I'm so sorry for your bad experience at the Vietnamese border gate, it also has a bad reputation in Vietnamese community as well, and people are raising this issue here and there. Really love your vlog.
Vietnamese customs like to harass visitors from China for money because to the Vietnamese, that's a kind of "getting even" with China and Chinese. I will be very blunt here: Vietnam has a very poisonous antagonistic attitude against China, because that was how the modern Vietnam nation was formed, by appealing to the concept of "nationalism", that has been achieved by painting China as their arch nemesis since ancient days.
This so much better than National Geographics, Nature, etc.... You show the human element so vivdly. So close together, each unique with threads of commonality.
You can also learn about China from another young Chinese girl where she will brings you to places where no tourists goes to. Her narration is in Chinese, but there are English subtitle. Watch the video link below. ruclips.net/video/AExAoxu4r5E/видео.htmlsi=EgEBtp_S2sEfmFCw
You can see more of unseen China by following "Qingyunji". The host is also a young Chinese girl where she will bring you to places not visited by tourist. However, her narration is in Chinese, but it has English subtitle. Watch one of her video below. ruclips.net/video/AExAoxu4r5E/видео.htmlsi=EgEBtp_S2sEfmFCw
Hi Yan!!!! I Had a Beautiful Time in China...Kunming, Guilin, Yangshuo and Guangzhou! Very Happy You Are OK and Happy! Thank You For Your Videos. I Love Them! Take Care. Fernando.
@@littlechineseeverywhere Hi Yan, Many Thanks. I Will Always Be Helping You. Your Videos About China Are Really Good. Trust Me On This. 1 MILLION SUSBCRIBERS THIS YEAR FOR YOU. Have Fun, Take Care and Be HAPPY. Fernando
Hi, this is your first video that I somehow stumbled upon (thanks RUclips algorithms). I’m Vietnamese but have lived overseas for a very long time and have never been to Mong Cai. I found this video super interesting. Thank you for sharing your experience, including your not-so-pleasant border crossing. I’m glad you stood firm and didn’t pay them. I do hope they will clean things up so that travelers won’t have to deal with stuff like that.
Vietnamese here. The donxing architecture, street layout, sellers basket display reminds me of typical Vietnamese style. goes to show how different cultures can easily influence each other
Vietnamese culture and southern or south-western Chinese culture are essentially identical. Genetically and culturally there have been minimal differences, despite whatever some Vietnam nationalists might wish to boast about inflated distinctions.
@@dantse2012ablebạn chưa biết hết văn hoá Việt Nam đâu và tôi cũng chưa biết hết văn hoá Trung Quốc. Nhưng tôi xin thưa với bạn tuy có một số ít nét tương đồng qua quá trình giao thoa văn hoá và Việt Nam đã từng bị Trung Quốc đô hộ trong thời Phong Kiến nhưng tôi đảm bảo với bạn rằng văn hoá của Việt Nam khác hoàn toàn với Trung Quốc. Ngày nay Việt Nam bị ảnh hưởng của kiến trúc Pháp rất nhiều nhưng thời xưa phong cảnh và văn hoá của Việt Nam cũng khác biệt rất nhiều so với Trung Quốc thời còn Phong Kiến. Tại sao tôi biết như vậy vì tôi đã xem nhiều phim của các bạn về thời xưa nhưng tôi không thấy nó có gì thân thuộc cả và khác xa so với ký ức của tôi về những ngôi làng truyền thống và văn hoá của người Việt thời xưa.
@@minhtuyet5906 Vietnam has little influenced by French: Vietnamese writing was borrowed from French and little architecture left by over century of colonialism but not cultural. Vietnamese has lots of similarities to Chinese than you know.
You are an excellent tour guide that teaches us more than we have ever been exposed to. Thank you for taking the time to be honest and open. So proud you stand up for what is right.
Love all your videos! Your handling of challenging experiences is consistently admirable. By addressing them, you're clearly not making a blanket statement about Vietnamese people. Such tourist scams are unfortunately prevalent worldwide, not due to inherent badness or greed, but rather stemming from issues like inequality, injustice, corruption, or flawed political systems. I firmly believe in the inherent goodness within all individuals, a quality that shines through beautifully in your videos. ❤️
Thank you so much! 🥰 Yes, I think so too, it's not the first border scam I have experienced throughout my travels. My goal is to show the beauty of people and nature ☺️ Much Love Yan
"Such tourist scams are unfortunately prevalent worldwide" -- what did you mean? Not many countries have such a practice to harass visitors at customs to pay bribery to be let in. Vietnamese have been targeting visitors from China for decades. Vietnamese customs used to do such bribery things even at airports against Chinese and Viet Kieu, but because airports are more international and so more cramping down. However, land border crossings with China are still big "attack zones" against Chinese, and quite a few Vietnamese feel that's kind of okay, as a means to get even with China and Chinese over geopolitical conflicts.
