How Much I Spend In A Day Travelling Full Time | Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam

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  • Overall I spend less money per day travelling than I do living full time in Toronto! If you're curious of what my budget is on an average day in South East Asia, check out this video of when I first arrived to Ho Chi Minh (formerly known as Saigon). This is a beautiful and vibrant city and I would highly recommend spending at least 3-4 days here when you are visiting Vietnam. Join me for a city tour, trying some delicious Vietnamese food and just exploring all there is to see!
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  • @davidwhite1919
    @davidwhite1919 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Nice video, Alina, which really gives a feel of the city. I think Vietnam is one of the most interesting countries in the world to visit. It’s good if possible to travel right from Ho Chi Minh in the South to Hanoi in the north, making at least part of the journey by the Reunification Railway which connects the two cities. When in Ho Chi Minh I enjoyed a trip to the Mekong Delta which is fairly close by (I did a cycling trip there). Vietnam is a fairly safe country to travel in, but there are a few scams. Be careful of the taxis - only use the larger well known companies.

  • @TheDixiechick12
    @TheDixiechick12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Welcome to Vietnam Alina, I live in Nha Trang small city with great beaches, sadly our tourism hasn't recovered because most tourist are Chinese, so very quiet at the moment, but beautiful place and beautiful people. Enjoy Vietnam and the culture.

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much!

    • @seanthasssagudboi9722
      @seanthasssagudboi9722 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was in nah trang about 10 days ago and it was weirdly empty, the clubs were all dead too unfortunately

    • @NguyenHoangVN1991
      @NguyenHoangVN1991 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha Long cũng thế này , chán nản thật sự . Đóng cửa khách sạn mất . 😢

  • @bernabecaneta6154
    @bernabecaneta6154 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good morning sister Alina take care All ways thanks for watching your video, God bless you

  • @dungduc4047
    @dungduc4047 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Chào Alina!. Tôi là người Việt Nam, cảm ơn video tuyệt vời của bạn ở thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.😘😘😘😘 Tôi mong chờ các video khác của bạn ở khắp vùng miền VN. ❤❤ chúc bạn vui vẻ và mạnh khỏe.

  • @ralfmoll5727
    @ralfmoll5727 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi Alina,
    this video reminded me of the amazing food, I had in Vietnam.
    9:25 Pro food vloggers perspective 🙂 What a gigantic sandwich!
    Objects next to the camera tend to seem extra large in comparison to objects which are further away.
    As you mentioned, You plan to go to Japan. Please add Hiroshima to the list of destinations and also visit the peace park and the museum there.
    Regarding the amount I spend on travels, I guess it would be more then Your expenses, because as of not being a full time traveller, I also would add some amount for the flights.
    Best Regards, Ralf

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, Hiroshima is an important place to visit. I went there about 15 years ago but would love to visit again.

    • @ralfmoll5727
      @ralfmoll5727 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have a new exhibition/museum there with a room with an impressive wall high 360 degree black and white image of the devastation.

  • @tienholeminh6310
    @tienholeminh6310 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello @Alina. Welcome to my country. I'm now living in your home town.

  • @billyhong64
    @billyhong64 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤are you in sai gon ? I was live in vn before I came to us . Thanks you for your show video ❤️❤️❤️that

  • @hoangnguyen3424
    @hoangnguyen3424 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. Nice document clip

  • @martheecubero3233
    @martheecubero3233 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello alena

  • @vinodpund1574
    @vinodpund1574 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoyed video
    Informative history of Vietnam.
    Wonderful
    Indian 5360/_₹ per day expense in Vietnam

  • @larrybarrett5810
    @larrybarrett5810 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good Day !

