Vietnamese here. AMA.
>>4540201>Does vietnam have any traditional martial arts? Vovinam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85REz__aGXQ>They should stay in vietnamNo we won't get them back
>Many are highly materialistic and are extremely concerned with their perceived status to the point of absurdity but I assume that's a byproduct of escaping poverty and war.By product of any hardcore communist policies.
>I've never seen a community in my life so beset by the plague of gambling.Let stupid people lose money.
>The Vietnamese are concerned with a veneer that must constantly be shined with the newest product. It's similar to Chinese market, with the latest products show off your "status".
>Americanized variants are hyper consumerist to a nauseating and unmatchable pace.Because they think they are higher status than Vietnamese natives.