@@dantse2012able Maybe I should've phrased it to just "tourist scams are unfortunately prevalent". I simply meant that where there are tourists, there are opportunities to take advantage. And that taking that opportunity doesn't mean you are bad or evil. It usually means that your choices are limited.
We get this ‘tourist’ scam crossing from Thailand to Laos, the first time I crossed was with two very experienced people and when the uniform fat guy approached me my tall confident friend basically shoed him away. The last two times were on organised motorcycle tours. They handled everything, but there was an ‘agent’ buzzing around handling everything.
A very lovely trip crossing from Dongxing into Vietnam. The two cities seem like one country, yet local people can speak Chinese and Vietnamese. I like the sight and sounds of street food vendors as well as the local market. What an array of snacks! I'd love to try them too. You did an excellent job in explaining and describing the taste of each and every snack! The ugly side of CIQ is quite normal in border cities, but you handled the situation very well. What a brave lady you are. Thank you for sharing the adventure with us. Certainly a memorable one!
Looking at it from our point of view we find it strange, maybe China's entry checks are very strict for some countries, but there is no demand for money, of course, it is also illegal.
The CIQ corruptions in both sides were similar 10 or 20 years ago but under Xi leadership China clean up tremendously but unfortunately cannot said about Vietnam.
Nǐ hǎo from Germany Yan, I wish you all the best in the year of the wooden Dragon, which started today! You are not actually a tourist but rather a talented journalist and explorer. I always wish you a safe journey with your Scouter and joy in everything you do! Kay
Thank you for your one-day trip experience to Vietnam. I have several Vietnamese friends in Canada. While your one trip on one day does not show the entire country but you have certainly given me a taste of its culture and food. Thanks Yan.
I've had quite a few friends recommend that I should at least visit Vietnam. Even a few tv shows I've watched in the past where they go to Vietnam they talk about how amazing it is there. I'd love to see more in the future, I know you have your own itinerary planned out so of course no pressure to go NOW but in the distant future it'd be nice to see more of what Vietnam has to offer.❤
On Land border crossing between "developing countries", especially into a poorer country, the local officials quite often impose their own illegal charges. This is flat out corruption. This happens at the Thai - Malaysian land borders, Thai - Csmbodian.. Thai - Myanmar borders. 30+ years ago, they simply wont let you pass if you dont pay, but since then, you can insist that the charges are not acceptable and they will let you pass. I always refuse to pay. Actually, 40+ years ago, the officials at the Indonesian airport in Jakarta also insist on a small collection (S or RM$10). I have never paid😂😂
I found your channel and had to subscribe. 😀 I like the way you show your country and daily life. Really good to see China up close. You have a gift for telling the story. ❤
A lot of my friends were asked tips when they cross the Vietnam border, the customs officer are corrupted but very strange they never asked Americans or other westerners for tips
I like the way how you relate with people and nature, you're so good on how you explore them, and anybody will learn from you that there is humane in every people. If ever you stop by in Los Angeles CA, please visit us I'm offering our home for you to stay.
Sharing the same concept with you on border towns - very interesting & intriguing abt lifestyles & cultures! Good for you not being scammed with the crossing! Thank for showing!👍🙏
Fascinating video and this is great. Thank you for taking the time to film and edit and post this video. I hope peace reigns in Vietnam and China to allow the economy and people to prosper.
Thank you for sharing your experience of border crossing between China and Vietnam, as well as showing the difference in culture. Really like your presentation. The video… I really like it 👍🙏
Glad that you enjoyed our food! It's a pity that there are still many tourist trap like this in Vietnam 😅Hopefully the government can sort it out, especially for less popular places like Móng Cái here. Happy new year, Yan!
@@dantse2012ablewrong and uneducated again. Corruption has an ecosystem in Vietnam. You bribe to get into a position and you get under the table to split it amongst upper ranks. It has nothing to do with being in a remote region. The problem is every level of the system has involved in the corruption, so change won’t be immediate.
@@ThangNguyen-wh8tfYes, I fully agree with you. It's the same with the Thailand Malaysia border at the Thailand side, they will delayed you if you don't give them the bribe. 😢
@@littlechineseeverywhere So tempting.. ' but seasons beggining here mid april in south east sri lanka ... So some months of work ahead .. ' till mid October..
15:10 Some unconfirmed source said there was a time in Vietnam (1940s) when happened a fresh milk shortage.Someone name Giang came out with an idea to use egg yolk in replace milk. And thats how the sweet creamy foamy tiramisu alike coffee came from. The one with chocolate and ice, taste the best so to speak. However concerns rise among coffee lover that the eggs to be used should be pasteurized egg for hygiene reason.
the food you documented, simple people you encountered, and the ambient where you were. I do really miss that moment. I am dying in the west.... Asia has beautiful cultures...
