VIETNAM or SENEGAL (Africa) what did he choose? (Vietnamese Man in Senegal UPDATE)
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I met up with Duong Nem for a few hours after not seeing him for many months. Our reunion in Saigon was very last minute and unplanned too far in advanced. I only found out that he was in town a day or two before he was scheduled to leave and before I was scheduled to fly to another city. We were very fortunate to see each other and I'm glad I got a chance to meet his family. His story is a little bit complicated. After spending time back in Vietnam, he was wanting to go back to Senegal to work again. Even though he was having a hard time when I came, he ultimately decided that life in Africa was better for him now than life in Vietnam. I want to wish his the best of luck in his future endeavors.
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I'm feeling very sad watching Duong and learning more of his struggles. I think because he is able to make a living in Senegal and
Is able to provide for his family, he's accepted the fact that life is just what it is. No need for enjoyment.. just survival. He feels burdened coming back to Vietnam because he's probably constantly reminded that he has to continue working/living in a foreign land so his family can continue to survive. It's the constant pressure. In Senegal, life is somewhat more simple. Wake up, go to work, sleep and repeat. I hope he'll live comfortably one day in both his physical and spiritual being.
Better he marry Senegalese women rather than Vietnamese sinced he is living and earning there. Every country in the world has poor, extremely poor (homeless), middle class and rich, and ultra rich or super rich people, family or personels.
@@dazzling9606 Yes there is nothing inherently bad about any country that a wife will not visit her husband?
There's vlogs and then there's this - this is journalism.
+John Tran there will be vlogs too
Indeed. I loved it. His professionalism is exceptional
And a follow up would be great, to see how his new machines are helping his hustle.
Vay thi di luon di ba oi ong lam ong tu song lam nhu nguoi ta lam kho ong ko bang
@@kyleledotnet Helo em Trai
When I watched the first video about him, I thought that it was Senegal that made him unhappy. Now, I believe that he would be unhappy anywhere. I hope that he will continue to be able to provide for his daughter. Hopefully, one day , they will be reunited for good.
I commented the same thing on the other video. Glad to see I not the only one to make the observation. The man has had ot rough and he needs to take care of his mental health now that he is not in survival mode.
The mind can only protect you for so long before you have to face your emotions
@@triggabun I agree with your comment. He only seems to approach happiness when he is with his daughter. Maybe it's time for him to pack up and go back to Vietnam.
This might be true...
True. He has internal issues.
This is one of the best things I have seen on TH-cam. He doesn't know it but he is speaking for a lot of 1st generation immigrants all over the world. We hate were we are but we cannot stand to go home either.
The levels to the two videos are really deep and contain so much undercurrents that only those who have been through it can appreciate his dilemma fully.
The man has heart. It will be well.
You said it best!
I second that 👍 I ve been overseas for over 20 years ,
Very well said. I feel the same.
Love this guy. I Love his spirit. He has a good heart. Heck, we are all a mass of contradictions. He just admits it and rocks on. One cool dude! I wish him every happiness.
'...we're all a mass of contradictions' - so very true!!
😂😂😁😁😁
He wont say it in the videos but the reality is that "Vietnamese Man" has only one craft (he explains it in the first video) which is making "fried spring rolls". He knows its much easier for him to sell them over in Senegal because he's basically the only one making them. The situation would be much different in Saigon where they sell them everywhere in the streets.
This exactly. He kind of said it in his video if he goes back he and his wife would have to work somewhere in a factory or something..
As a person with senegalese origins who grew up in senegal I disagree. Nems have been around long before Duong ever stepped foot in the country. I've had nems hundreds of times in shops of dakar, but never has it been sold to us by a Vietnamese person, so it is not a job limited to only them. If you watched the first video, you would have noticed that the original recipe of nem has been altered in a manner more suitable to senegalese people's tastebuds. He had to learn how to make them the way the citizens liked it in order to sell them. It could be that his life is easier there for many more factors other than the one you named. When you spend so many years in a place and adapt to their environment, its not that easy to leave it all and go back to old ways of living.
