How different is life in Hanoi compared to Singapore?
Life in Hanoi generally runs at a slower pace compared to Singapore. People here are more laid back and know how to take time out to have fun and relax. There is also hardly any rush from one activity to the next during the weekend due to the serious lack of activity and entertainment. Sometimes we cannot even find anything to do for the weekend so we’ll just gather at a café and do nothing together. Finding quality goods in Hanoi can pose quite a challenge as well. To get an item of quality in Hanoi means you either have to pay a bomb or get fellow Singaporeans to bring back from Singapore on their trips back home. So I have to learn to do without some luxuries or make do with something of lower quality. Can you relate an incident that happened to you in Hanoi/Vietnam that you will remember for the rest of your life? One time, I brought my family who was visiting me, to the Hoan Kiem area for sightseeing and suddenly, my young son broke away from us and ran across a busy road! It was