Wonderful! I will never visit these places and yet I have a fascination for how the ordinary people go about their lives - you taking time to show me the buildings, the markets, the strangest foods. Well I am grateful from my little cottage in the north of England. You have a very nice way of explaining- much success to you in the future xxx Kate
The wet market is like our pasar(wet market) many of the food are similiar lah. You can really sapu all the food lor. You can eat. love those nice food lah. Thank you for excellent video and Gong Xi Fatt Choi. waiting for your family video family pre- dinner LNY. cheers.
Your videos are great! I always enjoy it. Thank you for sharing the scam tips. I experienced that at the airport in Hanoi during my last visit. It's good to know someone else experienced it also.
Some years ago I went on foot on that bridge the opposit way: Vietnam to China. Itwas like going into an other world: reactions of peopl, language, scripture( so mysterious) , habits. As a Breton I still felt familiar with people ( many vietnamese still speak french), cooking: baguettes and breton pancakes, wines a.s.o.. But entering C8na was entering a new planet.😮
It is quiet impossible of me to visit 東興 city in my life. Thank you for bringing me there by your video. I enjoy watching its scenary and "feeling" some special food. I love Vienam food. I go to Vienamese restaurant in Taipei very often. This video triggers me to look up this city in Google map. Now, I know where it is. Thank you. I love you.
It’s so sad. This Vietnamese visa scam is well know even here in Canada. My father in law is Vietnamese and he went back to his country for a trip 6 years ago. The custom says his visa is not valid but he did through a legit representative office here in Canada and they warn him about the visa scam. My father in law had immigrated in 1972 to Canada and he is very tall 6 feet 1. For them he is a foreigners who speak English and has a westerner wife but he does understand Vietnamese! he heard the agent saying « let’s make him wait half an hour. He will pay » And then my father in law reply politely in Vietnamese « Lets have a talk in the police station ». The agents and his manager was stunned… and just say he can go. My father in law who was always so proud of his native country was quite discouraged and didn’t even explain to his wife untel they flew back.
I grew up in a border area, Niagara Falls, they are exciting places. South East Asia is very beautiful, and lots of history. Would love to visit. Thanks for the video, Happy New Year.
Thank you Little Chinese and 🙏 Greetings and Xin Chun Kuaile 🙏 from Yangon Myanmar (Mian Dian) interesting to know some border scams 👍 very knowledgeable ☝️ Thanks again
Just wanted to say thank you for such entertaining videos, and sharing your beautiful country with us! Such a wonderful & beautiful landscape & your interactions with the people who live there! We have learnt so much! We truly appreciate all the hard work you do, and the countless hours of driving you do to bring us these videos! Barry & Elsa
Thank you for these amazing vlogs from Guangxi. My wife is from Laibin in Guangxi and I have travelled there with her a number of times. I've crossed into Vietnam in Dongxing and it's great to see the bridge with all the traders on again. It was a lot busier on the day I crossed!
So fascinated with how u brave through not paying. It's cool to watch :). Scam happens in most borders, including extended borders. It is ok to walk out, bargain out, or pay out. It is not ideal, but it is a good entry test to identify the type of tourist u are getting. U did good - definitely among the 20%. Kong Hei Fa Choi!
Din întâmplare am dat de acest canal și mă bucur tare mult de ceea ce găsesc pe acest canal. Am căutat mult timp un asemenea canal, care să abordeze subiecte de genul ăsta dar din păcate nu am găsit decât aici. Toată stima și considerația și respectul pentru efortul depus în realizarea acestor vloguri interesante și cu o abordare aproape unica. Felicitări, sănătate și la cât mai multe și frumoase vloguri de acest gen gen.
As always and excellent video 👌👌I love travel and food vlogs. Your video is intelligently packaged to cover both. People like me from India will never be able to visit interior of China and you are opening up China for everyone to see and appreciate. Keep the good work. Your aerial shots are so impressive I usually see on big screen TV👏👏👏
What you ate is bánh đúc- steamed rice layers. Different North/South region made it a bit different but they both taste very yummy with fish sauce. The South Vietnamese one is probably the better since it has coconut in ịt. The Gac fruit is about 20usd per pound here in the US. It has the red color that marinates with sticky rice. Happy travel! I am from Arizona.