  • @losssdolll79
    @losssdolll79 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful ❤️

  • @tiunguyen7424
    @tiunguyen7424 ปีที่แล้ว

    vietnam ..helo

  • @keangwooichoo6138
    @keangwooichoo6138 ปีที่แล้ว

    100 USD per day? Plus food, traveling

  • @216000950
    @216000950 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dear Alina , I enjoy your videos very much and wish you only the best . However I could not watch past your description of Ho Chi Min as simply a prominent figure in the fight for independence of Viet Nam . I understand to be politically correct we must remain non political. The Viet Nam war was/is too painful and I will not comment further. Please enjoy your visit and stay safe

  • @DavidL23.
    @DavidL23. ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hello Alina! 😄🙏👋🌟 I hope your having a fantastic day! This is a wonderful excellent video! 😁👍❤️👏📹🇻🇳🥇💯💫✨🌟 The city of Ho Chi Minh looks amazing! Also the food at the restaurants and the Banh Mi sandwich looks really delicious! Thank you very much Alina to share with us this super marvelous video. You are the best and greatest world traveler adventurer! 😃👍👏✈️🌎📹🗺🥇🏆💯💫✨🌟 I wish you Alina a wonderful marvelous excellent blessed day. Take care and be safe Alina. Enjoy your visit in Vietnam! 😊🙏❤️👋🇻🇳👍✨🌟

  • @estee2398
    @estee2398 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great video, Alina. I was in Saigon 5 months ago, just for 3 days because we were in a 2-weeks trip from Saigon to Hanoi via Hue, Hoi an Ninh Binh and Halong Bay. 3 days to visit Saigon is not enough to see all the things I want to see. I think I will go back next year.

  • @gediminasmurauskas7817
    @gediminasmurauskas7817 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Hi Alina! Ho Chi Minh is a vibrant cultural experience! Enjoy your time together with your dad in Vietnam!

  • @Robertmacmedia
    @Robertmacmedia ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello Alina new subscriber here I'm in long an can giouc I usually spend 3 or 4 months here then back to California and return here after few months long Vietnam and Thailand my parents were born in Canada 🇨🇦

  • @shiva.chennai
    @shiva.chennai ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Vietnam reminds me of the American invasion of Vietnam and their defeat. Ukraine is going to remember the unexpected Russian invasion and World War 3. I hope you enjoyed my comment. Please reply and gas me up.

    • @MrSummerblade
      @MrSummerblade ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol Knob

    • @shiva.chennai
      @shiva.chennai ปีที่แล้ว

      @Alice Lycya The aftermath of invasion is unknown. These are all my assumptions. I hope that things will be settled peacefully.

  • @gabriellagirardi4741
    @gabriellagirardi4741 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Just a wonderful video Alina! Vietnam is really amazing, full of history and it is also a modern country. Very nice. Thank you for showing us this city.

  • @ervinsmoviecorner8748
    @ervinsmoviecorner8748 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Saigon trip was an outstanding trip that will touch our hearts!

  • @Reporterfy
    @Reporterfy ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved the aerials at the start

  • @RedMapleCanada
    @RedMapleCanada ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Of course we do Canadian $! 😉 Thank you for the lovely city tour! Have a fantastic time in Vietnam!! 👍👍

  • @ald1144
    @ald1144 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    It's still Saigon to me and my family 😉. One of the great things about Saigon is that if you want a great banh mi, Vietnamese coffee, or just about anything else, the street food scene is fantastic and you don't necessarily have to burn time at the 'popular' places. One of the most memorable and delicious meals of my life was at a little stall in the Ben Thanh market.

    • @fongluu
      @fongluu ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i second that. Saigon is what the pple would name its city. The other name is just geopolitical

    • @binhyen9463
      @binhyen9463 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rất hay, tặng bạn 1like ( gửi bạn từ Hà Nội, Việt Nam).

    • @vuson5921
      @vuson5921 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fongluu you are being geopolitical.

    • @musicful7036
      @musicful7036 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saigon is always beautiful but the Ben Thanh market itself is full of scams. Ben Thanh market is well known as rip off place for tourists, shop owners even food stall scam like hell. My cousins who used to Iive near Ben Thanh, said to stay away from the Ben Thanh market. Just walk around to explore things but don't buy nothing from the Ben Thanh market.

    • @timchamness0581
      @timchamness0581 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree

  • @rahulrasam
    @rahulrasam ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This style of video is my personal favourite. Have a wonderful time with your Dad there!

