  • ur shit

  • great video thanks!!

    i am there right now so i may do a remake video soon!!

  • i have been there it is seriosuly like playing froger

  • Hahahah LoL

  • Traffic light are for foreigners. Not Vietnam LOL

  • It is really like it it! I was there in december 2006 and had a great time :-)

  • lộn xộn nhất thế giới

  • yea that's my city. i love the traffic. weaving in and out of traffic at about 50+ kph after a bottle of beer is fun

  • I went to visit Ha Noi and I loved it! The people were so gracious and fun. I was very proud the first time I crossed the street without a Vn-ese escort! The trick is to walk slowly so they can see you and avoid you. No one wants to hit you and break their motorbike! hihi.

  • yes, that's right hi hi

  • Ilove this. this my city :X luv :X and proud

  • who tf take this vid ? This one is just a little street, so they don't need traffic light , in the states ,Do we have traffic lights at every corners ?

  • nope we dont lol

  • Dunnow about the states but in the UK we have twee rules like, once you step on the crossing, the traffic has to stop (and does!)

  • Trafik ışığı yok durmakta yok oh valla :D

  • omfg

  • saigon is way way worse i tell yas!!!1 hue is the best :D most beautiful and least congested :D

  • oh, my city. my favorite city indeed.

  • The traffic was like that in Saigon....there were traffic lights but I don't think anyone paid any notice. I've been warned not to take the "green light" at pedestrian crossings for granted. Well I survived. And I'm going back in March next year for more !

  • Frogger!

  • that's so cool i favourited it!

  • gosh this was so hilarious????!!! is it really liek this there?? but im surprised how the ppl on their bike actually slwo down and avoid the ppl crossing...unlike in some other asian countries even with trafic lights and good crossings..they jsut dont even try to slow down!!!

  • Crossing the street was one of my favorite activities while in Hanoi, its so exciting ;) But its dangerous indeed... It's an adventure every time you go out!

  • lmao i almost got hit by a bike cause i tried to run across when there were no mopeds arounds...i guess im too used to america lol.....the trick to crossing in VN is to walk slowly across...the ppl in the motorbike will automaticlly avoid u

  • I've been in hanoi and saigon a few months ago, there are traffic lights now, but it isn't better. in Hanoi is was harder to cross the street then in Saigon...

  • They're both the same to me. Be a real man and just cross the damn little street! :D

  • haha perfect way to cross the street.... keep walking slowly and everyone else will avoid u! I do think Saigon's traffic is worse though, see my "Saigon Madness!" video

  • It was Hanoi in 2004. Nowadays, Hanoi's traffic may be not that bad ^^. Many traffic lights have been added. Some new streets also have been built or rebuilt, etc... Of course it's can't be good. Recently, An american professor who came here to take part in some projects to improve traffic conditions in Hanoi was dead because of being crashed by a mopeds when crossing a street. =.= . However, I think it will become better and better. :).

  • lol thanx to the 3m ppl of Hanoi n 2m mopeds

  • ha lol it is like a game like how u have to cross to the other side with out getting hit if u get hit ur life is over then the game is over X(

  • heheh i love it toooo

  • En bra stad... Ska dit mot slutet av året

  • woooow this nice street, i love it

  • First thing to do when you are enough self confident is to cross the street without looking the drivers. Just look on the other side and then all the motobikes drivers take the responsability to slow down and let you go.

  • yes... Imagine crossing in Saigon, I felt like a survivor every time!!!!! ;P