This was an amazing new vlog! I really enjoyed it since China 🇨🇳 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 are 2 countries I desperately want to visit! I’m glad you are mentioning the scam at the border issue! 😏😟 This things happen all over the world they always hit when you are out of your comfort zone and they can pray on you not knowing the rules! So thank you 🙏🏼 Take care I love your channel with real adventures I always learn something Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧
Nice to give in Vietnam how wonderful to meet you have a safe flight is a phrase used to wish someone a safe and smooth journey, have a nice trip to Vietnam , ❤🫰
Thank you sharing your experience at the crossing, and, giving great advice. There are always those who will take advantage of those who do not know what is legal. Like you said, it was a way to make extra money. So what you said will, I'm sure, be very helpful to anyone visiting Vietnam from China. The Vietnamese market looked to be very relaxed, and seeing them sleep in hammocks for the afternoon, reminds me of the mediterranean practice when it is too hot in the afternoon!! I, also, like to have an afternoon nap sometimes!! Interesting to see the extra detail of porcelain at the temple. There are many similarities, but, enough difference to create a uniqueness in the two cultures. Nice, also, to see the friendliness continues and there are those who will help with translation. An interesting look in to a Vietnamese city. Thank you Yan, and, great that you got some sunshine as well!! 🙂
Thank you for your videos, recently I'm going through hard time and your videos make so much relaxed and i forget about all the worries in the world. Keep going!
The green swaying “bed” is called hammock! Very common in warm countries such as Mexico! I saw version of them in Dali years ago by the lake. Nice to take naps in them. I am surprise to see the Vietnamese side MongCai is so modern, more prosperous looking than Dongxia, unless there is a modern side of Dongxia as well. Thanks for this border vlog..very enjoyable!
Thank you for the wonderful and informative sharing. Have been following your channel and always eagerly looking forward to your new video postings. Happy Chinese New Year 😘
Hallow brave little Chinese. I greatly admire your enlightening vlogs. Give you all the credit for knowing the variety of languages spoken in beautiful great Chinese provinces & cultures. Admire your literacy & hard work. Good to see you on Vietnamese side. I give great tribute to Chinese founding father Mao, and the succeeding leaders to date. In 1960's , I had seen the documentary under Mao's leadership, the people constructing terraces on the mountains for farming with premative tools, and carrying stones for construction of terrace walls & earth for filling terraces by wheel carts and by the help of two baskets hanging on either side of worker, tide to a wooden stick on the shoulders. Modern China owes to that generation's hard work. Keep it up great & brave little Chinese. Keep smiling. An aged well wisher.
I'm so sorry for your bad experience at the Vietnamese border gate, it also has a bad reputation in Vietnamese community as well, and people are raising this issue here and there.
Really love your vlog.
well you read this so many people read this as well. Vietnamese police loves to ripp off people , Please send to nation tourist agency !
Are you referring to the unofficial 200 fee?
I've never paid for anything, 20 visits plus lol@@never4ever386
Vietnamese customs like to harass visitors from China for money because to the Vietnamese, that's a kind of "getting even" with China and Chinese. I will be very blunt here: Vietnam has a very poisonous antagonistic attitude against China, because that was how the modern Vietnam nation was formed, by appealing to the concept of "nationalism", that has been achieved by painting China as their arch nemesis since ancient days.
@@never4ever386 Yes
This so much better than National Geographics, Nature, etc.... You show the human element so vivdly. So close together, each unique with threads of commonality.
I've learnt more about Chinese geography on this channel than anywhere else , thanks ❤
You can also learn about China from another young Chinese girl where she will brings you to places where no tourists goes to. Her narration is in Chinese, but there are English subtitle. Watch the video link below.
ruclips.net/video/AExAoxu4r5E/видео.htmlsi=EgEBtp_S2sEfmFCw
Yes me toooo
Sending love from Saline, Michigan USA😘 Thank you for teaching us what we aren't taught about China!
You can see more of unseen China by following "Qingyunji". The host is also a young Chinese girl where she will bring you to places not visited by tourist. However, her narration is in Chinese, but it has English subtitle. Watch one of her video below.
ruclips.net/video/AExAoxu4r5E/видео.htmlsi=EgEBtp_S2sEfmFCw
Social media influencers over mainstream media
I live in Ann Arbor and now in toledo Ohio
@@reconmodelsvaughn469 My sons name is Vaughn! Cool name....same spelling too.👍✌
I'd wish all American people were like you 👍
Hi Yan!!!! I Had a Beautiful Time in China...Kunming, Guilin, Yangshuo and Guangzhou! Very Happy You Are OK and Happy! Thank You For Your Videos. I Love Them! Take Care. Fernando.
Thank you so much!!
Glad you enjoyed your time in southern China. You definitely visited during the right time :)
Much Love 🥰
Yan
@@littlechineseeverywhere Hi Yan, Many Thanks. I Will Always Be Helping You. Your Videos About China Are Really Good. Trust Me On This. 1 MILLION SUSBCRIBERS THIS YEAR FOR YOU. Have Fun, Take Care and Be HAPPY. Fernando
美女你好，我是你安徽老乡。感谢你带我们游览祖国美景。路上注意安全。龙年大吉！Thank you for taking us with you traveling across China. Drive safe. Happy Chinese New Year! 🐲
Hi, this is your first video that I somehow stumbled upon (thanks RUclips algorithms). I’m Vietnamese but have lived overseas for a very long time and have never been to Mong Cai. I found this video super interesting. Thank you for sharing your experience, including your not-so-pleasant border crossing. I’m glad you stood firm and didn’t pay them. I do hope they will clean things up so that travelers won’t have to deal with stuff like that.