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Glad you like it 😁 thank you

  • @Cz-De-Lifestyle
    @Cz-De-Lifestyle ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Still cost almost the same cost as 10 years ago when I went there. Thats awesome, Im getting ready for my trip there next year. As Canadian Alina , how do you compare Viet food in Vietnam to Vancouver and Toronto's food scene in Canada? Personally I found it lot more diverse than stuff I see in Canada, like usual stuff such as Pho, spring rolls and such..I thought I knew Vietnamese food as born Immigrant who escape as Vietnam war refugee when I was young. But when I came back , its totally lot more than I think I knew. Each city and regions have different variations of the same popular dishes that I already knew , if you have time try them all out. The different styles are amazing. Xin chao co Alina!

    • @hoaang9455
      @hoaang9455 ปีที่แล้ว

      It all about the flavor

    • @jondoh3471
      @jondoh3471 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You prob got scammed there 10 years ago.

  • @Bautroidotv
    @Bautroidotv ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello chị. Lần đầu chị đến thăm vn cảm thấy thế nào ạ. VN và các nước châu Á lân cận có khác biệt gì không ạ, chị làm youtube mà sau không bật phụ đề tiếng việt ạ. Vn luôn chào đón chị 🤗 🇻🇳

  • @thorack196
    @thorack196 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi alina very nice and informative video. You look so amazing and very beautiful.....im your avid fan from philippines....take care and be safe always....

  • @daniellopez-nj1bf
    @daniellopez-nj1bf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey alina McLeod nice gira to ho chi Minh nice , gente temperatura , lluvia , hotel room, mercado , shopping tiempo , recorrido seguro, ambiente sano , buena narracion y vos te miras bonita ! con tu cerveza

  • @setiabudhysetiawan4391
    @setiabudhysetiawan4391 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    brief and clear explanation about vietnam👍👍👍😊

  • @N1Norm
    @N1Norm ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great choice! Huynh Hoa is the best Banh Mi I’ve ever had.
    I even had my friend fly back to San Francisco 😬with one (veggies separated). Toasted it up and tasted just like I remembered.

  • @hungtran1971
    @hungtran1971 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The CCCP cafe & restaurant , Ngoc khanh, Ba Dinh, hanoi

  • @alexykong9378
    @alexykong9378 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good pm Alina, HCM is already in pretty good shape, nice transportation, restaurant, costs. Cool!#

  • @philipjanek3864
    @philipjanek3864 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Win way is the pronunciation ok I'm in Da Lat lam dong province check out the alagon spa hotel buffet. It's the best at 200,000 vnd. 303 ly tu trong.

  • @uxb2001
    @uxb2001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Too political with some incorrect information. Taking a pause, have a great life.

  • @atc5321
    @atc5321 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice vid. What % of the locals speak English in your area?

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hard to say. I'd say in District 1 most locals speak at least a little bit of English since it's a tourist area.

  • @NguyenThiKimTai
    @NguyenThiKimTai ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hãy tìm kiễm mà hợp tác và làm ăn ở việt nam là bạn sẽ có thành công cao hất so mí bất cứ ở nước nào trên thế giới đấy bạn

  • @rudolfkasanpawiro644
    @rudolfkasanpawiro644 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Goodmorning : ) .

  • @darellnewsome4459
    @darellnewsome4459 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an awesome video Alina. Even though it was a little rainy it looks like you had a great day and had some good food and all at reasonable prices. I agree the museum would be a must see. Thank you so much for this video.

  • @nightwing4065
    @nightwing4065 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Despite the overcast & gloomy weather, the city still looks great.

    • @lelam6502
      @lelam6502 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was due to her video recording device.

  • @elcarlitos1916
    @elcarlitos1916 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I want to tell you that you made a great video Alina Vietnam has its charms, beautiful landscapes and other cultures. Thank you for taking the tour of this beautiful city. A hug from Colombia

  • @larrybarrett5810
    @larrybarrett5810 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Robin Williams

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I saw an episode of The Price Is Right ✅️ .. last week where the showcase prize was a one week trip to Vietnam 🇻🇳 . It was surprising but a good sign of healing that 🇺🇸 tourists are welcomed , indeed encouraged to visit. Wonderful country that was exploited for so long.