He actually said that - he knows 1 thing and 1 thing only. He's not a businessman; he's a laborer who has generally learned from bad experiences. If he tries to sell in Vietnam, the competition would be too great and he would not be able to provide for his family - that's obvious and he never hid that.
true if his nem succes in vietnam he can earn alot but if it fail = he have to work in factory and his wife too , it easy in senegal than in vietnam , vietnam is a hard place to be succes cause there is many restaurant sell Nem
So his wife does not work at all?
Selling nems is a good business in Senegal. People eat it as a snack every afternoon or evening. I think if he expands his business he will be rich and the fact that he is Vietnamese makes senegalese want HIS food. I want to meet him though
I wanna meet him too such an interesting story
Amina Niang have you had a chance meeting the man yet?
it may be a good idea for me to go sale tacos in senegal? ja
Amina, You are a smart young lady!..
Please let us know if you have met him
As a person who had lived in The UK for 8 years and then decides to give up everything and come back to Vietnam, i have to say it's never been easy. Most people haves called me "STUPID", but luckily i'm not the one who care much about other people opinion,
i came back because i know this is place that i can make my dream come true and be happy. Honestly, i was struggling and it took me 2 years to fit back in to environment. But now i'm so glad with my decision because all of my hard works have paid off.
My point is whenever you live the important that you find your own happiness. and i'm sure you only can be happy when you "LIVE A REAL MEANINGFUL LIFE INSTEAD OF..JUST FOR THE SURVIVOR".
@Zeeqtee Prn, true.
Bcos u earned better in UK than him, u know if u are a foreigner, UK, America, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy is just only a fantasy dreams, but the reality ouch
Yeah you moved back because you can’t even write correctly lol
Because UK is not senegal you can't compare them
@@dazzling9606 you couldn't have said it any better reality is just a different story
One spring roll at a time my friend. One spring roll at a time.
Mad respect for Duong, he keeps fighting and fighting everyday nonstop.
Thank you for posting this video I am an African I am amazed by his true tenacity and hard work ! Becouse most africans make dangerous journey by boat to reach to europe for a better life however duong comes to Africa and made a living! How ironic is that! Please continue documenting
Wow that is deep but very good point.
What the hell are you talking about. There are 1.2 billion Africans, I do not think even 1% makes those dangerous to boat. Please where are you coming from with that useless comment. May be majority of Ethiopians, so don't generalize.
Essomo Serge Dont you feel ashamed as an African when one Asian came and make a living in Africa!
Whites have been making Africa their home for centuries. So it is good to see something different for a change. By the way, Black Americans are increasingly making Africa their home, but it is not for economic reasons though. It is because America is becoming more complicated to live. Take a look at RJ Mahdi videos.
And many Africans stay home and make a living. Many Vietnamese come to Europe by boat too. In the uk 2 years ago 39 Vietnamese immigration died inside a lorry 🚚 from Belgium to the uk.
He has more swag in Africa
I.N. Turrner - that's so deep
That's pretty much how I felt when I saw the first video. I think that in Senegal he's somebody special maybe he gets laid alot maybe he's a Playboy or some type of celebrity I don't know but it just seems like he'd rather be in Senegal because in reality the economy all throughout Asia is pretty good these days even a Vietnam . They have a lot of nice apartments and houses. he can do very well there financially I believe anyway.
swag,,,, lol..but true
@fifikhalifa barry thank you, he loves Senegal but misses his daughter thats all
@@kocoaberry7041 Lol! You guys are seriously sexually deprived for thinking this guy is in Senegal for the pussies! A small asian dude making a decent but very modest living by selling spring rolls won't get any free pussies in Africa. The real issue is that this guy was an unskilled laborer who learned from scratch how to make spring rolls and how to run a small business...but guess what! in Vietnam there are millions of people who make and sell spring rolls for a living...but in Senegal his small business is pretty unusual and have much more potential than in Vietnam...so yes in Senegal he's special, but this is not the kind which will attract pussies!
Plus if he go back to Vietnam he would have to start over, not an easy choice and task for a dude in his forties...
I watched this video clip, it made me remember one Vietnamese man is living in Sierra Leone. He fled Vietnam since 1975 and now he is living with his African (Sierra Leonean) wife in Freetown. He almost forget how to speak Vietnamese. If you are interested to meet him in Sierra Leone, let me know, I will send you a connection.\
+Sok Savuth yes..send me a fb message please.