Now THIS is travel vlogging ....... fantastic!!!
Vietnamese here. The donxing architecture, street layout, sellers basket display reminds me of typical Vietnamese style. goes to show how different cultures can easily influence each other
The whole guangxi province is like that
Vietnamese culture and southern or south-western Chinese culture are essentially identical. Genetically and culturally there have been minimal differences, despite whatever some Vietnam nationalists might wish to boast about inflated distinctions.
@@dantse2012ablebạn chưa biết hết văn hoá Việt Nam đâu và tôi cũng chưa biết hết văn hoá Trung Quốc. Nhưng tôi xin thưa với bạn tuy có một số ít nét tương đồng qua quá trình giao thoa văn hoá và Việt Nam đã từng bị Trung Quốc đô hộ trong thời Phong Kiến nhưng tôi đảm bảo với bạn rằng văn hoá của Việt Nam khác hoàn toàn với Trung Quốc. Ngày nay Việt Nam bị ảnh hưởng của kiến trúc Pháp rất nhiều nhưng thời xưa phong cảnh và văn hoá của Việt Nam cũng khác biệt rất nhiều so với Trung Quốc thời còn Phong Kiến. Tại sao tôi biết như vậy vì tôi đã xem nhiều phim của các bạn về thời xưa nhưng tôi không thấy nó có gì thân thuộc cả và khác xa so với ký ức của tôi về những ngôi làng truyền thống và văn hoá của người Việt thời xưa.
完全不同，边境有点相同是正常的，中国幅员辽阔
@@minhtuyet5906 Vietnam has little influenced by French: Vietnamese writing was borrowed from French and little architecture left by over century of colonialism but not cultural. Vietnamese has lots of similarities to Chinese than you know.
You are an excellent tour guide that teaches us more than we have ever been exposed to. Thank you for taking the time to be honest and open. So proud you stand up for what is right.
Love all your videos!
Your handling of challenging experiences is consistently admirable. By addressing them, you're clearly not making a blanket statement about Vietnamese people.
Such tourist scams are unfortunately prevalent worldwide, not due to inherent badness or greed, but rather stemming from issues like inequality, injustice, corruption, or flawed political systems.
I firmly believe in the inherent goodness within all individuals, a quality that shines through beautifully in your videos. ❤️
Thank you so much! 🥰
Yes, I think so too, it's not the first border scam I have experienced throughout my travels.
My goal is to show the beauty of people and nature ☺️
Much Love
Yan
"Such tourist scams are unfortunately prevalent worldwide" -- what did you mean?
Not many countries have such a practice to harass visitors at customs to pay bribery to be let in. Vietnamese have been targeting visitors from China for decades. Vietnamese customs used to do such bribery things even at airports against Chinese and Viet Kieu, but because airports are more international and so more cramping down. However, land border crossings with China are still big "attack zones" against Chinese, and quite a few Vietnamese feel that's kind of okay, as a means to get even with China and Chinese over geopolitical conflicts.
@@dantse2012able Maybe I should've phrased it to just "tourist scams are unfortunately prevalent". I simply meant that where there are tourists, there are opportunities to take advantage. And that taking that opportunity doesn't mean you are bad or evil. It usually means that your choices are limited.
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NOK is currency of North Korea I assume
Your videos are really growing on me! You are a natural travel vlogger. 😊
Your bravery is amazing, thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing the tips when crossing the border, facing the tourist scam
We get this ‘tourist’ scam crossing from Thailand to Laos, the first time I crossed was with two very experienced people and when the uniform fat guy approached me my tall confident friend basically shoed him away. The last two times were on organised motorcycle tours.
They handled everything, but there was an ‘agent’ buzzing around handling everything.
A very lovely trip crossing from Dongxing into Vietnam. The two cities seem like one country, yet local people can speak Chinese and Vietnamese. I like the sight and sounds of street food vendors as well as the local market. What an array of snacks! I'd love to try them too. You did an excellent job in explaining and describing the taste of each and every snack! The ugly side of CIQ is quite normal in border cities, but you handled the situation very well. What a brave lady you are. Thank you for sharing the adventure with us. Certainly a memorable one!
Looking at it from our point of view we find it strange, maybe China's entry checks are very strict for some countries, but there is no demand for money, of course, it is also illegal.
The CIQ corruptions in both sides were similar 10 or 20 years ago but under Xi leadership China clean up tremendously but unfortunately cannot said about Vietnam.
GLAD YOU ARE HAVING FUN AND ENJOYING LIFE~
You speak English very well. . I love the fact that you stay out of the large cities and focus on small towns and countryside. Truly beautiful!