  • @carolynboston9715
    @carolynboston9715 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I agree - the War Remnants Museum is a must-visit! I visited Vietnam ten years ago and I've now been to more than 20 countries and visited countless museums. Yet, the War Remnants remains high on my list of the best museums I've been to. It's the only museum where I got emotional. Enjoy Ho Chi Minh, Alina! I'm thinking of visiting again after seeing your video.

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes definitely agree. This museum and the Holocaust Museum in Berlin really were difficult but important to see.

    • @thethaovatoquoc312
      @thethaovatoquoc312 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ho Chi Minh was ranked among the top mass murderers of 20th century, just behind Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and ahead of Pol-Pot, all Commies. His deadly land-reform (1953-1956) alone slaughtered nearly 1 million North Vietnamese farmers to steal their lands and homes. The real Ho Chi Minh aka Nguyen Ai Quoc died in Hong Kong in 1932. The latter Ho was Ho Quang, aka Hu Kwan, was actually a Commie Chinese Colonel from China. This fact was even admitted by China's newspapers. Do your research. Truth!

  • @wu.s
    @wu.s ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video! I know more about Hi Chi Minh City and Vietnam now

  • @binhyen9463
    @binhyen9463 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rất hay, tặng bạn 1 like (từ Hà Nội, Việt Nam).

  • @Anaya301
    @Anaya301 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video💗💗
    Kindly do skincare and makeup videos as well.
    Lots of love from Pakistan💗💗💗💗💗

  • @unknownduniya9986
    @unknownduniya9986 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Heloo dear.
    Your all vlogs has been worthy 😊

  • @k_and_m8745
    @k_and_m8745 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So excited to see more of Vietnam, I have always wanted to go there.
    I would be searching for the best Pho and pork spring rolls, mmm.

  • @nasigorengpecelesteh1506
    @nasigorengpecelesteh1506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kakak cantik... bawakan ak gadis vietnam yang cantik2 hehwh

  • @NguyenThiKimTai
    @NguyenThiKimTai ปีที่แล้ว +1

    VIETNAM VLOG OK
    HELO YOU CHÀO MỪNG ĐẾN MÍ VIETNAM OK

  • @costasworldofmusicmemories5792
    @costasworldofmusicmemories5792 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's so funny. We think alike. Many of the places you visited , the Restaurants, the Markets, the Wide Promenades( similar to that in Central France). The French Baguette with tasty meat and
    veggies. at a very affordable price., It's about what we spent a day. We enjoyed our time there too. Harriet and I walk away from the War Remembrance Museum with a new perspective of the Vietnam War. One of Hope and Peace in the World. Thank you, Alina, for allowing us to tag along. Sending you much love ❤❤❤ from Harriet, Jim and Yuki. Richmond, Va.

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it as well! Thank you!

  • @susannayeu4471
    @susannayeu4471 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome

  • @briannabee812
    @briannabee812 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Despite the rainy day, it still looked interesting and colourful!

  • @nickdual
    @nickdual ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Alina,
    Love you!
    from Vietnam.

  • @aprilmhicaelasantos1289
    @aprilmhicaelasantos1289 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing tour and culture! Thank you so much! 💗☺️ Enjoy!!!

  • @ongle9702
    @ongle9702 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My name is Dong, I hope to work with you to make zutube business

  • @maureenalder8905
    @maureenalder8905 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Vietnam wicked...stay safe ❤

  • @missj.4760
    @missj.4760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How to pronounce Nguyen: th-cam.com/video/3PxrJADT4FM/w-d-xo.html

  • @ukrainedude88
    @ukrainedude88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I glanced at your instagram couple days ago.Have a good time with your dad in Vietnam

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Having a great time!

  • @MrPookiexL3oi
    @MrPookiexL3oi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for your video. I visited Vietnam in 2019 I didn't really have a budget because it's so cheap overall in Vietnam but I did take notice of my spending when I looked into it when I came back to America and saw on average I would spend anywhere from U.S. $40 - $50 dollars on the lower end per day mainly because it's pouring rain and I would just eat at the local street food within the homestay I was staying at I didn't have to spend too much during those days. When I'm out exploring and visiting places I can spend upwards of U.S. $60 - $100 including going out and enjoying the night life. I have friends who live and work in Saigon so many of my nights was consisting of eating, drinking, date nights, occasional smoking and partying. I had a great time visiting Vietnam will be back soon.