Sok Savuth , I thought I saw that story somewhere about him. I was confused when I saw this one because I was thinking of the man that you are talking about.
for the man, I was talking about, he still living in Sierra Leone and I haven't contacted him since I left Sierra Leone in end of 2008, but I still have connection on how to find him.
Show megold from vletam
Wow would love to see that.. seeing that am sierra leonean...
Thank you Duong Nem for sharing your incredible story with Kyle. It's great to see your beautiful daughter and wife. I hope in the future your life in Senegal and their life in Vietnam will find the balance which makes you both happy.
I love this story! It's one of perseverance and sadness Imho. I wish Duong and his family well! Hopefully he can be reunited with his family soon.
Mr. Doung Nem is treated like a Supah Stah in his little community in Senegal. He even dresses the part with his gold chain and pimp hat...lol I wish him and his family best of luck....I hope they can be re-United soon.
you nailed it precisely, Mr Duong could live in Viet Nam and maybe working as an operator in a factory, he would probably earn the same as he's earning now with is egg-roll biz. The swag and freedom that goes with his senegalese life is that little extra that makes him choose for Senegal at this moment. (i think)
Kyle...I understand the attachment Duong has africa once you live there....no other place will fill like home....because people are so welcoming like family you never had....it's amazing it's something words can't describe only fillings ....100% Duong made the right decision... and wish him all the best in the future him and his family
Absolutely!
This is such a strange story, but the more I think about it the more it does make sense. This guy's entire life has revolved around making spring rolls. In Vietnam I imagine that skill is not so profitable, as spring rolls are so easy to find, but in Senegal he is probably one of only very few people selling them. It's still weird that he chooses to leave his wife and child behind to go live by himself in a country so far away, but if making spring rolls is the only way he knows how to provide for them, and living there is the only way that he can do it, then it is at least somewhat understandable. What an unfortunate circumstance though.
Any Updates 2020 ???
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Wow what a difficult decision...he has such a beautiful family in VN.
VF VFH yeah..! :) he just says... "fate" that is all..! :)
I'm going to spend some time sending prayers of love & positivity for this family. I feel for their situation and can understand the complexities of struggle.
Quite a fascinating story.I thought he was back to Vietnam and left senegal.But shocked ,the end was different and read the description after the end of the video too.Not a vietnamese but i enjoyed watching the previous video vietnamese in africa and that was inspirational as well as emotional on the other hand.
I am so much impressed with Mr. Duong Nem. My tears roll down listening his story & struggle in Dakar, Senegal on fried spring roll. May his wish come true very soon and return safely to his motherland Vietnam.
The next time that I am in Dakar, I will definitely seek out Duong and his tasty beef egg rolls. I wish him the best and why not live between both countries as he probably is. I know that flying to Dakar from Vietnam must be crazy expensive and a very long flight transiting through Europe, but I think he is living a life like most people will never experience.
I think he is happy with his life there. It is human nature to adapt and adopt. We Vietnamese came to other countries in the world and became loyal citizens, parts of the structure of those societies.
This guy needs to write a blog or produce a movie or something. His life is way too interesting!
To be honest , this guy Duong's statements are seemingly riddled with contradictions ( in both videos ) unwittingly.
He is a complicated man
Totally agree!!!
Yup. That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw it. Also, for some reason, eventhough he claims he prefers Africa and moved back to Senegal, he seemed younger in Vietnam. In my opinion.
Rogelio Gómez it's because mental health affected person's appearance
@@AshG321M thanks for the response. Had not thought about that.
I have so much respect for this man! Good job Kyle for telling his story.
Living in another country is not easy. Your family and heart belongs to where you were born. When I was almost 30 I discovered my parents were no longer young. I understood it was time not to live far away.
Depends how long you are gone from your home country, I am a foreigner in my native country and could never go back, a few weeks is a trial for me.
Quyết định của Anh Dương trở lại Africa rất hợp tình, hợp lý. Quê hương đã bỏ anh, Nay anh nhận Châu Phi là quê hương vì chính từ nơi đó anh đã tạo được một đời sống, ít ra là đáng sống. Đây cũng là tâm trạng của rất nhiều người Việt tha hương vì lý do chính trị, xã hội. Họ đành chấp nhận "nơi này làm quê hương, dẫu cho khó thương".
