My motorbike crashed when it hit a dog running freely down a Ho Chi Minh City street one early morning, and I had to get several stitches in my face.
Many families invest up to VND15 billion (US$606,700) to send their children overseas for education, only to find them struggling to secure employment upon their return.
Many foreigners, when participating in traffic in Vietnam, also become careless in a manner akin to "when in Rome, do as the Romans do."