[Vnbiz] Final Pack

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Craig,

Spring or fall clothing of Washington DC would be good for cold weather in
Hanoi (December, January, February).  But remember, we are buying
made-in-Vietnam shoes and clothing in US fashion stores.  (I have seen some
made-in-Vietnam clothing with high-fashion US designer names, really
beautiful).   So you may want to bring nothing, and just buy fashionable
clothes at a very reasonable price in Vietnam.  Makes your travel more
pleasant.

Hanoians are more formal, less direct and more polished in speaking; they
talk like career diplomats, and chances are many things they say in a
conversation will escape you (Not only you, even me.  More often than not, I
realize after a conversation with a Hanoian that I have missed quite a bit
of what s/he wanted to tell me).  So listen carefully in conversation, and
if the meaning is not absolutely clear to you, just say, "I am not sure I
understand you correctly.  You want me to do this...this..., correct?"   (I
do that too. More than once I have said, "Sorry, I grew up in the South and
then in the US; I am not able to capture all the subtleties in the way you
talk.  I won't understand a lot of figurative language either.  You just
have to be simple and direct with me. Talk to me they way you would talk to
a kid.  And I won't be offended.  I would very much appreciate that").

Great day, Craig.

Hoanh


On 6/17/07, Craig Stevenson <cstevenson2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Huong:
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> Exactly the sort of thing I was wondering.  See Hanoi is colder.  But how
> cold.  Light Jacket.  Full Ski/Down jacket, etc...  Others of this sort are
> what I meant.
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> In HCMC no shoes, pants, shirts, or clothes that would fit me, so....gotta
> bring them.
> But what nature of jacket.  Left question open-ended for people to respond
> and maybe say something that I had overlooked.  That was why I asked about
> places to buy cloth.  As, I am sure if not in HCMC, perhaps not in Hanoi.
> But then i don't know.  Because of, perhaps,  different types of expats in
> Hanoi, perhaps more choices.  Simply don't know so thought I would ask an
> open-ended question and see what happens.  I know Vietnam has everything I
> need on a daily basis, no allergies or special needs, other than big feet
> and belly.
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> Craig
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> Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> Washington DC
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