Dziękuję Za Wspulna Wycieczkę ❤ Kocham Vietnam i Chiny ❤Pozdrawiam z Poland ❤
Nǐ hǎo from Germany Yan, I wish you all the best in the year of the wooden Dragon, which started today!
You are not actually a tourist but rather a talented journalist and explorer.
I always wish you a safe journey with your Scouter and joy in everything you do! Kay
You made me so hungry but love watching different food from other countries 😊👍👏
I said this before and I will say it again, Yan your videos are great to watch and you are so pleasant with the locals you meet.
Hi Yan. Thank you. Your vlog is so good. Very informative and respectful. ❤
And she doesn't "sugar coat" it either.
Or say "what schocked me" We travellers are guest's of the country we visit. 😊
Thank you for your one-day trip experience to Vietnam. I have several Vietnamese friends in Canada. While your one trip on one day does not show the entire country but you have certainly given me a taste of its culture and food. Thanks Yan.
Danke für diesen sehr interessanten Reisebericht! Liebe Grüße aus Österreich 😊
I've had quite a few friends recommend that I should at least visit Vietnam. Even a few tv shows I've watched in the past where they go to Vietnam they talk about how amazing it is there. I'd love to see more in the future, I know you have your own itinerary planned out so of course no pressure to go NOW but in the distant future it'd be nice to see more of what Vietnam has to offer.❤
Thank you for sharing your trip to Vietnam via border crossing. ❤❤❤
On Land border crossing between "developing countries", especially into a poorer country, the local officials quite often impose their own illegal charges. This is flat out corruption. This happens at the Thai - Malaysian land borders, Thai - Csmbodian.. Thai - Myanmar borders. 30+ years ago, they simply wont let you pass if you dont pay, but since then, you can insist that the charges are not acceptable and they will let you pass. I always refuse to pay. Actually, 40+ years ago, the officials at the Indonesian airport in Jakarta also insist on a small collection (S or RM$10). I have never paid😂😂
Your videos are so fascinating! Thank you from Wisconsin.
This is the best channel, a very well balanced one, good shots, local culture and off road places.
🥰I love watching your videos, thank you for taking us with you on your travel adventures. 💜💜💜
I found your channel and had to subscribe. 😀 I like the way you show your country and daily life. Really good to see China up close. You have a gift for telling the story. ❤
Just started watching your videos and what a breath of fresh air you are. No clickbait, no drama and no politics. Absolutely delightful ❤
A lot of my friends were asked tips when they cross the Vietnam border, the customs officer are corrupted but very strange they never asked Americans or other westerners for tips
I like the way how you relate with people and nature, you're so good on how you explore them, and anybody will learn from you that there is humane in every people. If ever you stop by in Los Angeles CA, please visit us I'm offering our home for you to stay.
Sharing the same concept with you on border towns - very interesting & intriguing abt lifestyles & cultures! Good for you not being scammed with the crossing! Thank for showing!👍🙏
I made a comment awhile back about Yan riding through markets on her bike. I think Yan eating her way through a market is more appropriate. 😊
Fascinating video and this is great. Thank you for taking the time to film and edit and post this video. I hope peace reigns in Vietnam and China to allow the economy and people to prosper.
Thank you for sharing your experience of border crossing between China and Vietnam, as well as showing the difference in culture. Really like your presentation. The video… I really like it 👍🙏
Good job, Yan. I love those kind of markets.
Glad that you enjoyed our food! It's a pity that there are still many tourist trap like this in Vietnam 😅Hopefully the government can sort it out, especially for less popular places like Móng Cái here.
Happy new year, Yan!
There are more corruptions at the custom at Mong Cai because it's a more remote fort and so farther away from international view.
@@dantse2012ablewrong and uneducated again. Corruption has an ecosystem in Vietnam. You bribe to get into a position and you get under the table to split it amongst upper ranks. It has nothing to do with being in a remote region. The problem is every level of the system has involved in the corruption, so change won’t be immediate.
@@ThangNguyen-wh8tfYes, I fully agree with you. It's the same with the Thailand Malaysia border at the Thailand side, they will delayed you if you don't give them the bribe. 😢
Thank you and Happy New Year!
Ms. Yan, keep it coming. You're doing great!
🐉Gong Xi Fat Cai🐉
I love the in-depth and personal touches in your videos.
Thanks for showing us around, Yan. I always appreciate your perspective on new places!
@Little Chinese, Wishing you a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year Yan! I'm from the US so I always enjoy watching your videos as I may not be able to see that side of the world!
Milá Yan, srdečně vás zdravím z Česka, vaše videa jsou úžasné, moc děkuji . Šťastný Nový rok❤🍀🌹🇨🇿🙋
I am impressed by the culinary richness of this region.