  • @StereoSpace
    @StereoSpace ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The only correction I would make to the history is that the US did not get into the war to back the French colonial holding. The US, after WWII, was actually instrumental in getting Western powers to give up their colonies, including huge pressure on the British. The reason the US got into Vietnam was to oppose the spread of Russian/Chinese backed communism is SE Asia.

    • @NguyenHoangVN1991
      @NguyenHoangVN1991 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      But basically the US supported France and those who betrayed the country of Vietnam, the US used the force that France had created during the colonial period. Ho Chi Minh went to the US and asked the US to help Vietnam gain independence. The US refused because its ally France did not agree. Ho Chi Minh had no choice but to choose Soviet and China. But he had doctrines against communism. If you go to Vietnam today, you will find that Vietnam is only 10% communist. Vietnam chooses the best of both regimes to develop the country.

    • @NguyenHoangVN1991
      @NguyenHoangVN1991 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@boiboi3104 Có , Bác đến Mỹ năm 1912 ở Boston , gửi thư cho tổng thống Mỹ nhưng ko được trả lời.

    • @nguyenan157
      @nguyenan157 ปีที่แล้ว

      70% các cuộc chiến trên thế giới đều do Mỹ trực tiếp hoặc gián tiếp tác động! Vậy Mỹ là ai vậy? Một kẻ Hiếu chiến kiếm lợi nhuận từ chiến tranh. Hàng trăm ngàn lít chất độc Dioxin và hàng vạn tấn bom rải xuống đất nước tôi thì là nhân quyền Mỳ à? Thật lố bịt. Còn bạn nói ngắn cản lặng sóng cộng sản ư? Công sản chưa đi cướp như Mỹ thì cơ gì ngăn cản?

    • @StereoSpace
      @StereoSpace ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nguyenan157 70% of the world's wars are directly or indirectly affected by the US!
      Most statistics, like that one, are made up. Since WWII, the US has been protecting most of the world's free population. That included helping the South Koreans from North Korean communists, and trying to help the South Vietnamese, which ultimately failed.
      By contrast, the communists, between the 1930's in Stalinist Russia and the 1960's in Mao's China, killed an estimated 70-100 million people, many of them their own citizens. They were doing their best to take over the world, and the US fought them almost everywhere.
      The US maintains bases all over the world, including Europe and Asia, where we have protected people from the Russian's and the Chinese. Those people the US has protected have lived free and prosperous lives.
      How many people did the Vietnamese and Cambodian communists kill? Millions. I recall the KmerRouge under Pol Pot. During 1975-1979, about 1.7 million, and possibly more than 2 million (that is, between one fifth and one quarter of the country’s estimated population of 8 million) died due to starvation, repression, and execution.

    • @harry8201
      @harry8201 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “If we continue to excuse American conduct in Vietnam as a well-intentioned, if tragic, intervention rather than a purposeful assertion of imperial power, we are less likely to challenge current war managers who have again mired us in apparently endless wars based on false or deeply misleading pretexts. Just as in the Vietnam era, American leaders have ordered troops to distant lands based on boundless abstractions (“the global war on terror” instead of the global threat of “international Communism”). And once again, their mission is to prop up governments that demonstrate no capacity to gain the necessary support of their people. Once again, the United States has waged brutal counterinsurgencies guaranteed to maim, kill or displace countless civilians. It has exacerbated international violence and provoked violent retaliation.
      Our leaders, then and now, have insisted that the United States is “the greatest force for good in the world” that wants nothing for itself, only to defeat “terror” and bring peace, stability and self-determination to other lands. The evidence does not support such a claim. We need a new, cleareyed vision of our global conduct. A more critical appraisal of the past is one place to start.”
      Enlighten yourself to this article which I fully quoted above.
      www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/opinion/what-was-the-vietnam-war-about.html

  • @hungtran1971
    @hungtran1971 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ẹnjoys time in Vietnam, if you come to Hanoi, please visit Ukranian restaurant here, the owner is Ukranian woman who love Vietnam and stay in Hanoi over 22 years. ❤️

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What’s the name of it?

