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I was reprimanded for calling Saigon Ho Chi Minh City and later for calling Ho Chi Minh City Saigon. I don't want to be involved with politics. Nonetheless, wha

• alephnerd 2y ago
  > I was reprimanded for calling Saigon Ho Chi Minh City and later for calling Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If someone has lived in the north for several years, call it HCMC. If someone has lived in the south for several years, call it Saigon. If you're in Hanoi or Haiphong, call it HCMC. If you're in HCMC/Saigon, call it Saigon. That said, most VNese in VN don't care. > I don't want to be involved with politics Most people don't. It's stressful and outside our hands. > Vietnam which suffers from severe air pollution especially from vehicle exhaust -- the worst being in Hanoi -- is the adoption of electric vehicles manufactured by VinFast A lot of the pollution around Hanoi+Red River Delta is because of coal power plants and the fact that it's surrounded by mountains trapping all the smog (sort of like Milan and Los Angeles) There might be more adoption in Hanoi (wouldn't be surprised as VinGroup is from there and PSU employment is much more prominent there) but at least in Saigon/HCMC and a couple other southern+central cities, they weren't as prominent. Most people had motorbikes and those with cars were largely driving Korean+Japanese brands (Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Hyundai)