Short Advice on Living in Vietnam

This is mainly targeted to the young Viet Kieu guys newly arrived in Vietnam.

I hate to tell you this but there are NO Vietnamese criminal gangs targeting you guys here in Saigon.  It is safe for you to ride your motorbike around Saigon even in District 4 at night.  Saigon is relatively a safe city when compared to many US cities.  I am not sure where you got this information.

Don't tell Expats, Vietnamese, or whoever, that somebody wants to kill you because you are dating a certain Vietnamese lady.  And if SHE tells you that you will be targeted for dating her, well then believe since I expect she will be telling her other boyfriend about you as well.

And if I am wrong and you guys are really targeted by these so-called criminal gangs, I promise that I will attend your funeral.  There must be many of them going on each day by the stories you keep telling everyone.

This was meant to be a sarcastic post.  And yes everyone, this story is true :-)