People from any country can teach English as long as they are qualified. Many others from native countries do not have qualifications and not because they are native means they have good grammar.
Walking down the streets, so the common refrain goes, is like entering a battlefield. But you might think otherwise when you consider the annual statistics for accidents in Vietnam.
Following recent incidents of foreign tourists being overcharged by a taxi in Hanoi, a restaurant in Sa Pa, and allegedly being asked for tips at Noi Bai Airport, readers shared their stories.
If somebody had asked me a month ago which item I would miss the most if I did not have it, they would have been spot on with my reply with my mobile phone.
While some readers seem to have lost patience with Vietnam's tourism services, others said there are certain things the country can fix to rise from a good base.