Cảm ơn Anh Dương va Kyle Le Dot Net đã bỏ công sức làm một Video rất có giá trị, đầy cảm xúc.
This was a nice update Kyle. I couldn't help but notice he seems so happy and at peace in Vietnam. Just like a whole different person.
I love this man's story, he went went thru pure hell in Senegal, I'm really happy to see about everything this wonderful man has accomplished in his life, I really sympathise with him, he reminds of myself when I left my country of origin to come to the USA, I know exactly how he feels about wanting to be in both countries, Senegal and Vietnam, in my case after 40 years of living in the USA I find my self going back and forth between the US and my country of origin, I don't have to travel as far between continents like this Vietnamese man does, so that makes this man truly extraordinary and Special, this guy is my hero! I love this documentary excellent work! Greetings from the USA!
I wish one day he also realized that his wife and girl needs his love and presence too.
It's easy to have an opinion when your life is nothing like his.
I had a feeling he was a man of survival from the first video. The fight and grind makes him feel alive. This video confirms it even more for me.
" Eat to Live , Not Live to Eat "
Remember this Kyle :-P
AQUA VIII ' $ But now a day, "Eat to work" and "Work to eat" ok..?! :)
nanh , you just keep it to yourself.
America people should learn this..lmao
This is Vietnamese quote.
To the young man who made this documentary. I salute you, u've made me very proud. I'm sure that you are younger than I am. I'm a Vietnamese man born in the late 70's in America. Knowing that there are young soldiers like you in generation gives me hope. U represent our people with great honor. Keep up the good word boss.
Love the content, Africa embraced him, and he is embracing Africa back. What a great story, this humble man will be blessed.
I like this man loads. His personality shines through. He has a good screen presence. He would make a good reality star. I am rooting for him and his family.
If he opens his heart he will know he has found his place in senegal.
It's hard though. I've lived in the UK for 30 yrs, no matter how much I open my heart, I crave for my homeland..
Amana Nkele true only when he make Senegal became his 2nd home.
Kyle, you sure know how to ask the right questions and with a character as unique & fascinating as Duong, that makes for a great & moving story.
tthank you. it took a while for us to be friends
I bet. It takes extreme guts to put yourself into a completely alien environment and crawl your way up out of extreme poverty like that.
Now I get it. While having family in Vietnam, he still prefers to live alone in Senegal because he can "breathe" there. I think he is that kind of person who really loves private space. That's probably why he does not want to live in Vietnam. It's maybe too crowded for him and he would have to take care of so many things.
Thank you Kyle for sharing this story :) Strong willed people the Vietnemese. They have adapted and survived many hardships. Much respect :)
I was always taught that you follow your husband especially when is going thru so much to provide it would be better for him to be together.
Zariya Esan different cultures, different ways of doing things.
Zariya Esan I think you would be a great wife... Your husband is lucky to have you
Yea, if he jumps off a bridge, follow him, 10/10 wife.
100% correct
Well in my case , it’s my husband who moved in a different continent for my carrier 🤷🏻♀️ such is life. We need to help each other as a team. Next time if he needs it, i will do the same for him. But we are both home sick 😞
So happy to see that after many challenges he finally find the happiness, the true meaning in his life
he has not found happiness yet. Watch his video - He smiles out(side) and pains in(side)
I just want to say thank you Kyle. I notice your thoughtful efforts in linking different parts of this man's story together so we can see his perspective in each setting, and it's amazing what you do!
I love my people how we are so devoted to living such a hard life all for the sake of Family, its actually inspiring seeing Duong go to Africa and make a living for himself even though it was never easy for him but slowly he got use to the lifestyle over there. I think with that mindset you can survive anywhere in the world! Keeping you in my thoughts! All the best from Toronto Ontario
Awesome story. Thank you for sharing. Must be tough for Duong to leave his wife and daughter behind to live/work in Senegal.
Keep doing these types of stories, Kyle. I love seeing stories of Vietnamese living in different countries and hearing their stories.
He is a simple man, and we need man like him. Respect.
His story is fascinating...hope to hear about him again in the future
He did choose to comeback Africa probably because he could earn his living their and support his family in Vietnam, some say he could do the same business in Vietnam but no one can be sure if it goes well easily. He's a very strong man, he always has an upbeat personality. Anh Dương, cố gắng nha anh.
