Vietnam: Murah tak murah, OK tak OK

Salam, Apa khabar semua… Saya semakin selalu ke Ho Chi Minh. terkini 10-18 Okt lalu.

1)Tentang saman ekor, AES dll…. yang masih hangat dibincang di Malaysia. Rasanya di Vietnam tak ada yang akan kena…. Sebab banyak sangat traffic jam… Bukan saja jem kreta, bas lori….kapcai pun jem, tak do maso nak merempit…
Sya tengah survey-survey online, dan tanya orang sini tentang tempat tinggal dan kenderaan.
Utk elak traffic jam, saya mungkin nak tinggal dekat kilang je dan cari motor utk pergi balik kerja…
Tapi jika tengok Vietnam Laws nombor 6: “ONLY VIETNAMESE CAN HAVE A VN DRIVERS LICENSE” ..emmm …pelik juga ye… agaknya naik kapcai tak perlu lesen?... Kawan Vietnam saya kata begitulah...naik je; bila polis tahan cakaplah bahasa inggeris atau melayu....polis akan lepaskan bila dia tak faham apa yang anda cakap!...betul ke? Susah nak cari orang yg boleh berbahasa Inggeris atau Melayu... kecuali di Ben Tanth market, yg menjadi tumpuan Pelawat Malaysia, Peniaga boleh berbahasa Melayu.

2)12 Okt 2012, ramai dah nak balik kami ramai-rmai 9 orang pusing keliling HCM… pagi ni (pergi juga kerja sekejap) share stories… Antaranya … peniaga perempuan muda, ada yang bepakaian seksi yang menarik kami masuk membeli barang souvenir mereka.. “Abang –abang, akak…mari sini, murah-murah..10 ringgit”…ini biasa…. Yang pandai lagi ..’ABANG SAYANG mari sini!’…. In general…. Tak ramai wanita Vietnam berpakaian seksi, mereka banyak berpakaian tradisi, cantik bergaya… Cuma ada yang terlebih belah tepi sampai Nampak perut, termasuk yg pakai tudung di Restoran Halal Kampung Melayu dekat Ben Tanth Market(khabarnya pemilik dan tukang masaknya bukan Islam...maaf jika saya salah) Ada 1,2 orang lelaki mendekati …”you want girl, massage, Tiger show”…..awas… you may end up kena rompak, even if you show ‘slight 5% interest’. Tentang ‘massage/urut service’… menurut beberapa rakan yg pergi… there are very professional… In fact you wont see sapa yg urut….sebab muka anda di tutup atau pandang bawah…. Mungkin perempuan tua atau sesiapa saja…. (nanti saya Tanya ‘tok imam masjid’ tolong urut!) Ada satu gerai peniaga berpakain menjolok mata… tiba-tiba polis baju hijau dan kuning kejar mereka… baru kami faham… VIETNAM menggalakkan FAMILY TOURISM bukan SEX TOURISM macam Thailand… rujuk Law 2,3,5 di bawah

Akhir sekali, tentang taxi driver… refer to Law 8… jangan marah jika pemandu texi bawa keliling Bandar utk caj lebih (utk tempat yg hanya beberapa minit perjalanan)… Begitu juga beca dan motor... Malaysia-malaysia...very cheap ride..50 000 dong ( dalam 8 ringgit).... bila naik jadi 500 000.00 (setengah juta =80 ringgit)... pandai-pandailah bawa diri, tawakkal pada Allah... Kadar jenayah di sini tak seteruk di Malayisa. Jika ragut pun, mereka 'akan ragut dengan sopan' ... mereka pastikan mangsa tidak jatuh tersungkur!.. ATM mesin pun ada di merata tempat tanpa security guard... alasan Lawak: mereka susah nak bawa/curi lari sebab Traffic jam....jam lagi...

