Things You Should Know About Vietnam

1. I'm gonna start with the most disgusting and get it over with. 'Balut' is a local delicacy. Also know as 'half hatched egg'. A chick's embryo is boiled and eaten from the shell. Grim.
2. On a lighter note, in the Saigon Opera House they play bird song before a performance.
3. The Vietnamese language has 6 different tones or inflections, meaning the same word can be said 6 different ways with 6 different meanings. 
4. They love their coffee!! Every second place is a coffee place!
5. Ho Chi Minh is named after Vietnam's first president; Ho Chi Minh.
6. Snake wine is a thing. The whole snake is put in the bottle with the wine; for the venom or fermenting? I have no idea, but the thought of it scares me and seeing it creeps me out.
7. Back in England fancy people like to guard their gates with stone lions. Over here it's ceramic Alsatians.
8. There are over 45 million mopeds in Vietnam. With a population of 97 million that's almost half of the people who own a scooter.
9. Pavements are for driving your scooter, parking your scooter and outside seating for restaurants. Walking? Not a chance! 
10. Vietnamese traffic lights are very simple.
    Green = go. Amber = go. Red = go.