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Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam but there are various dialects spoken by hill tribe people in remote areas. Leaning foreign languages , particularly English and French, is currently in vogue among young people in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Da Nang and other cities.
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Vietnam developed as an agricultural society, and the population is still predominantly rural. In 2005, 27 percent of the population lived in urban areas. People are increasingly migrating to cities... swelling the populations of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and other places.
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Vietnam is very keen on bolstering foreign tourism, with severe punishments for crimes against tourists, violent crime against foreigners is rare. Nevertheless be alert in the big cities, especially Ho Chi Minh City, where teams on motorbikes drive by their victims to snatch bags, cameras, mobile phones, jewelry, etc. Carry bags on the side away from the street, use money belts, and let the hotel reception keep your valuables.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), today announced that its Crown Beverage Cans Saigon Ltd subsidiary received government approval to install a second aluminum beverage can line in its Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam plant. The line will have an annual production capacity of 460 million 33cl beverage cans and 25cl slim cans with commercial production scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2006. The addition of the second line brings the total annual production capacity of the plant to over 1 billion cans.
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a complex web of different jungle paths that enabled communist troops to travel from North Vietnam to areas close to Saigon. It has been estimated that the National Liberation Front received sixty tons of aid per day from this route. Most of this was carried by porters. Occasionally bicycles and ponies would ... be used.
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Chris will play an integral role in the development and guidance of the Vietnam offices and their work with clients. He is the chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam. Chris is based primarily in Ho Chi Minh City.
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