Kelele I love your video's they extremely human ,touching and humble. Be well and keep recording my friend.
Well that is not hard; it's to be expected. He's just another Vietnamese in Vietnam. In Senegal he stands out. More potential to earn like other Viets in the diaspora. To make it in Vietnam he has to be prepared to compete with well-established businesses and maybe have to pay bribes to open shop. Life in easier in Africa and the air is better for the lungs unless he lives in rural parts of Vietnam where he can't make a living then he can have all the fresh air he wants.His wife is a different story. Hard for her to just pick up and move just to support him.
I hope he make enough to visit his happiness as often as he likes and also find the beauty in happiness in smaller things. A restless man with a good heart.
Dont pursuit happiness, just open your eyes to it and you'll find it everywhere.
Despite understanding your mom's perspective in wanting to stay in Cali, it's these heart felt films that keeps me saying keep doing you - a lot of Viet Kieus or Asian immigrant offspring in general forget the struggle, forget how hard our parents worked and how lucky we have it and we shouldn't be complaining.
good to remind us 'immigrant offsprings' from where ever about the real sacrifices our parents did for us
brokethehabit I
That's what I got out of it, too.
I literally busted in tears for the last video about him, but I am very happy that he got a reunion with his family, this man has been through a lot.
I gotta say this was one of your best videos. Loved the format and learning about his story. Well done. More like this! You weren't your corny self hahah
Video Anh làm quá ý nghĩa, em đã biết đến Anh khi qua video anh Dương ở Senegal. Thực sự Anh đã giúp anh Dương kể lại câu chuyện cuộc đời rất ý nghĩa ạ. Bởi cũng là người trải qua những khó khăn, đắng cay trong cuộc đời nên nghe anh Dương nói, em lại càng cảm thấy khó khăn là 1 hương vị không thể thiếu trong cuộc sống này, thực sự rất cần. Không nên né tránh nó, mà hãy đối diện và lăn xả.
1 điều nữa mà em thấy chiêm nghiệm của anh ấy rất đúng đó là : ăn để sống, chứ không phải sống để ăn. phần đa chúng ta đều thích ăn ngon ăn nhiều để thỏa ý thích của thân xác này, nhưng khi ta biết kiềm chế và ý thức làm chủ được mình thì ăn sẽ ít lại và không kén chọn nữa. Đó thực là chân lý.
Khi con người lâm vào bước đường cùng, thì bản năng sinh tồn sẽ trỗi dậy mạnh mẽ, em nhìn cảnh anh ấy sống ở Senegal mà cứ mường tượng ra mình cũng chính như vậy.
những người đã kinh qua khó khăn và vượt qua được thì từng lời nói của họ nghe thấm thía vô cùng, vì để nói được như thế anh ấy đã phải đổ mồ hôi, sôi nước mắt, trả giá bằng thực tế rất nhiều.
Ở một khía cạnh nào đó cuộc sống chính là 1 sân khấu, ta chính là diễn viên chính của đời mình. Đời người tưởng dài mà thực ra ngoảnh lại lúc nào ta cũng cảm thấy sao nó trôi đi nhanh thế. Nhiều người đã không nhận ra để rồi vai diễn nhanh chóng kết thúc vô cùng lãng xẹt.
Chân thành tri ân Anh đã mang văn hóa, con người Việt Nam giới thiệu ra thế giới. Đích thực là TH-camr chất đúng nghĩa. :)
Great vids, Kyle. I feel bad for him. Choose to live away from home to put food on the table for his family is a HUGE sacrifice anyone could ever make. The only thing I wish it would happen is his wife to make the same sacrifice for him. I sense his bitterness when he mentioned his wife would always stay 2nd place instead of 1st. As a life partner, if you choose to marry them, then grow old with them, do the same sacrifice as they did, and take care each other in sickness and in well. I feel there was only him, who made the sacrifice and its pissed me off 😂😂😂.