    • @tungleo6321
      @tungleo6321 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlinaMcleod 103 Tập thể Mác Lê Nin, ngõ 84 Ngọc Khánh, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

  • @alexykong9378
    @alexykong9378 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    War is indeed an ugly thing, it's good people learn to get it over with, nice city HCM!#

  • @keangwooichoo6138
    @keangwooichoo6138 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many war refugees escaped by boats to pulau bidong Malaysia. I was old enough to remember. So I was not surprised when I met a pharmacist who came from unhcr pulau bidong when I was in canada long ago

  • @informationcollectionpost3257
    @informationcollectionpost3257 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I will tell you of what I experienced of the Vietnam War. Our father never kept us, his children, from seeing war scenes on TV. ( he worked for a consumer product company so he got TV's at a big discount) It was vivid but both the N Vietnamese and the S Vietnamese committed atrocities against each other. The USA added more atrocities on top of theirs. The war ended about 3 years before my high school graduation and 18th birthday. They announced it over the loud speaker and the whole school during class change erupted into a huge cheer. My swimming instructor volunteered rather than getting drafted and years later I found out that he disappeared after going to Vietnam. His body or information on him never surfaced. It was liked he just evaporated. ( MIA) Others returned in a box to their families. I met others a few years later while attending college only to find extremely confused and disoriented individuals. It is a war that still leaves me confused and questioning my government's actions today. The only thing that crosses my mind is that the Chinese have also dominated the Vietnamese and the two have never gotten along. Sooner or later the N Vietnamese were going to want to expel them from their society. Could we have assisted in this, which the USA government somewhat currently doing, in exchange for them not sending many in South Vietnam to re-education camps ( for death and or torture) & a more tolerant society? It is historically true that radical political regimes eventually moderate and disappear. Perhaps one government could moderate the harshness out of such a process in another government? It also enforces my belief of tolerance that exists or used to exist in N America. A belief that it is best not force another person to conform to my belief but to consider and work with others that are in disagreement with my own barring the surrending of key moral values. One should strive to bend like bamboo but not totally topple or break when it comes to morality.

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว

      That is very sad. I hope the world can finally learn how to prevent this sort of escalation from happening.

    • @informationcollectionpost3257
      @informationcollectionpost3257 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlinaMcleod That will probably never happen as it all circles around people's flawed human nature.

    • @phuongngo7843
      @phuongngo7843 ปีที่แล้ว

      Người vn ngày đó rất lạc hậu họ không thể tạo ra chiến tranh được nhưng mà họ không chịu khuất phục trước phương tây và Trung Quốc

    • @HN20292
      @HN20292 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hãy sang Việt Nam và tìm hiểu đừng ngồi đó nói những điều ngu ngốc...

  • @MickAstoria
    @MickAstoria ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Happy to see Vietnam isn't in the Orwellian state with facemasks and even worse in China! Please keep documenting!

  • @gladeous4161
    @gladeous4161 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a Viet-Canadian, Saigon will always be the proper name for this city. I never use HCM as it's a symbolic for the communism that stunted the growth of VN for decades.

    • @diemtoanbn
      @diemtoanbn ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ôi thật là tuyệt vời Việt Nam đã thống nhất gần 50 năm. Đến bây giờ vẫn còn người nước ngoài nói tiếng Việt khát nước 😂
      Hãy đọc hàng trăm comment bên dưới họ đang nói về Việt Nam đấy

    • @cuonguc1908
      @cuonguc1908 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's your business, we don't care. and I think you should live peacefully in Canada and end your life there and never meddle in Vietnam's affairs again. you don't deserve it

    • @CuongNguyen-dl3yk
      @CuongNguyen-dl3yk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, good afternoon my dear yellow skin foreigner 😂

  • @danb.9713
    @danb.9713 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was in Vietnam once. I still remember it.

