Vietnam: Interview with Mr. Dung, Cyclo Driver

In this 4-minute video, we interview my cyclo driver in Nha Trang. Mr Dung worked for the Americans during the Vietnam War.

Like other Southern 'collaborators,' he was denied opportunities for employment under the new government. Many, like Mr. Dung, had to make a living as a cyclo driver. It's a hard life, but Mr. Dung kept his sense of humor.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Vietnam
• Nha
• Trang
• Cyclo
• Interview

[duketer56]

Yet you

[DammitDrag]

@TT112005 shut your face before I rip it off.

[taysungcodon]

haha funny cyclo guy i m wanna go back there

[lhoxung]

@babehc He can't have any job else because he has worked for the US before 1975.

[tieuhavn]

FYI, the cyclo driver mentioned "butterfly" with a slang meaning of "prostitute". Thanks for your posting.

[binhthanhvo]

@babehc Many Vietnamese picked up French and English, the languages of the colonizers. This was especially true when many people depended on them for a living. Now that foreign investment and tourists are flooding the country, you'll find that many people, especially the young, have taken up English again. America, and anything American, is "cool" there. Very few people have hard feelings about the war, even though at least a million Vietnamese were killed.

[TomWinds]

Very good conversation there, Borntowander. It seems you made many trips to VN. Now I know how you look like, the author of the Deja Vu Vietnam series. I watched your informative and impressive video over and over many times, before my first trip back there recently, and still now again. Thanks.

[babehc]

cant believe a cyclo driver knows english. thats pretty amazing. he coudve got a good job since he knows english. and really, his accent isnt that strong either

[Jubeski]

Cool vid'. Thanks for posting.

[harveyc99]

Take your hate somewhere else, friend.