I understand Africa living standard is not as "great" as the States or the European countries, and if you compare it to the countryside of Vietnam, compare it to some of the "ethnical" groups regions, it is not unbearable. Things get better when you accepted it. He had business going in Africa, thats awesome. Living in Vietnam now, not be able to start any business on your own and got stucked with this "economical" system, if I was him, I would come back to Africa also 😢.
what happened to their marriage vow? for better or for worst ..its tough making a living in senegal and your wife is not there to support you ...
guys this is not korean drama where you deep dive and over-analyze everything written in the sub-title. he could have a black mistress back in Senegal for all we know.
In the previous video I thought that woman was. But no mention, much shades of gray.
LOL
nik nikos i feel sad for him as his wife is very selfish indeed as changed her mind at the last minute refusing to go to Africa with him.
This is a really good piece of journalism. Nice one .
Thank you for sharing Duong story with us all. I absolutely loved his honesty.However, I’m conflicted when it comes to thoughts of his wife.For a man who loves and lives a selfless life his wife appears to be the exact opposite, it seems she want to live a life of forever comfort and it doesn’t matter if her husband has to die to deliver just that!
Not to mention that Duong seem to have a pure love for his daughter that his wife use as leverage. I knew instantly when I held her voice the first time on camera it sound short and highly annoyed! Not her exact wording but something similar when she said “why would you say the light worked this morning when it didn’t work” zoom in on her face . It seem that she couldn’t get him back to Senegal any faster of which he boarded a plane back to Senegal the next day. I think Doung has been taken advantage of enough in life, he should be the one at home with his daughter enjoying the remainder of his life.
🤦♀️ at his wife!!!
You’ll see just how hard life truly is... when Doung is no longer around b/c he worked himself to death. Wives are suppose to be helpmates not a stalemates!
Younger woman gives an older man a child
Older man spend the rest of his life repaying her.”
#Aviewershonestopinion
Anh cực khổ... tha hương cầu thực nơi xứ người,ý chí mạnh mẽ,chịu khó... rất đáng quý 👍👍👍👍👍
Chạnh lòng cho hai bà vợ và hai con gái..... 💕💕💕💕
Kyle, thanks for bringing this fascinating and unique story to us. Understand this, when someone was force in a situation where they must "swim or sink", and have the strength to "swim", they found their Indenty and purpose. Especially for us men. To go elsewhere is to kind of losing oneself. That is why Duongs Nem feels incomplete even in Vietnam.
thanks for the update!!! I hope duong nem's business gets bigger
I hope everything works out and you get to keep making these videos .. I admire your dedication and my best wishes for you bro .. love your channel .. I wish I could do something for my people like how you do it .. thank you for inspiring me :)
What a sweet soul! I wish him every happiness!
So interesting. A man without a country. A bird without a nest...
You mean, a bird with TWO nests.
No sir. He found Senegal to be a good place to live and became attached to it. It was obviously hard at first but he is successful with his business and is living well with the friendly Senegalese. Spring rolls and egg rolls can go a long way.
what a story !! ı guess after all those survival fights in Senegal he get used to live there. Must be tough for his family though!!
such a interesting story that you shared with us Kyle!! keep doing it :)
Nice bro!
One of the coolest stories from your channel...
the issue is hes old now, he must be safe financially. you can dream, can take risks caz u dont have anything but when u have kids. it's totally different. Sorry for my bad English
I hate the waste mentality where you rather hold onto something forever because it's a waste than letting it go and chasing something that can ultimately bring you true happiness
This is an amazing story of a man living a unique life. Thank you so much for your excellent video journalism (part one and part two)!!
The proverb: "man plans but god determines" (Mưu sự tại nhân, thành sự tại thiên) is ever wrong? We can not determine our futures, at best we can only adapt to its realities. The man follows his fate back to Africa, his wife follows hers to stay in VN, and the daughter is generating her own mysterious path. Perhaps, that's why life is so interesting?
What an amazing man, I’m African and yet can’t adapt to my own continent, but this Vietnamese man seems to flourish in my beloved continent, may god bless him and his business 🙏🏾
I've been waiting for this!
What a nice update.I really enjoyed the first video.Thank you.
His daughter could learn French and English and become a world citizen, moving on up the social ladder.
wow, đã hơn 3 năm.
2020. Mới đây đc xem một chương trình trên VTV4 và lại được thấy anh Duong Nem,
anh vẫn đang sống tốt tại Senegal.