Thank you 🥰
You should come and try it out :)
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So tempting.. ' but seasons beggining here mid april in south east sri lanka ...
So some months of work ahead .. ' till mid October..
This is so satisfying to watch very highly developed countries
So much interesting food and the people all seem so wonderful.
15:10 Some unconfirmed source said there was a time in Vietnam (1940s) when happened a fresh milk shortage.Someone name Giang came out with an idea to use egg yolk in replace milk. And thats how the sweet creamy foamy tiramisu alike coffee came from. The one with chocolate and ice, taste the best so to speak. However concerns rise among coffee lover that the eggs to be used should be pasteurized egg for hygiene reason.
Love watching your videos about southern China. I have spent 6 months in north China. 3 months in Shenyang(2008) and 3 months in Harbin (2016).
Thank you for taking us with you on your travel adventure. i love watching your vlog
the food you documented, simple people you encountered, and the ambient where you were.
I do really miss that moment. I am dying in the west.... Asia has beautiful cultures...
Wonderful! I will never visit these places and yet I have a fascination for how the ordinary people go about their lives - you taking time to show me the buildings, the markets, the strangest foods. Well I am grateful from my little cottage in the north of England. You have a very nice way of explaining- much success to you in the future xxx Kate
The wet market is like our pasar(wet market) many of the food are similiar lah. You can really sapu all the food lor. You can eat. love those nice food lah. Thank you for excellent video and Gong Xi Fatt Choi. waiting for your family video family pre- dinner LNY. cheers.
Your videos are great! I always enjoy it. Thank you for sharing the scam tips. I experienced that at the airport in Hanoi during my last visit. It's good to know someone else experienced it also.
Some years ago I went on foot on that bridge the opposit way: Vietnam to China. Itwas like going into an other world: reactions of peopl, language, scripture( so mysterious) , habits. As a Breton I still felt familiar with people ( many vietnamese still speak french), cooking: baguettes and breton pancakes, wines a.s.o.. But entering C8na was entering a new planet.😮
It is quiet impossible of me to visit 東興 city in my life. Thank you for bringing me there by your video. I enjoy watching its scenary and "feeling" some special food. I love Vienam food. I go to Vienamese restaurant in Taipei very often. This video triggers me to look up this city in Google map. Now, I know where it is. Thank you. I love you.
Thank you for another wonderful tour with your insights.
A great description of the different foods, thank you. This will be very helpful to me.
I would love to visit China and Vietnam someday. Thanks for sharing - Mercy Fischer from Denver, Colorado USA
It’s so sad. This Vietnamese visa scam is well know even here in Canada. My father in law is Vietnamese and he went back to his country for a trip 6 years ago. The custom says his visa is not valid but he did through a legit representative office here in Canada and they warn him about the visa scam. My father in law had immigrated in 1972 to Canada and he is very tall 6 feet 1. For them he is a foreigners who speak English and has a westerner wife but he does understand Vietnamese! he heard the agent saying « let’s make him wait half an hour. He will pay » And then my father in law reply politely in Vietnamese « Lets have a talk in the police station ». The agents and his manager was stunned… and just say he can go. My father in law who was always so proud of his native country was quite discouraged and didn’t even explain to his wife untel they flew back.
they wanted your father in law's money , that is communist !
I grew up in a border area, Niagara Falls, they are exciting places. South East Asia is very beautiful, and lots of history. Would love to visit. Thanks for the video, Happy New Year.
Thank you Little Chinese and 🙏 Greetings and Xin Chun Kuaile 🙏 from Yangon Myanmar (Mian Dian) interesting to know some border scams 👍 very knowledgeable ☝️ Thanks again
Just wanted to say thank you for such entertaining videos, and sharing your beautiful country with us!
Such a wonderful & beautiful landscape & your interactions with the people who live there!
We have learnt so much!
We truly appreciate all the hard work you do, and the countless hours of driving you do to bring us these videos! Barry & Elsa
Watching this video at 3am in Hong Kong and I am craving for a big bowl of Vietnamese beef pho noodles... Piping hot. 😂
This trip is fascinating. Love it
You are so lucky to have this kind of experience between the 2 countries.
Thank you for these amazing vlogs from Guangxi. My wife is from Laibin in Guangxi and I have travelled there with her a number of times. I've crossed into Vietnam in Dongxing and it's great to see the bridge with all the traders on again. It was a lot busier on the day I crossed!
So fascinated with how u brave through not paying. It's cool to watch :). Scam happens in most borders, including extended borders. It is ok to walk out, bargain out, or pay out. It is not ideal, but it is a good entry test to identify the type of tourist u are getting. U did good - definitely among the 20%. Kong Hei Fa Choi!
Thank you so much! 🥰
Yes, it's also not the first time this happened to me.
