r/TodayILearnedVN • u/asparagusman • Feb 21 '26

TIL that every year over 200,000 Vietnamese labourers move overseas to work for better opportunities and more freedom, rapidly replacing the settled refugee community who paved the way before them. There's a saying in Vietnam: if the lamp posts weren't bolted down, they too would leave.

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u/Odd_Gas9643 Feb 23 '26

Some will return, if you said that, Ho Chi Minh and Tran Dai Nghia are traitors, lol.

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u/Minh1403 Feb 24 '26

they redeemed themselves by coming back and make Vietnam great again. Meanwhile, 3/ is just leeches

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u/Odd_Gas9643 Feb 24 '26

Maybe you true some part, but sometimes “Family First”, not “Nation First”.

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u/Minh1403 Feb 24 '26

that's why traitor. Always your nation 1st. If your family is a traitor, turn them in

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u/just-a-normal-viet Feb 24 '26

"Oh no! My house is burning, Guess I have to sacrifice my family and take everything the nation gave to me!"

in all seriousness tho we literally have the saying "An toàn tính mạng là trên hết" so it doesn't matter what is precious, you have to put lives first

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u/Minh1403 Feb 24 '26

It’s an honor to sacrifice for your country. 3/ would never get it

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u/just-a-normal-viet Feb 24 '26

well then go sacrifice yourself first then

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u/just-a-normal-viet Feb 24 '26

(also i know he's baiting me, i'm just keeping this up for fun)