I think Duong has two families on in Vietnam and the other one in Senegal. I think he is hiding this
No he doesn't. That woman in the video is his neighbor. And the kid works for him...
Kyle you are tripping if you think that man has been without a woman in Senegal all that time.
No one is saying he hasn't been with a Senegalese woman, but to say he has two families is preposterous. Let's face it, this guy is far too cheap to want the expense of 2 families. :)
@Zeeqtee Prn hahahahaha @He’s not dressing like that in black with a gold chain for nothing.
A lot of credit and credit to this brother. I am from Senegal , i deeply feel what he means. Respect to the maximum, i surely wil visit it him on my next trip in Senegal.
Hey Kyle! I'd really like you to try the 23andMe DNA test! Although your channel has been mainly dedicated to the Vietnamese culture, it would be amazing for us to find out if you are not 100% Vietnamese (or a mixture of another race). Thanks for educating and entertaining us about the Vietnamese people from around the world. Keep up with what you're doing! 👍🏻🙏🏻😍
+Julie Trinh they don't break up southeast Asian races that well... I'll contact them to see if I can get a sponsored one.
+Kyle Le Dot Net OMG that would be awesome to do a video on learning about your DNA!! You da man!
23andme and the rest of the Western genetic testing companies cater towards Western customers. They don't differentiate Asian genetics well at all, going to have to wait till Asia makes some good ones
What is a pure Vietnamese? Been much intermixing of the race from the ancient past to the present. Vietnam has about 54 ethnic groups.
Forex Trader Facts?
This is a very sad story and a very good story too. Incredible man who come from nothing but make something out of himself in a foreign land. I think he don't need to choose between Vietnam and Senegal. He live in both places. Hire someone to run your day to day business of selling egg rolls in Senegal and fly back and forth to between two places. With today technology, he can totally do this..
Good idea.
Personally I think he should stay in Vietnam with his wife and his daughter. He is in his 50s already i think, spending time with your family is a priority decision. best wishes to him and his family.
Spending quality life with his wife/ daughter for what? Who's going to work then? Who's going to feed them? eat shit? I'm sorry, when you starts a family, you need to think your kids first. Who's going to pay for education expenses? $$ doesn't grow on tree. The government are not going to feed you, ya know. It isn't like you can go on welfare or free medi-cal/caid or free financial aid education system liked in US with tax payers $$ expenses. His daughter might not see it, but will appreciate his sacrifice for his her. I have a child and I paid for my child private school expenses and not living in the welfare system or low class category and i worked my asses off to where I'm now with a lot of sacrifices and business travel and not seeing my child often either.
Duong is us. Although we try our best to make life black and white, there really are a lot of gray areas. Like one my professors said many years ago "Life is FULL of contradictions." It helps to remember that.
I feel sad for his daughter. As she gets older, she'll likely feel neglected.
Thanks for sharing this story Kyle! Wish Duong and his family all the best.
He needs to open up more than one shop. He's sitting on gold in Senegal.
Total respect for this man.
He has anxiety. Some people are scared of the unknown and are afraid to step out of their box/comfort zone. So they put up with what they have and know even though they aren't happy.
The springs roll he made must be soooo good !
Yes Kyle you've done it
Beautiful family! Thank you SO much for sharing this piece of story. I had the same story when I first moved to Canberra Australia, it took me VERY long time to integrated into society. Language, culture and the weather were main big problems for me. However, him and his family will hopefully settled in that new environment.
My theory is that he really misses his African girlfriend. But his guilt and fatherly instinct made him leave Senegal to take care of his family back in Vietnam.
Great story! He's a hard worker sacrificing his happiness for his family !
If he's still here I'll try to pay him a visit :)
Moving story.
Duong truly cherishes his daughter. It's so true what he said about "coming from suffering." People who have endured hardship are more resilient and tolerant, which enables them to survive. Poor man has been scammed so much that he's learned to become sharper. It's reflected on his facial features.
Wow! Tough decisions.
Thank you Mr. Kyle, I love your channel. Hope to watch more updates about Mr. Duong in Senegal. Thank you for sharing his story.
My impression from the first video was that he isn't exactly living "alone" in Africa. Seems like he has some feminine company.
Thank Kyle for bringing goods contents from our people. Bless your heart.