Pagi/subuh (di sini masuk Subuh 4.30 pagi!) tadi sembang lama sikit dgn Imam Azim, masjid di jalan Dong Du (sebut Dong Zu atau Dong Yu)… dia pernah ikut Tabligh datang ke Sri Petaling. (Sorang lagi imam ialah Imam muda Amin, yg juga wakil Vietnam ke Tilawah Quran Antarabangsa di KL)..Imam Azim juga beri contacts 2 orang Melayu/Malaysia yang bekerja ‘mengeram telur’ dan menternak ayam tak jauh (40 min perjalanan) dari kilang tempat kami lawati… begitu juga jumpa staff Petronas/MISC yg melawat sebentar… …he..he boleh gak belajar ternak ayam atau ikan di sini! …oranamental fish antara eksport utama Vietnam…

Satu lagi.. LENGAN PENDEK LENGAN PANJANG... lebih sopan pakai baju lengan panjang.. jaga 'air sembahyang' dan elak sentuhan. Perempuan di sini sangat peramah, seperti di pasar Ben Tanth tadi. Sentuh-sentuh, tarik-tarik biasa je, kecuali mereka orang luar atau Islam (spt org Champa dll) yg faham. Naik van, bas juga kekadang berhimpit....jika ada rezki (atau bala!) anak dara sebelah pun pakai baju lengan pendek juga!
Ini tidak jauh beza jika naik kapalterbang kelas ekonomi atau naik bas/kommuter di lembah kelang...
Ini pengalaman peribadi...lain kali jika ke pasar atau naik van/bas..pakai lengan panjang atau jaket...

1 Nov saya ke sana lagi...1 bulan..Xien Chao... Cam Urn.. (Jumpa lagi, terima kasih)

 ---------------------------- VIETNAM LAWS

As a communist country, many laws in Vietnam are seen by western countries as overly strict or just plane weird. Here is a brief overview of some of the laws and penalties that differ from western countries. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://visitingvietnam.weebly.com/laws.html

 1.DRUGS - Transporting illegal drugs in or out of Vietnam carries a maximum penalty of death. Don't be deceived.... in spite of the significant number of foreigners you will see smoking cannabis in the streets, it is NOT legal to do so. Many incorrectly believe it is. The penalty if arrested by police can result in a very long time in jail.

2.PROSTITUTION and PORNOGRAPHY - Highly illegal.

3.PUBLIC DECENCY LAWS - There are no nude beaches. Topless women can and have been arrested, but not often. Even western women wearing sexy or revealing clothes in the conservative city of Hanoi will be called a slut and/or a prostitute and treated with contempt.

4.SPEAKING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT - No freedom of speech in Vietnam. If you voice your opinion of the Vietnam War, Uncle Ho, corrupt police or government officials or the evils of communism, you risk arrest, time in jail and deportation. ... ( di sini pun ada ISA ya..di Bien Hoa ada satu kilang bernama ISA... tak pasti apa makna..mungkin "Ikut Suka Aku"...)

5.CO-HABITATING WITH THE VIETNAMESE - The attitude to the law is relaxing over recent years, but the laws are still on the books. It is illegal for a foreigner to share a room with a Vietnamese of the opposite sex without a certificate of engagement or marriage.

6.ONLY VIETNAMESE CAN HAVE A VN DRIVERS LICENSE - By law, only Vietnamese people can obtain a VN drivers license. Some foreigners through a little bribery or kind favours have been able to get one. Your foreign drivers license has no validity in Vietnam. This includes the "International Drivers License". Vietnam does not recognise them at all.

7.PAYING THE POLICE - If you want a police report for your travel insurance to make a claim for that stolen camera or missing cell phone, expect to pay a service fee for them to do so. This is not a form of bribery or corruption, but it is their legitimate service fee and will issue a receipt.

8.CRIMINAL DECEPTION, NOT A POLICE MATTER. - If you get ripped off by a taxi driver, overcharged or tricked into paying higher fees at your hotel, the Police are not interested. Those are regarded as civil matters of dispute and not a crime.