  • @dungsu5466
    @dungsu5466 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeah, from Ha Noi

  • @nabeelrafique7166
    @nabeelrafique7166 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Does your papa also love exploring Asian countries?

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s his first time but he’s loving it so far!

  • @nhatvinhnhatvinh7310
    @nhatvinhnhatvinh7310 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Woa, I'm a Vietnamese who watched your video about Saskatchewan since a long time ago. I'll come to Saskatchewan next year, and so surprised to know you have visited Vietnam. What a small world.

    • @AlinaMcleod
      @AlinaMcleod  ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha definitely a small world!

  • @Jew_Gi_Oh
    @Jew_Gi_Oh ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love Vietnam one of the few countries on earth that withstood the American Imperialist War Machine and won its independence! GLORY TO VIETNAM!

    • @DuongLe-il4nk
      @DuongLe-il4nk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pháp, Mỹ, TQ, campuchia, còn trước đó liên miên trong đó có chiến thắng 3 lần trước quân Nguên " mông cổ "

  • @greatpersonality4045
    @greatpersonality4045 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nhìn em thật tuyệt

  • @Ali_Achmadi05
    @Ali_Achmadi05 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love you Alina 😘

  • @philr2173
    @philr2173 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool trip! Stay safe!

  • @pinoyako5892
    @pinoyako5892 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your so beautiful

  • @tomhiddleston58
    @tomhiddleston58 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow so cool 👍👌❤️🇻🇳

  • @mrrctvvlogs490
    @mrrctvvlogs490 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you to sharing lods this beautiful video 📷 injoy days injoy tours

  • @fjdkfdfjdf33
    @fjdkfdfjdf33 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is this the first time you've been to Vietnam since the war? :) Congrats on being a Vietnamese millionaire!

  • @dungvo5000
    @dungvo5000 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bia 333 là thương hiệu và huong vi của Sài Gòn, mấy năm gần đây ít thấy bia, 333 trên thị trường

  • @diemtoanbn
    @diemtoanbn ปีที่แล้ว

    Chị Tây ơi. Chị đến từ đâu. chị sinh năm bao nhiêu mà xinh gái vậy 🤔

  • @luckybiby8968
    @luckybiby8968 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nguyễn Hụê street, "Hụê" can be pronounced as "where".

  • @jimross7648
    @jimross7648 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A really interesting video which tells me Alina Mcleod is definitely fueled by food. I don't think I could have eaten half of your daily repast but I'd also be lucky to do a quarter of your daily exercise. I have had friends who lived in South East Asia for a decade and a half. They always told me that one of their favourite countries to visit was Vietnam. They often brought friends from Canada and Europe there for a week or two. As one of those who use Canadian - nobody uses Canadian dollars as you switched to US dollars for expense conversion. However, in the end you redeemed yourself by also giving total in Canadian dollars, thereby keeping the natural inferiority complex at bay. Looking forward to more of your Vietnamese content.

  • @NguyenThiKimTai
    @NguyenThiKimTai ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bạn là người pipilpin à vietnam
    Helo pipilpin

    • @louyht7
      @louyht7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha mắt bạn bị cận nặng hả? nhìn sao ra người phillipine. Cô ấy người Canada gốc Ukraine, đang đi du lịch mấy nước Châu Á.

  • @xucphamvnrfa5884
    @xucphamvnrfa5884 ปีที่แล้ว

    A letter from Ho Chi Minh seeking assistance from the President of the United States to Washington in September 1945, delivered by an OSS support officer, went unanswered. A telegram, too, arrived in February 1946 with a similar message. Ho Chi Minh's search for U.S. support in 1945 may have been his best chance to avoid the fighting that left more than 58,000 Americans dead, high-ranking government officials distorted the facts and deceived. lying to the American public about the events that led to the United States' full involvement in the Vietnam War.
    US Navy, US Government used the now discredited domino theory to justify participation in the Vietnam War. Nixon lied about Vietnam and its expansion. it. “In 1995, former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara admitted that “we were wrong, gravely wrong” (McNamara & Van De Mark 1995). The North American public has lost faith in the media in no small part because of its long history of spreading blatant propaganda and fake news in an attempt to justify America's wars of aggression.