All the best
Yan ♥️
I love this channel its my favorite channel. She is amazing
Greetings from Boston,Ma USA. Loved that video, beautiful Vietnan. Tks
Din întâmplare am dat de acest canal și mă bucur tare mult de ceea ce găsesc pe acest canal. Am căutat mult timp un asemenea canal, care să abordeze subiecte de genul ăsta dar din păcate nu am găsit decât aici. Toată stima și considerația și respectul pentru efortul depus în realizarea acestor vloguri interesante și cu o abordare aproape unica. Felicitări, sănătate și la cât mai multe și frumoase vloguri de acest gen gen.
Thank you for your presentation
And good luck in the future
Thanks, good view , and information shared kindly. Have a great day
As always and excellent video 👌👌I love travel and food vlogs. Your video is intelligently packaged to cover both. People like me from India will never be able to visit interior of China and you are opening up China for everyone to see and appreciate. Keep the good work. Your aerial shots are so impressive I usually see on big screen TV👏👏👏
What you ate is bánh đúc- steamed rice layers. Different North/South region made it a bit different but they both taste very yummy with fish sauce. The South Vietnamese one is probably the better since it has coconut in ịt. The Gac fruit is about 20usd per pound here in the US. It has the red color that marinates with sticky rice. Happy travel! I am from Arizona.
Thanks Yan, for sharing your brilliant trips, very interesting
Welcome to Việt Nam, love your vlog.❤
This was an amazing new vlog! I really enjoyed it since China 🇨🇳 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 are 2 countries I desperately want to visit!
I’m glad you are mentioning the scam at the border issue! 😏😟 This things happen all over the world they always hit when you are out of your comfort zone and they can pray on you not knowing the rules! So thank you 🙏🏼
Take care I love your channel with real adventures I always learn something
Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧
I LOVE your videos!! Please stay safe and keep them coming!
It's done so casual yet so informative 👏😍👍
Nice to give in Vietnam how wonderful to meet you have a safe flight is a phrase used to wish someone a safe and smooth journey, have a nice trip to Vietnam , ❤🫰
Thank you sharing your experience at the crossing, and, giving great advice. There are always those who will take advantage of those who do not know what is legal. Like you said, it was a way to make extra money. So what you said will, I'm sure, be very helpful to anyone visiting Vietnam from China. The Vietnamese market looked to be very relaxed, and seeing them sleep in hammocks for the afternoon, reminds me of the mediterranean practice when it is too hot in the afternoon!! I, also, like to have an afternoon nap sometimes!! Interesting to see the extra detail of porcelain at the temple. There are many similarities, but, enough difference to create a uniqueness in the two cultures. Nice, also, to see the friendliness continues and there are those who will help with translation. An interesting look in to a Vietnamese city. Thank you Yan, and, great that you got some sunshine as well!! 🙂
I visited three cities in Viet Nam last year. I really enjoyed the sights and the sounds.
Thank You, Happy New Year of the Dragon. I enjoyed the tour of Vietnam. Take care till next time.👋
Thank you, it’s wonderful traveling with you.
loved this trip
Thank you for your videos, recently I'm going through hard time and your videos make so much relaxed and i forget about all the worries in the world. Keep going!
The green swaying “bed” is called hammock! Very common in warm countries such as Mexico! I saw version of them in Dali years ago by the lake. Nice to take naps in them. I am surprise to see the Vietnamese side MongCai is so modern, more prosperous looking than Dongxia, unless there is a modern side of Dongxia as well. Thanks for this border vlog..very enjoyable!
谢谢你😊
Great videos Yan, 我祝你 龙年大吉，身体健康。
great 👍 video and thankyou for sharing your experience and 😢sorry to see 👀 in Vietnam 🇻🇳 border visa scam..watch from Canada 🇨🇦 and thankyou.
Wow this is a dream trip for me, i really like crossing borders ❤congrats to your very beautiful videos❤️
Wow, best of both worlds, Yan, thanks!! Different culinary to sample, l am envious!! ❤❤ Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!
Thank you for the wonderful and informative sharing. Have been following your channel and always eagerly looking forward to your new video postings. Happy Chinese New Year
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Great video this week Yan. All that delicious food! ♥
👍 very informative for some form of local formalities. 🙏 Sharing 😀
Hallow brave little Chinese. I greatly admire your enlightening vlogs. Give you all the credit for knowing the variety of languages spoken in beautiful great Chinese provinces & cultures. Admire your literacy & hard work. Good to see you on Vietnamese side.
I give great tribute to Chinese founding father Mao, and the succeeding leaders to date. In 1960's , I had seen the documentary under Mao's leadership, the people constructing terraces on the mountains for farming with premative tools, and carrying stones for construction of terrace walls & earth for filling terraces by wheel carts and by the help of two baskets hanging on either side of worker, tide to a wooden stick on the shoulders. Modern China owes to that generation's hard work.
Keep it up great & brave little Chinese. Keep smiling.
An aged well wisher.