  • @SuperFlatrock
    @SuperFlatrock ปีที่แล้ว

    You can rent a nice hotel suite with a view of Da Nang beach for as little as $350 CDN per month. Food and transportation are cheap. You can easily live on $50/day CDN. The biggest expense is getting there and back - at least $3,500 CDN to/from most Canadian airports.

  • @taynguyen7792
    @taynguyen7792 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you like Vietnam please use Saigon instead. "Ho Chi Minh" was a nick name that Chinese people gave to Nguyen Sinh Cung when he was in China. To honor the Chinese the Vietnamese communist party renamed Saigon to "Ho Chi Minh". Ironically, when they mentioned about the bad things they always used Saigon, likes Saigon gangsters "du dãng Sài Gòn", not "Ho Chi Minh" gangsters "du dãng Hồ Chí Minh".

  • @tj7330
    @tj7330 ปีที่แล้ว

    Poor young gen for not understand about true history of vn, it was just because of the guy named HCM there , Vietnam especial Saigon ppl development now is just close to Saigon before 1975 excluding shopping malls and tall buildings. Nothing has been better yet compared before communist took the south vn. Don't need to trust me , go ahead do a tour to public hospital you will see how ppl still suffering under communist government. Viet nam could have been way better than South Korea without killer hcm who copied Mao Zedong and killed more than 250k his own vn ppl in north in "cai cach ruong dat"....we saigonese appreciateed US help back then...

  • @jayvoltron83
    @jayvoltron83 ปีที่แล้ว

    100k vietnam dong I spend my morning and afternoon. breakfast, snack, lunch and soft drink in Mekong delta Ca Mau. In November 100k it worth 4 usd dollar. So worth it. Depend on where you spend it at.

  • @murtazaqasim964
    @murtazaqasim964 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Alina !. I have become your fan and I am loving watching your videos. Must add you yourself are so beautiful & lovely. Bon Voyage!. Regards Murtaza

  • @Unemployed83
    @Unemployed83 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why Your Video Quality is Low I'm Watching In 1080p But Still Blur

  • @NgocHuynh-yp2pt
    @NgocHuynh-yp2pt ปีที่แล้ว

    My boy friend also Ukrainian but till now still not have visa for Ukrainian, right? Please please teach me way to have visa to VN or introduce for me company help you...thank you so so much Miss beautiful lady!😘

  • @samtuanpham
    @samtuanpham ปีที่แล้ว

    Remember this, when you visit a museum concerning about the war between US and Vietnam in the year of 1960’s, every picture in that show room is the propaganda ,180° of what the war about

  • @nhido5485
    @nhido5485 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alina .good day .enjoy your holiday at saigon .what ever. You are western people. take care anything yourself. Don't trust some one invite you do something. Or go some country arse. + money too .👍don't go along.
    I'm was in saigon .
    From Brisbane 🙏

  • @TheDixiechick12
    @TheDixiechick12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bui Vien Street, Nha Trang is 500km north of HCM City

  • @SimpleX84
    @SimpleX84 ปีที่แล้ว

    Food price in Canada is ridiculous atm,I should go to vn and hide out till everything goes back to normal…I think you got rip off on the banh mi.it’s only suppose to be 20k

  • @magnetoforce704
    @magnetoforce704 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was a very funny joke about the business sign. Phuc Long! Get your mind thinking about sex not long dragon.

  • @aanrokhani353
    @aanrokhani353 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know nothing about Ho Chi Minh. Well... to be honest I have never been abroad. That's why I love the videos on your adventurous travelling all around the world. It is enough for me to be with you in your journey though it is just an imaginary. All that I can do to support you is just by praying my best. Stay healthy Alina. Stay safe. May happiness be yours forever and ever. Say hello for your mom and dad in Canada from your Indonesian silent admirer. Big tight hugs and warmest love from Indonesia. 🌹🌹🌹

    • @aanrokhani353
      @aanrokhani353 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One more thing, Alina. I am sorry for my bad English.

    • @formica.
      @formica. ปีที่แล้ว

      You sound really creepy. Aan. Think about if some absolute internet stranger was commenting like this to your daughter.